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Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.2007 Annual Report
Res ponsive.
Res ourceful.
Res ilient.
On the CoverClockwise from bottom left: Jim McGonnell, 2007 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year; interns in the online editing residency at Western Kentucky University; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Alan Weintraut, 2006 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year at the convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Dr. Rusty Todd at the business reporting internship program residency; and Patrick Stumpf and Melvin Coulter at Marquette University’s Urban Journalism Workshop.
2007 Annual ReportDow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.
Table of ContentsFrom the President of the Fund 4From the Executive Director 5Programs At-A-Glance 62007 Financial Report 7
ProgramsCollege Programs Online Internships 8 Newspaper Editing Internships 9 Sports Editing Internships 12 Business Reporting Internships 13
High School Programs Summer High School Journalism Workshops 14 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year 19
Publications 21
Board of Directors and Offi cers 22
Guidelines 23
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund is a nonprofi t foundation established in 1958 and supported by the Dow Jones Foundation and media companies. Its purpose is to promote careers in print and online journalism.
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.P.O. Box 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0300Phone: (609) 452-2820 FAX: (609) 520-5804
Web: https://www.newspaperfund.orgEmail: [email protected]
© 2008 Copyright Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.
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From the President/Richard J. Levine 50 Years and Counting As those of you who follow the fortunes of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund are aware, the Fund is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Fifty years ago, in another time of uncertainty for the newspaper industry, Bernard “Barney” Kilgore, the legendary architect of the modern Wall Street Journal, and a handful of senior colleagues launched a bold effort to encourage the nation’s best and brightest students to consider careers in journalism.
Today, as the newspaper industry faces perhaps the gravest fi nancial challenge in its history from the Internet and other communications technologies, I am pleased to be able report that the Fund continues to accomplish this important mission. The Fund’s board of directors approved almost $532,000 in grants and operating expenses for the 2008 programs for high school and college students, a 5.5% increase from last year. Still, the past year, like the one before, was diffi cult, forcing the Fund’s small dedicated staff to produce innovative solutions to problems that surfaced almost daily.
Most of those problems stemmed from the ongoing cost-cutting in many of the nation’s newsrooms in response to declining advertising and circulation revenue. That directly affected the Fund’s fl agship program – the paid, professional summer internships for college students and recent graduates. Some newspapers that had participated year after year trimmed the number of interns they took or bowed out entirely. Fortunately, however, new participants were recruited, often from the ranks of smaller dailies that have been the traditional training ground for journalists. As a result, we were able to award 103 editing and reporting internships for the summer of 2008, only one fewer than for 2007.
Equally encouraging were the quantity and quality of applicant pool. While some veteran journalists may be fatigued and depressed by the constant belt-tightening, large numbers of talented and ambitious young people aspire to be reporters and editors, which bodes well for the news business and a democratic society that depends on professional journalists to deliver an unbiased stream of vital news and analysis.
One lesson learned in recent years is that the Fund’s programs must embrace the new technologies, equipping tomorrow’s journalists with not only basic reporting and editing skills but also the online tools and techniques required in the digital age.
The Newspaper Fund was further strengthened by the addition to the board of two talented journalists -- Cathy Panagoulias, assistant managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, and Neal Lipschutz, managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires – and the upgrade of its Web site. Going forward, we anticipate benefi ting signifi cantly from the global strength and experience of News Corp., which acquired Dow Jones late last year.
At 50, the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund is facing the future with confi dence.
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From the Executive Director/Richard S. Holden A Valued Internship Program Returns
After a fi ve-year hiatus, the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund restarted its online internship program, at Western Kentucky University’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting under the direction of Dr. Pam Johnson.
Ten students were selected to participate in the intensive one-week training program. Judging from their comments and those of their supervisors, it was an overwhelming success.
Here’s what some of the students and their supervisors had to say.
Chris Rapking, a student at Ohio University, interned at the Tennessean in Nashville. He called the WKU training program “specifi c and effi cient as possible. …I loved the multimedia production skills that were taught hands-on; they were valuable and have been a wonderful addition to my portfolio.” The folks at the Tennessean were impressed. Chris was hired full time when his internship concluded.
Marie Yoko Thibault, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spent her summer at Yahoo! Finance. Her supervisor commented that Marie was a “creative, independent thinker. A pleasure to have a problem solver who doesn’t need much hand-holding. Armed with a goal/destination, Marie will fi nd her own effective way to achieve it.”
