Q: What is the cost of membership?
A: For a single year it is $30. If you sign up for two years, you pay $45. You may also renew your JEA membership through us, using a single form and single payment. Click on the Membership Form link on our home page.
Q: What do my students and I get for joining?
A: The JEANC board is committed to providing value to students and advisers. Members can enjoy the following: contests, conventions, and a scholarship opportunity. The mail-in contest, introduced in 2006, will offer students from newspaper and yearbook staffs to see how they compete with other publications across northern California. To compete, the adviser must be a current JEANC member. The state convention is returning to Sacramento in October, and we hope to bring it back every two years. Students whose adviser is a JEANC member will pay less to attend. Finally, the Arnetta Garcin Scholarship, which pays $500 to the Northern California Journalist of the Year, determines the California representative to the national contest. Twice in the past five years, the California winner has been a finalist in the national contest and earned another $2000 as a result. Students who submit a portfolio for this competition must have an adviser who is a JEANC member.
This Web site, which is available to everyone, including non-members, has recently been redesigned. We hope it will provide a clear and efficient way for us to communicate.
Q: What else does JEANC offer?
A: Any journalism organization is a valuable support network. Typically, the publication adviser at a school is alone. At the most, there might be two such teachers at one school: the newspaper and yearbook adviser. When you make connections with others across the state, you have people who can offer valuable suggestions and help you through tough times. Feel free to e-mail anyone on the board, many of whom have a great deal of experience along with a few awards.
Long-range, the board is looking at more ways to help advisers. As our ideas take clearer shape, we will let you know on this Web site.
