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WJEA introduces new membership system from AssociationSphere

Kathy Schrier, Executive Director • August 15, 2025
WJEA introduces new membership system from AssociationSphere
We are excited to be rolling out a new membership system that will allow you to have your own password protected membership page containing your account information. You will be able to update your own information and see your current membership status, as well as payments made for membership, events and clock hours.
 
If you are joining WJEA for the first time, click on this link to become a member and to create a membership page with information on your program and the best way to contact you:
 
 
If you have a membership that is due for renewal, please wait for a personalized message next week with instructions on how to sign-in. You will be asked to create a password, then you will go to a membership page allowing you to pay your renewal. The page will already contain your information from our file, which you can update, if needed. 
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About the Contributor
Kathy Schrier
Kathy Schrier, Executive Director
Kathy Schrier, MJE, is executive director of the Washington Journalism Education Association (WJEA). In 1997, she returned to the classroom to teach journalism and advise student media, after running a small Seattle graphics and publishing company for several years. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1975) and a Masters in Education from Antioch University, Seattle (2004.) Schrier worked at the Washington News Council as assistant to the director from 2005 to 2014. For her work on the effort to pass Student Press Rights legislation in Washington state, she received the the JEA Medal of Merit in 2007 and in 2008 she received the NSPA Pioneer Award. She was also honored to receive the Dorothy McPhillips Award in 2007, WJEA’s top award. Her dream to see Student Press Rights legislation pass in Washington state finally came true in March, 2017, when Gov. Jay Inslee signed Washington’s “New Voices” Student Press Rights Bill into law.