Nate Birt, a student at the University of Missouri, shared the “Intern of the Year” award at the Detroit Free Press (along with another Newspaper Fund intern) for his online work. The director of new media at the Free Press said, “When anyone, as an intern, can step in and help fi ll the void created when other editors—editors with many, many more years more experience—are removed to work on other things, that says a lot about that intern’s ability. …Frankly, he performed. He got things done. He exceeded expectations.”
Of course, these plaudits are not limited to our online program. Nearly every supervisor report we received—from news editors to sports editors to business editors—was positive, a tribute to the college professors who select the students every December and train them every spring.
The online program wouldn’t have been possible without a generous contribution from Yahoo! News and its then director, Neil Budde, one of some 6,000 Newspaper Fund alumni who have come through our college programs since 1960. As I’ve often said, the Newspaper Fund is known by the alumni we keep. All of us thank Neil and Yahoo! News for their support.
Another measure of the program’s success is that, for 2008, the number of interns will be increasing 50 percent, and we’ll have two training sessions at Western Kentucky rather than one.
Thanks also go out to Morris Communications Corp. for providing eight positions at its newspapers for our editing interns. We hope to increase our ties to newspaper publishing companies, particularly those
Online interns at Western Kentucky
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heavily focused on community journalism.
A salute also goes out to Jim McGonnell, who was selected as our 2007 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year.
Jim, who advises the Blue & Gold newspaper and the 2AToday television program at Findlay (Ohio) High School, joined 14 other Newspaper Fund teachers of the year last November in Philadelphia for the annual fall convention of the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association.
In his address to the teachers and advisers, he spoke for all of them when he said, “I am not poor. The thousands of kids I have come in contact with and friendships made, I would never fi nd in any other occupation.”
Congratulations, Jim. And, as always, thanks to all the news organizations and individuals who have played such an important role in our fi rst 49 years. We look forward to our 50th and many more.
College Internships Business Reporting - One training site: 10 interns from seven colleges, nine newspapers Sports Copy Editing - One training site: Eight interns from six colleges, eight newspapers Online Copy Editing - One training site: Ten interns from seven colleges, nine media companies News Copy Editing - Seven training sites: 76 interns from 52 colleges, 66 media companies
Publications Adviser Update – 5,500 copies per quarter, 12 sponsors The Journalist’s Road to Success – 600 distributed La Ruta Al Exito del Periodista – 600 distributed In the Beginning; Reviving Scholastic Journalism School by School - Online PDF
Teacher Awards Program Jim McGonnell, Teacher of the Year Jim Lang, Distinguished Adviser Peggy Gregory, Distinguished Adviser Martha Singleton, Distinguished Adviser Tracy Anne Sena, Distinguished Adviser Dennis Brown, Special Recognition Adviser Noreen Connelly, Special Recognition Adviser Glenn Olson, Special Recognition Adviser Valerie Penton, Special Recognition Adviser Barbara Thill, Special Recognition Adviser Stephen Wahlfeldt, Special Recognition Adviser High School Journalism Workshops 26 workshops, 18 states, 462 students, 139 co-sponsors
Programs At-A-Glance
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DOW JONES NEWSPAPER FUND, INC. STATEMENTS OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS AND CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 (Unaudited Financial Statement) CASH RECEIPTS Contributions Dow Jones Foundation, Inc. $350,000 Scholarship Fund/Donations $ 4,933 Intern Training Grants from Newspapers $143,780 Total Contributions $498,713 Other Receipts Career Literature $ 7,438 Publication Ads $ 11,775 Interest Income $ 0 Total Other Receipts $ 19,213
TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS $517,926 CASH DISBURSEMENTS High School Teacher Programs Teacher Awards Program Student Scholarships $ 3,350 Teacher Awards Program Operating Costs $ 14,214 Total High School Teacher Programs $ 17,564 High School Student Programs High School Journalism Workshops $119,800 Workshops Writing Competition Scholarships $ 2,000 High School Newspaper Project $ 1,000 Total High School Student Programs $122,800
College Student Programs Editing Intern Training Centers $219,400 Business Reporting Training Center $ 10,707 Intern Travel Fund $ 17,202 Intern Scholarships $ 46,000 College Program Operating Costs $ 17,653 Total College Student Programs $310,962 Career Information Program And General Operating Expenses Newsletter for High School Teachers $ 20,333 General Career Information $ 1,237 Production/Printing $ 1,284 Distribution $ 3,411 Postage $ 6,217 Postage (Dow Jones) $ 0 Stationery and Envelopes $ 722 Miscellaneous Expenses & Insurance $ 27,790 Total Career Information and General Operating Expenses $ 60,994
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS $512,320 Change in Fund Balance 5,604FUND BALANCE - January 1 $478,086 FUND BALANCE - December 31 $483,690
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College Programs Yahoo! News Revives Online Internship ProgramThe Newspaper Fund has wanted to bring back the online editing internship program since it was discontinued in 2003. It’s a new day and newspapers are again turning to digital media.
