Plan for your year now by making arrangements to come to Harrisonburg for the Second Annual jDay! While you are at it make plans to come to jCamp in Blacksburg Summer 2012. All the information is here - why not schedule it with your school today. Don't let the busy spring and testing schedule prevent you from experiencing this great opportunity for your staff.
Join VAJTA and JEA today!
Join VAJTA by downloading our membership form and sending it in with a check made out to VAJTA. Join JEA through us at the same time and some dollars come back to Virginia!
Second Saturday: Journalism Educators Workshop Series
Journalists from The Washington Post will pair with experienced high school teachers and advisers to teach practical techniques for improving the quality of participants’ high school journalism programs.
Congratulations to Harrisonburg High School senior Maria Rose, who was named one of the 6 runners-up for National Student Journalist of the Year.
Brynna Hope Heflin, editor-in-chief of The Sentinel and a senior at Centreville High School in Ashburn, is the Virginia High School League’s 2011 Student Journalist of the Year and Charles Savedge Scholarship recipient.
JCamp starts on July 24th
It’s a four-day workshop like nothing else in the state. Join other student journalists July 24 – July 28, 2011, on Virginia Tech’s campus to: •Plan for the upcoming school year. •Brush up on your writing, design, editing and production skills. •Learn techniques from leading media advisers and journalists. •Get motivated to produce a award-winning student media.
JDAY Registration, Sessions Preview, & Write-off Information
Get ready for JDAY 2012 now by scheduling your spring field-trip now with your school. It will be on Friday, April 20th, and Saturday, April 21st, 2012, at Harrisonburg High School.
Begin registering for the Fall 2012 JEA/NSPA National Convention!
Post-it Notes,indoor shopping malls and water skiing: They all began in Minnesota. This is the site of the Fall 2012 JEA/NSPA National Convention
RPC Save the Date
Join us at this exciting event in Fredericksburg (10/3 at Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center), Roanoke (10/5 at Roanoke Higher Education Center and Salem Civic Center) and Richmond (10/7 at Greater Richmond Convention Center). Save the dates!
VHSL Publications Championship Results
Congratulations to all of the schools who participated in the 2009-2010 publication evaluations. This was one of the best years on record. Click below to see a list of the winners in the publication categories and the writing/photography/design championships as well.
Adviser Valerie Kibler named 2010 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Teacher of the Year.
Adviser Valerie Kibler named 2010 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Teacher of the Year. After 18 years as a journalism adviser — The Newsstreak has progressed into quite a production. It features a 20-page broadsheet with a staff of 54 reporters.
Kelsey O’Connell, editor-in-chief of The Bulldog Tribune and a senior at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, is the Virginia High School League’s 2010 Student Journalist of the Year and Charles Savedge Scholarship recipient. She is the twelfth winner in the contest’s 20-year history to be selected from the Northern Region.
In November, while Virginia journalism teachers and students joined thousands of their compatriots from across the country at the NSPA/JEA convention in Washington, DC, one of the founding fathers of and great friend to Virginia’s scholastic journalism programs passed away after a short illness. Bert Smith was a key part of the team in the 1960s when he and others, along with Col. Charles Savedge, “Mr. Yearbook,” began developing an evaluation system for Virginia’s high school publications. They first accepted yearbooks for judging at Washington and Lee University and then moved to Virginia High School League in Charlottesville.
Congratulations to the Virginia Crown finalists! This is Salem's Lanconian's Staff - one of this year's finalists.
Congratulations to the Virginia Crown finalists! This is Salem's Lanconian's Staff - one of this year's finalists.
Kibler wins Dow Jones Award
New for 2011... JDAY
Plan for JDAY 2011 in Harrisonburg, Va. on April 29th & 30th, 2011. This event will feature keynote speakers, contests, break-out sessions and much, much more. Click here for the registration form.
Help needed?
If you just found out that one of your teaching assignments next year includes a publication, or if you’ve survived a year wandering in the wilderness of technology and printer jargon, VAJTA can help YOU.
Latest from VAJTA
Check out the new resources for VA journalism advisers!
