Resources
WJEA provides advisers with the necessary tools to teach their students how to become better journalists. Our offerings…
Events
WJEA provides several workshops and a summer camp where students and advisers can learn and compete.
Initiatives
This organization is committed to diversity of thought and amplifying voices in underserved communities.
Awards & Scholarships
WJEA awards and contests offer members and their students a platform to receive the recognition they deserve.
Learning Opportunities
From one-day workshops to a four-day summer camp, WJEA offers several ways for advisers and their students to prepare for the year.
$10 Earn clock hours while fine-tuning or learning new skills. All sessions are virtual and taught by top-notch teachers…
$20 Join hundreds of high school media students and their advisers for a day on the University of Washington…
$20 Journalism Day East is held the last Monday of every October at Whitworth University in Spokane. Join hundreds…
$12 Newspaper, yearbook and broadcast learning sessions presented by professionals, and student contests in a range of journalistic skills…
$75 WJEA is pleased to offer hands-on training for media advisers and students in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop….
$375 Spend four days immersed in exemplary journalism. Whether you’re a novice student reporter, a senior editor, a veteran…
Why WJEA
By joining WJEA, you are connected with other journalism educators throughout the state
Recognition
WJEA awards and contests offer members and their students a platform to showcase excellence and receive the recognition they deserve.
WJEA Journalist of the Year
WJEA’s Student Journalist of the Year winner will be the Washington state entry in the national Journalism Education Association’s…
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The WJEA Administrator of the Year Award publicly acknowledges educational leaders who distinguish themselves through their exemplary support…
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Dear students: Let’s be honest. Your journalism adviser does a lot for you. All those hours sacrificed, all…
read moreFern Valentine Freedom of Expression Award
This award is presented to a WJEA member who has advocated student free press rights in Washington State….
read moreLu Flannery Outstanding Journalist Award
This award recognizes one Washington state senior who has made significant contributions to their journalism program. …
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WJEA offers several opportunities for both students and advisers to attend summer workshop for free or grants for…
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Want to stay informed about what is happening behind the scenes of WJEA? Need help with technology? Here is the latest news.
For several years, I ignored the WJEA fliers in my school mailbox because I thought “I’m only a…
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Nolan DeGarlais, Editor in Chief of the Mountlake Terrace Hawkeye, was named WJEA’s 2020 Journalist of the Year….
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Whether you call it a cutout, a knockout or any other crazy name, images with a transparent background…
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WJEA announced its 2020-2022 executive board members after an election where two of the fields had multiple candidates…
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Sandra Coyer is a high school journalism teacher, not a soothsayer. But she has her moments. Four years…
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WJEA Executive Board Members
Meet some of the faces behind the Washington Journalism Education Association
Anne Hayman, MJE
PresidentAnne Hayman has been teaching English and journalism at Arlington High School since 1999. She is president of…
Scott Collins, CJE
Vice PresidentScott Collins, CJE, teaches the middle and upper school publications classes at University Prep. Before UPrep, Collins oversaw…
Teresa Scribner, CJE
SecretaryTeresa Scribner, CJE, is an award-winning media teacher at Cleveland STEM High School in Seattle. Scribner teaches multimedia,…
Sandra Coyer, MJE
TreasurerSandra Coyer, MJE, has been advising for 20 years, the majority of which have been as a newspaper…
Kathy Schrier, MJE
Executive DirectorKathy Schrier, MJE, is executive director of the Washington Journalism Education Association (WJEA). In 1997, she returned to…
Our Mission
Several organizations are devoted to scholastic journalism, but our particular emphasis is the support of journalism teachers and advisers in the state of Washington. Consistent with the mission of our parent national organization, JEA, "We support free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity."
Our Mission
As a professional organization, the WJEA provides support services in the field of scholastic journalism.
The WJEA believes:
* that student publications are an important, vital part of the school curriculum; that is essential to the survival of this country;
* that the student press should be as serious and responsible as the professional press, and toward this end offers many training options for both advisers and students;
* learning basic skills takes on new meaning and urgency when one immediately sees the results so graphically. Added to the basic skills are the invaluable traits of cooperation, punctuality, respect for each other, desire for truth, and self-confidence;
* that no other course of study offers more diversified training;
* that members should dedicate themselves to accomplish these and give
freely of their time and experience; and,
* that our purpose is support a free press in a democratic society. We intend to continue to work with administrators, legislators and members is this respect.
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Our Affiliates
WJEA partners with other journalism education organizations to provide students and teachers access to the resources they need to run a successful program