A multi-year grant from Yahoo! News, made it possible to open a training program at Western Kentucky University directed by Dr. Pamela Johnson with principal instruction from Ezra Palmer of Yahoo! News. Neil Budde, Fund alumnus, was instrumental in bringing the program new life.
Reinstating the online program boosted the number of Newspaper Fund internship residency sites to nine. The mainstays
continued to be newspaper editing with 76 interns at seven training sites, a sport copy editing program for eight interns and a business reporting program for nine interns.
The online interns were hired by 10 media organizations. Mark Simpson created DJNF Guinea Pigs on a social networking site that soon had loads of photographs, work samples and job information for the participants to devour and share.
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Neil Budde listens as Rich Holden makes a point
Marie ThibaultMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyYahoo! News
Kelley EmenekerArizona State UniversityPress Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Larissa BoyerLehigh UniversityCape Cod Times
Danielle TrussoOhio UniversityLexington Herald Leader
Christopher RapkingOhio UniversityTennessean, Nashville
Sarah GoldfarbPenn State UniversityArgus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jeffrey SchenckUniversity of California at Los AngelesYahoo! News
Nate BirtUniversity of MissouriDetroit Free Press
Sara Fernandez CendonUniversity of MissouriJournal News, White Plains, N.Y.
Omar YacoubiVirginia Commonwealth UniversitySt. Petersburg Times
Online Editing Interns
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Brian Brooks, directorColumbia, Mo.
Levertes RaglandClark Atlanta UniversityBelleville (Ill.) News-Democrat
Evita TimmonsUniversity of MissouriIndianapolis Star
Selamawit KidaneUniversity of MissouriKansas City Star
Alex MullerPenn State UniversityThe Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill.
Shara TibkenSimpson CollegeGrand Forks (N.D.) Herald
Derek KorteUniversity of Kansas Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin
Natalie JohnsonUniversity of KansasIndianapolis Star
Kate ShipleyUniversity of KansasKansas City Star
Jennifer AmurUniversity of MissouriSt. Paul Pioneer Press
Courtney FrenchUniversity of MissouriMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brian HernandezUniversity of Nebraska, LincolnMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDADr. Rick Kenney, directorOrlando, Fla.
Jennifer ShewPennsylvania State UniversitySt. Petersburg Times
Kimberly CicconiPennsylvania State UniversitySarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
Jacob KrissSUNY GeneseoRichmond Times-Dispatch
Heather KeelsUniversity of MarylandVirginian Pilot, Norfolk
Holly LeachUniversity of MissouriColumbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer
Catherine BaileyUniversity of MissouriTampa Tribune
Megan SchumacherUniversity of MissouriNaples (Fla.) Daily News
News Copy Editing Interns
Interns in the University of Central Florida residency wait to enter the Orlando Sentinel’s news meeting.
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Meghan O’ConnellUniversity of RichmondRoanoke Times
Ruth NapierUniversity of TennesseePalm Beach Post
Eddith SevillaSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jordan O’DonnellUniversity of North CarolinaDow Jones Newswires
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Marie Hardin, directorUniversity Park, Pa.
Carla YoungBuffalo State CollegeJournal News, White Plains, N.Y.
Jodi-Ann BaileyPenn State UniversityCincinnati Enquirer
Brittany HiteIndiana University, BloomingtonCincinnati Enquirer
Brian ThorntonKent State UniversityCincinnati Enquirer
Christopher EdniePenn State UniversityMedford (Ore.) Mail Tribune
Elizabeth PettySyracuse UniversityNew Bedford (Mass.) Standard Times
Corinne SchulerUniversity of Central FloridaBuffalo News
Rachel KellyUniversity of MissouriCape Cod (Mass.) Times
Elizabeth RaufUniversity of MontanaPocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.
William PlochWestern Kentucky UniversityPortsmouth (N.H.) Herald
Jay BuchananYale CollegeMiddletown (N.Y.) Times Herald Record
Nivedita RamakrishnanSan Jose State UniversityStockton (Calif.) Record
Lauren BootierPenn State UniversityPittsburgh Tribune-Review
UNIVERSITY OF TEXASS. Griffi n Singer, directorAustin, Texas
Breanca ThomasUniversity of OklahomaFort Worth Star-Telegram
Hoon OkUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonBeaumont Enterprise
Gregory FinleyCalifornia State University, ChicoThe Washington Post
Ryan ClaunchTexas Christian UniversityTennessean, Nashville
Joel GehringerUniversity of Nebraska, LincolnArizona Daily Star
News Copy Editing Interns
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Jacqueline StoneUniversity of Texas at AustinHouston Chronicle
Carolyn GarzaUniversity of MissouriAustin American-Statesman
Cristina ParkerUniversity of MissouriHouston Chronicle
Katherine ArmstrongUniversity of Texas at AustinDenver Post
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLProfessor George William Cloud, directorChapel Hill, N.C.