JDAY will be April 20 & 21, 2012
Plan for your year now by making arrangements to come to Harrisonburg for the Second Annual jDay! While you are at it make plans to come to jCamp in Blacksburg Summer 2012. All the information is here – why not schedule it with your school today. Don’t let the busy spring and testing schedule prevent you from experiencing this great opportunity for your staff.
Join VAJTA and JEA today!
Welcome back to school! It’s time to think about renewing your VAJTA/JEA membership dues!!!! Attached please find the newest and easiest way to renew – simply fill out the online form attached below and send your check in!
Your membership will be processed as soon as your check is received. Send your check made payable to VAJTA to: VAJTA c/o Valerie Kibler 1062 Dodson Rd. Mt. Jackson, VA 22842
You can download a printable PDF of the membership form below, if you need back-up for your bookkeeper. Let us know if you need a copy of our W9 for your bookkeeper, too. Visit www.vajta.org often for updates and find us on facebook and friend us! If you need anything at all, let us know!
Click here for the link to fill the form out online!
Second Saturday: Journalism Educators Workshop Series
The Washington Post Young Journalists Development Program is partnering with the Newseum and the D.C. Journalism Education Association (D.C. JEA) to host Second Saturday, a series of monthly workshops for high school journalism and media educators across the greater Washington, D.C., area. The nine Saturday workshops begin on September 10.
Journalists from The Washington Post will pair with experienced high school teachers and advisers to teach practical techniques for improving the quality of participants’ high school journalism programs.
Harrisonburg senior wins 2011 JEA JOY Award
Congratulations to Harrisonburg High School senior Maria Rose, who was named one of the 6 runners-up for National Student Journalist of the Year. Rose was on the Newsstreak staff and also wrote for two Harrisonburg area newspapers as well. (more)
JDAY 2012 Information
Get ready for JDAY 2012 now by scheduling your spring field-trip now with your school. It will be on Friday, April 20th, and Saturday, April 21st, 2012, at Harrisonburg High School.
More information on keynote speakers and sessions will be coming.
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JCamp will begin on July 24th
It’s a four-day workshop like nothing else in the state. Join other student journalists July 24 – July 28, 2011, on Virginia Tech’s campus to:
•Plan for the upcoming school year.
•Brush up on your writing, design, editing and production skills.
•Learn techniques from leading media advisers and journalists.
•Get motivated to produce a award-winning student media.
Northern Virginia student wins VHSL Journalist of the Year award
NORTHERN VIRGINIA STUDENT IS VHSL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Centreville High School student also wins scholarship
CHARLOTTESVILLE—Brynna Hope Heflin, editor-in-chief of The Sentinel and a senior at Centreville High School in Ashburn, is the Virginia High School League’s 2011 Student Journalist of the Year and Charles Savedge Scholarship recipient. She is the thirteenth winner in the contest’s 21-year history to be selected from the Northern Region.
RPC Save the Date
VHSL continues to offer you the most amazing educational opportunities in partnership with Jostens. The VHSL/Jostens Regional Publications Championships – three, one-day championships in a city closer to your school – will feature the top names in scholastic publications who are coming to Virginia this fall to teach a variety of courses in newspaper, yearbook and magazine publishing. This is also your day to celebrate your publication’s ratings/rankings, as results from the publications evaluations and individual Writing/Photo/Design Contest will be announced.
Join us at this exciting event inFredericksburg (10/3 at Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center), Roanoke (10/5 at Roanoke Higher Education Center and Salem Civic Center) and Richmond (10/7 at Greater Richmond Convention Center). Save the dates!
JEA/NSPA Fall Conference in Minneapolis
Post-it Notes,indoor shopping malls and water skiing: They all began in Minnesota. This is the site of the Fall 2011JEA/NSPA National Convention.
The “land of 10,000 lakes” is the land of many starts. From its humble beginnings in Itasca, the mighty Mississippi River starts in the north and winds through downtown Minneapolis.
A modern city straddling the banks of the Mississippi, Minneapolis is recognized as one of the most literate cities in the nation and a center of culture and entertainment. The convention hotels — the Hyatt and the Hilton — are conveniently connected to the convention center by indoor, climate-controlled Skyways.