JEANC Annual Meeting Minutes, Jan. 21, 2017

Paul Kandell, Co-president

February 22, 2017

The JEANC board met Saturday, Jan. 17, at the CNPA offices in Sacramento for our annual meeting. Here's the link to the minutes from the meeting: JEANC Minutes 1-21-2017 Upcoming board meetings are as follows: Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:00pm – 8:00pm  JEANC Hangout Thu Aug 10, 2017 ...

Summer Workshops for Journalism Students

February 9, 2017

Fielding questions from students asking you about possible journalism opportunities for the summer? We have compiled a list of workshops that you can use to recommend summer opportunities to your students. Workshops Asian American Journalists Association J-Camp At Temple University School of Media and Communicati...

California Press Women Annual Contest

February 2, 2017

California Press Women is holding their 2017 CPW High School Communications Contest. First-place winning entries in CPW's contest are eligible to advance to the National Federation of Press Women national competition. The entry fee is $3 per entry. Electronic submissions must be received by Feb. 21,...

California Journalist of the Year contest — looking back and looking forward

January 14, 2017

With the 2017 California Journalist of the Year contest deadline approaching Feb. 19, now is a good time to reflect on the impressive track record of NorCal students in the past few years. In particular, after several years of strong national runners-up, in 2016 we were proud to see one of our ow...

2016 NorCal Media Day

August 5, 2016

Join JEANC for a full day of learning at the NorCal Media Conference. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 FREE for JEANC member advisers and their students at the Media Arts Center, Palo Alto HS Registration 9:00 a.m., sessions 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Optional on-site contests 2:15-3:15 p.m.  DETAILS Conference FAQs: Check here to see if your...

No JEANC Kickstart Days for Summer 2016

June 12, 2016

JEANC will not be holding Kickstart Days this summer. Please check back next spring to see what will be offered for the summer of 2017.

2016 JEANC Annual Contest–submit your entries by April 15

March 21, 2016

In an attempt to recognize student journalists and their work for student publications, we offer an annual contest. With the shift in graduation credits, AP course offerings, curriculum standards, and with administrators placing more emphasis on testing, advisers need every possible resource to promote...

In memoriam: Nick Ferentinos

January 31, 2016

JEANC is joining with the larger scholastic journalism community in celebrating the life of long-time NorCal adviser, mentor and friend Nick Ferentinos, who lost his long battle with cancer this week. In addition his 18 years advising Homestead High School’s award-winning student newspaper, The...

2015 NorCal Media Conference: Best of the West

September 27, 2015

Congratulations to all who participated in the Best of the West contest. This contest recognizes the "best" of each publication category represented at the convention. Here are the formal criteria: Carry in only, the Best of the West Contest follows NSPA Guidelines for national JEA/NSPA conventions. Ne...

2015 NorCal Media Conference: Congratulations contest winners

September 27, 2015

One hundred student journalists participated in on-site contests in 11 categories at the 2015 NorCal Media Conference on Sept. 26. Of those, 38 received individual awards. Here are the winners in each category, which are also archived online. All certificates and judges' feedback will be sent to advisers ...

2015 NorCal Media Conference a success

September 27, 2015

More than 350 student journalists from the Northern California region came together on Sept. 26 for the NorCal Media Conference, an event hosted by JEANC at the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Center. In the group, 38 schools, including two middle schools, represented 12 yearbooks, 25 newspapers, 13...

2015 NorCal Media Conference: On-site Contest Descriptions

September 12, 2015

News Contestants will attend a session in which a speaker will present on a newsworthy topic and follow with a question and answer period. The written story should demonstrate an understanding of news values and basic newswriting style. Editorial Contestants will attend a session in which a speaker will ...