Sanjay ShenaiUniversity of OregonJuneau (Alaska) Empire
Stephen HagenbuchHaverford CollegeThe Washington Times
Christina AlexanderNorthwestern UniversityAugusta Chronicle
Jeffrey SmithOhio UniversityNews Journal, Wilmington, Del.
Mary WhiteUniversity of California at Los AngelesSavanah Morning News
Colin PlanalpUniversity of MissouriAmarillo Globe-News
Jobetta HedelmanUniversity of OregonMcClatchy Tribune News Service
Daniel AndersonUniversity of OregonFlorida Times-Union
Elizabeth PeralesOakland UniversityDetroit Free Press
Carla Saavedra-SantiagoOhio UniversityMorris News Service
Heather TerrySeattle Pacifi c UniversityAmarillo Globe-News
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITYDr. William Tilllinghast, directorSan Jose, Calif.
Annie NguyenChapman UniversitySan Luis Obispo Tribune
Felicia AguinaldoSan Jose State UniversityContra Costa Times
Molly O’HareOhio UniversitySan Diego Union Tribune
Julia CooperSan Jose State UniversityFresno Bee
News Copy Editing Interns
Bob Nishizaki of the Contra Contra Times talks with interns at the San Jose State University residency.
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Karl KrempelUniversity of MontanaTacoma News Tribune
Mark NoackUniversity of OregonSpokesman Review, Spokane, Wash.
Vanessa PearsonUniversity of KansasLos Angeles Times
Katrina GarciaCalifornia State University, FresnoBakersfi eld Californian
David HegleUniversity of OregonReno Gazette-Journal
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Dr. Ed Trayes, directorPhiladelphia, Pa.
Andrew KnappAmerican UniversityNewsday
Charmie SnetterTemple UniversityBoston Globe
Cynthia HernandezUniversity of KansasThe New York Times
Martin GutmannPenn State UniversityHartford Courant
Kenji FujishimaRutgers UniversityThe Wall Street Journal
Michael DukesNorth Carolina State UniversityThe Wall Street Journal
Adam ManzorUniversity of Central FloridaThe New York Times
Gregory SchreierUniversity of Colorado, BoulderAssociated Press
Julie WyattUniversity of MissouriThe New York Times
Allison MorrowUniversity of MissouriNewsday
Kathlyn HotynskiUniversity of Wisconsin, Eau ClaireThe New York Times News Service
Christopher StantonGeorgetown UniversityNewark (N.J.) Star-Ledger
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKADr. Charlyne Berens, directorLincoln, Neb.
Kristin SimonettiUnivesrity of North Carolina at Chapel HillMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Travis RobinettUniversity of KansasSt. Paul Pioneer Press
Bryan WendellUniversity of MissouriMiami Herald
News Copy Editing Interns
Sports Copy Editing Interns
2007 Ed Trayes Scholar Each year, Dr. Ed Trayes selects an intern to receive a $1,000 scholarship and the distinction of being named the Ed Trayes Scholar. The 2007 winner, the fourth of 10, is Gregory Schrier. Dr. Trayes said, “Greg Schreier
is well on his way to becoming a fi ne editor. Already he has demonstrated a high level of editing skill and expertise as well as a passion for journalism at its best. I have no doubt that Greg will make a signifi cant impact on how journalism is practiced wherever he works. . .and beyond.”
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Ryan GavinUniversity of MissouriHartford Courant
Christina GullicksonSan Jose State UniversityDenver Post
Rhett BollingerUniversity of Southern CaliforniaPalm Beach Post
Justin VernoldBuffalo State CollegeJournal News, White Plains, N.Y.
Andrew KnollTemple UniversityThe New York Times
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Dr. Rusty Todd, directorNew York, N.Y.
