CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Minnesota High School Press Association is pleased to offer the opportunity to recognize the contributions and excellence of a Minnesota Journalism educator. Any student, colleague, parent or community member can nominate a journalism educator by completing the application and sending the support material. An educator may also self-nominate.
A nominee must be a journalism educator at the high school or middle school level in Minnesota during the 2017-18 school year. Teachers/advisers from all media are eligible — newspaper, online, magazine, yearbook or broadcast.
SUPPORT MATERIAL
The nomination packet should include a résumé/vita and one to five letters of support from the nominators.
The nominator should email the complete packet to gary@studentpress.org on or before the May 9 deadline.
A panel of journalists and educators will select the recipient. The announcement will be made in May. In addition to a plaque proclaiming the educator’s achievements and recognition of excellence in journalism education, the winner will be recognized at the Minnesota State Journalism Convention on October 9, 2018.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Nominations should highlight the candidate’s success in these areas:
- Teaching/advising experience and ability
- Background and training as a journalism educator; personal development
- Promoting a student-centered classroom
- Relationships with students, parents, administrators and community stakeholders
- Contributions to the profession
- Commitment to fostering an appreciation for journalism in society and careers in media
- Support of the First Amendment