Simranjit AujlaBrown UniversityOrlando Sentinel
Amanda GetchelBall State UniversityIndianapolis Business Journal
Nina KimNorthwestern UniversitySt. Petersburg Times
Abha BhattariNorthwestern UniversityDow Jones Newswires
Nicole DowHampton UniversityThe Frederick (Md.) News-Post
Jenny Song Northwestern UniversityTennessean, Nashville
Alex ShebarSyracuse UniversityRochester (N.Y.) Democrat
and Chronicle
Ying Wu New York University The Wall Street Journal
Vanessa RozierHoward UniversityNaples Daily News
Augustine MirandaUniversity of TexasDenver Post
Business Reporting Interns
Dr. Rusty Todd lectures at the New York University residency for business reporting interns, above. Nicole Dow works on an assignment, below.
Sports Copy Editing Interns
High School Programs Summer Journalism Workshops Embrace MultimediaRose Richard and Tsitsi Wakhisi didn’t have experience with media convergence but when offered sizable grants they placed their summer journalism workshops on wholly new platforms.
Mrs. Richard, associate dean at Marquette University’s College of Communication, accepted a $40,000 grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation to run a multimedia program she called “Backpack Journalism.” Professor Wakhisi of the University of Miami received support from James Ansin of WSVN-Channel 7 and philanthropist Peace Sullivan. Both workshops, among 26 the Newspaper Fund co-sponsored in 2007, expanded from two weeks to three and added personnel with technical expertise. Each workshopper used an iMac laptop, Treo Smartphone, iPod with digital recording adaptor, memory card, video camera and digital camera to carry in a cushiony backpack.
Urban Voice looked at life in Milwaukee from school violence, to urban development to ethnic and cultural diversity. Blogs, digital video stories, opinion pieces, straight narratives and podcasts populate the site. Students took turns posing for signature portraits with electronic devices of their choice.
Mrs. Richard did away with the workshop paper and probably won’t have one again, she said.
Ms. Wakhisi’s students published a workshop paper in addition to the online projects and created a newscast. She chose the theme “Under the Gun: Teens and Violence in South Florida” for the paper and used “Got Shot?” on the Web. Both show the barrel of a gun.
“We cried everyday,” she said.
Experience Miami Montage at http://com.miami.edu/workshop/2007 Connect with Urban Voice at http://web.mac.com/mu_urbanjournalism
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Students surround John Yearwood, international editor for the Miami Herald
Gary Rummler, workshop co-director, goes over a story by Nakia Junior at the Marquette Urban Journalism Workshop.
ALABAMAUniversity of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Ala.Dates: July 8 - 18Students: 25Co-Sponsors:Alabama Broadcasters AssociationAlabama Press Association Journalism FoundationCollege of Communication and Information SciencesEd MullinsOffi ce Community Affairs, University of AlabamaMercedes Benz USA InternationalMobile Press RegisterThe Tuscaloosa News
ARIZONAUniversity of ArizonaTucson, Ariz.Dates: June 2 - 13Students: 20Co-Sponsors:Tucson CitizenArizona Republic
CALIFORNIABay Area Multicultural Media AcademySan Francisco, Calif.Dates: June 17 - 30Students: 18Co-Sponsors:San Francisco State University, Center for Integration and Improvement of JournalismMiranda Lux FoundationKPIXANGEthics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
California Chicano News Media Association/San Diego ChapterEl Cajon, Calif.Dates: June 17 – 29Students: 22Co-Sponsors:San Diego Union-TribuneSociety of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi FoundationCCNMA Inland Chapter ScholarshipsRadio and Television News Directors Foundation
California Chicano News Media Association/San Jose ChapterSan Jose, Calif.Dates: June 24 – July 6Students: 20Co-Sponsors:San Jose Mercury NewsCastellano Family Foundation
California State University, FresnoFresno, Calif.Dates: June 21 – 30Students: 15Co-Sponsors:Fresno BeeSanger HeraldMadera TribuneCollege of Arts & Humanities
FLORIDAFlorida A&M UniversityTallahassee, Fla.Dates: June 11 – 17Students: 12Co-Sponsors:St. Petersburg TimesThe Florida Times UnionThe Miami HeraldThe Tallahassee DemocratThe Palm Beach Post
Florida International UniversityNorth Miami, Fla.Dates: July 18 – 29Students: 15Co-Sponsors:School of Journalism and Mass CommunicationSouth Florida Sun-SentinelPalm Beach PostMiami Herald
University of MiamiCoral Gables, Fla.Dates: June 19 – 24Students: 18Co-Sponsors:St. Petersburg TimesPeace SullivanThe Miami HeraldJames Ansin, WSVN Channel 7The Palm Beach PostSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel
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2007 High School Journalism Workshops
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ILLINOIS Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Ill.Dates: July 8 - 21Students: 18Co-Sponsors:Illinois Press FoundationScripps Howard FoundationEthics and Excellence in Journalism FoundationEvansville CourierParis Beacon-NewsPana News-PalladiumColes PublishersIndianapolis StarFort Wayne Journal-GazetteSt. Louis Post DispatchEastern Illinois student publications
KENTUCKYUniversity of KentuckyLexington, Ky.Dates: June 13 – 23Students: 14Co-Sponsors:Louisville Courier-JournalLexington Herald-LeaderScripps Howard Foundation
MISSISSIPPIUniversity of MississippiOxford, Miss.Dates: June 20 - 30Students: 20Co-Sponsors:Department of JournalismNortheast Mississippi Daily JournalThe Biloxi Sun HeraldThe Mississippi Press Association
MISSOURIUniversity of MissouriColumbia, Mo.Dates: July 14 – 23Students: 20Co-Sponsors:School of JournalismMU Vice Provost of International Programs and Strategic PlanningMissouri Press Association FoundationKansas City StarRadio and TV News Faculty, MU School of JournalismSt. Louis Post-DispatchMissouri Broadcasters Association
NEW JERSEYHugh N. Boyd Journalism Diversity WorkshopThe Chiger Williams FoundationWest Long Branch, N.J.Dates: July 15 – 27Students: 16Co-Sponsors:FirstEnergy FoundationNew Jersey Newspaper FoundationThe Newark Star-LedgerThe Asbury Park PressThe Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily NewsNorth Jersey Media Group, Inc.The Press of Atlantic CityThe Courier NewsThe Times of TrentonGlenwood Communications Corp.The Home News TribuneThe Burlington County TimesMonmouth University, Department of CommunicationThe Associated PressThe Herald News
NEW YORKNew York UniversityNew York, N.Y.Dates: July 9 – 18Students: 20Co-Sponsors:New York Daily NewsNewsdayTime Warner, Inc.Department of Journalism
OHIOKent State UniversityKent, OhioDates: June 10 – 15Students: 20Co-Sponsors:Journalism and Mass Communications Diversity FundCanton RepositoryThe Cleveland Plain Dealer
OKLAHOMAUniversity of OklahomaNorman, Okla.Dates: June 17 – 29Students: 22Co-Sponsors:Society of Professional Journalists.Oklahoma GazetteThe Oklahoman
2007 High School Journalism Workshops
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Freedom of Information-OklahomaEthics and Excellence in Journalism FoundationTulsa WorldGaylord College of Journalism and Mass CommunicationApple ComputersThe Poynter InstituteOU Student MediaCanon ProfessionalNational Association of Hispanic Journalists - Oklahoma City ChapterNative American Journalists AssociationNorman TranscriptOklahoma City Community College
PENNSYLVANIAPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, Pa.Dates: June 24 – July 6Students: 18Co-Sponsors:Bucks County Courier TimesCalkins Media, Inc.Centre Daily TimesGannett FoundationWendell F. HollandJeffrey A. MooreGeoffrey P. MosherThe Patriot-NewsCollege of Communications, Offi ce of Multicultural AffairsPennsylvania Newspaper AssociationAileen PriceJacqueline Robinson-MelchorJudge D.A. Smith-RibnerJoseph M. SeldenWilliam R. Winder, Jr.
Philadelphia Association of Black JournalistsPhiladelphia, Pa.Dates: July 9 – 20Students: 16Co-Sponsor:Philadelphia Daily News
SOUTH DAKOTANative American Journalists AssociationVermillion, S.D.Dates: June 1 - 7Students: 15Co-Sponsors: Rocky Mountain NewsKGNU Radio
West River Eagle
TEXASSan Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, TexasDates: June 17 – 29Students: 16Co-Sponsors:San Antonio Express-NewsAustin American-StatesmanThe Dallas Morning NewsSan Angelo Standard-TimesTexas State University, San Marcos
Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TexasDates: May 29 – June 8Students: 15Co-Sponsors:Fort Worth Star-TelegramCollege of Communication
University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, TexasDates: July 8 – 17Students: 20Co-Sponsors:Bob Moore and Kate GannonEl Paso ElectricEl Paso Press ClubEthics and Excellence in Journalism FoundationPDX Printing of El PasoKTEP-FMUTEP ForensicsSam Donaldson Center, UTEPThe El Paso Times
Yvonne Dennis of The Wall Street Journal works with a writer at The Philadelphia Daily News workshop.
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El Paso Media GroupEl DiarioKFOX TVKROD AMUJAC, Juarez
VIRGINIAVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Va.Dates: June 17 – 29Students: 12Co-Sponsors:Richmond Times-DispatchVirginia Press AssociationVirginia Press Women
WASHINGTONSeattle UniversitySeattle, Wash.Dates: June 23 – 29Students: 18Co-Sponsors:Seattle Post-IntelligencerThe Seattle TimesYakima Herald-RepublicTacoma News Tribune
WISCONSINMarquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wis.Dates: June 17 – 29Students: 20Co-Sponsors:Ethics and Excellence in Journalism FoundationMilwaukee Journal SentinelWisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Summer Workshops Writing and Photography Competitions Award Annual Scholarships
Each year the best writers and photographers in are nominated for $1,000 scholarships for their work. The winners will receive their scholarships to enter college in fall 2008.
2007 Writing Winners
Samera Hadi, The Mosaic San Jose Urban Journalism Workshop, a senior at Silver Creek High School, San Jose, Calif.
Sangeeta Shastry, Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop, a senior at Mary Institute in St. Louis, Mo.
Brittany Stewart, Bay Area Multicultural Media Academy, a senior at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, Calif.
Hillary Castanon, Urban Journalism Workshop at San Antonio College, a senior at Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas.
2007 Photography Winners
Elizabeth Valles, Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism, a senior at Pathways Middle College High School, Oklahoma City.
Victoria Ly, Bay Area Multicultural Media Academy, a senior at Santa Clara (Calif. ) High School.
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National High School Journalism Teacher of the YearBrings a 30-Year Legacy of Service to the Title
Jim McGonnell has served scholastic journalism organizations in Ohio for more than 27 years. He’s taught for 31 years and has set a goal to teach for 35 years. When asked how many of his students had become professional journalists he couldn’t answer readily. How many had become journalism teachers? Astonishingly-- a dozen.
The 2007 national High School Journalism Teacher of the Year made his colleagues laugh and cry a little in his acceptance speech at the Philadelphia convention of the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association.
Excerpts from his talk capture the essence of why he teaches.
As I sat there considering my future, I came up with 5 reasons to continue teaching and advising and why high school journalism programs, newspapers, broadcasts, and now video yearbooks aremy life.
Here are my top fi ve reasons to stay.
Number 5Money - It would be a huge loss of income if I retired at 30 years instead of 35. Teacher retirement in Ohio at 35 years is a good thing. I have a daughter in college and a freshman in high school, who is in my journalism program and could often be heard chanting in her bedroom, “four more years, four more years and she was not taking about George Bush.”
She just wants to go on the trips, I am not that naive. Plus my wife said if she had to keep going, so did I. Being a principal she makes more money than I do.
Number 4Fun - I am still having fun and I like the fast pace of today’s youth. Why would I want to give up the late night sessions, or as we affectionately call it “Hell Week”, where we fi nish fi nal layouts and put the paper to bed.
Breathtaking moments of standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon at sunrise, touring the Washington, D.C., monuments at night, or having a once in a lifetime dinner atop the World Trade Center at dusk were just a few awesome memories I’ve had as a high school journalism teacher.
Number 3I still love my job…… a lot.Okay some days the paper work, red tape, administrators, parents, fellow teachers and even some students make it not so fun. But I love my kids and how each month through the drama of high school, they turn into these workalcoholic and responsible journalists that publish a decent paper every month, and in turn make a difference at Findlay High School.
One thing I love about teaching media classes they are always changing and fast paced, rarely are two days
Jim McGonnell advises the award-winning Blue and Gold newspaper and 2A Today broadcast at Findlay (Ohio) High School.
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the same. With that being said, journalism teachers need to keep up with change. Our curriculum must provide the skills and principles so our students are well aware of what is happening “now” with both media and technology.
Whatever the medium - print, radio, television, or Internet - if news organizations are to be trusted they must prove themselves scrupulous in their insistence upon accuracy and their dedication to fairness.
Student journalists must be taught how to balance their rights with responsibility. Readers trust them to be honest, fair and accurate, especially with controversial school issues. They truly may be the only voice students in our schools have left. Our student body wants our student journalists to ruffl e some feathers, fi ght for their rights and fi nd out the truth, even if our administrators don’t like that. But with that goes responsibility, to look at both sides, weigh the issues, then write responsibly what they have found, and not just be faultfi nding whiners.
Number 2All of you. I would miss friends and colleagues. Ones that continue to make a huge difference in my life. Ones that everyday when I walk into my classroom, you’re with me, not physically of course, but I carry the knowledge of what you have taught me over the years. You make a difference everyday in my classroom.
Does that make sense to you? Because everyday when I walk into my room, with me comes John Bowen, Jack Kennedy, Homer Hall, Dick Johns, Terry Nelson, Kathy Craghead, Renee Burke, and so many more.
Number 1I still make a difference.
English Novelist Charles Kingsley once said. “Never, if possible, lie down at night without being able to say: I have made one human being, at least, a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day.”
Our publication offi ces, studios and newsrooms are safe havens for kids who may not feel the love at home or in the hallways, who get dragged down by the high pressure testing our state legislators have turned our schools into.
All states have standardized tests; some can stop our students from walking at graduation and receiving their diplomas. We reward kids for a sameness or oneness in thought. We want everyone to bubble in the right answer, so our schools receive good ratings. But my goal goes beyond good ratings. We all encourage our students’ individualism; we want to nurture good responsible journalists.
We are creating many of our country’s future leaders; ones that can problem solve, multitask, communicate, and think critically. Ones that will make their own difference in peoples’ lives time and time again.
The Newspaper Fund thanks co-sponsors of the Teacher of the Year ProgramThe Columbia Scholastic Press Association, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
Jim McGonnell receives a plaque and laptop computer from Newspaper Fund board members Thomas Engleman and Diana Mitsu Klos before his talk.
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Publications and CommunicationsRedesigned Web Site The Newspaper Fund spent the better part of 2007 planning, meeting and working with colleagues at Dow Jones to build a better Web site. The fi nished product scheduled for release in 2008 is live at https://www.newspaperfund.org. Higher functionality including data exchange and electronic internship applications and grant proposals, online job posting were among elements of the build. The new journalism school search feature is an especially important enhancement.
Rickelle Borowy, a Pennsylvania State University senior, returned in summer 2007 as an intern to focus on details of the site’s look and feel guided by Vicki Cash of the IT department.
We expect increased use by intern applicants, media professionals and grant seekers.
Compact Adviser Update
Adviser Update, the Fund’s quarterly newspaper for more than 5,000 high school teachers and media professionals, converted from a tabloid to a compact in 2007. Dow Jones colleagues John Stevens in Orlando helped us and Gary Goyden in South Brunswick led the team. Design consultant Dave Rowe re-confi gured the publication’s special features for the smaller pallette.
Additional copies were distributed at the spring and fall conferences of the National Scholastic Press Association/Journalism Education Association and at the spring convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York City. The spring issue is the largest at 36 pages featuring a pullout for the directory for Summer Adviser and Student Journalism Workshops.
The number of sponsoring organizations has continued to grow from the ranks of scholastic press groups, universities and state press associations. Their support enables us to distribute the paper free to our readers.
Journalism Career Guides
The Journalist’s Road to Success, the Fund’s career guide, and its Spanish language counterpart, La Ruta Al Exito del Periodista, continue to be in demand and offered free for single copy requests.
Versions of the Web site banner through development to the fi nal choice
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Offi cers Richard J. Levine/PresidentFormer Vice President, NewsDow Jones & Company
Barbara Martinez/SecretaryReporterThe Wall Street Journal
Thomas W. McGuirl/TreasurerVice President, TaxDow Jones & Company
Richard S. Holden/Executive DirectorDow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.
Newspaper Fund Board of Directors
Directors Don E. CarterMember EmeritusFormer Executive Director
Thomas E. EnglemanFormer Executive DirectorProgram Director, New Jersey NewspaperFoundation
Peter KannRetired Chairman and CEODow Jones & Company
Melanie KirkpatrickDeputy Editor, Editorial PageThe Wall Street Journal
Diana Mitsu KlosSenior Projects DirectorAmerican Society of Newspaper Editors
Neal Lipschutz Senior Vice President/Managing Editor Dow Jones Newswires
Laurence G. O’DonnellRetired Managing EditorThe Wall Street Journal
James H. Ottaway, Jr.Retired Chairman and CEOOttaway Newspapers, Inc.
Dr. Reginald OwensF. Jay Taylor Chair of JournalismLouisiana Tech University
Cathy Panagoulias Assistant Managing Editor The Wall Street Journal
Robin Gibson Sawyer2000 Journalism Teacher of the YearFirst Flight High School, Kill Devil Hills, N.C.
Dr. Russell G. ToddG.B. Dealey Chair, Journalism DepartmentUniversity of Texas at Austin
Fund Staff
Richard S. Holden/Executive DirectorLinda Shockley/Deputy DirectorPhil Avila/Project ManagerDiane Cohn/Director of Finance
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About Fund ProgramsThe Newspaper Fund accepts proposals for two program strands designed to fulfi ll our mission of encouraging students to pursue careers in journalism: College Internship Residencies and High School Journalism Workshops. Guidelines for these programs are available on our Web site, https://www.newspaperfund.org, in the Forms section.
Our grant applications can be obtained online. Further, proposals for College Internship Residencies and High School Journalism Workshops may only be submitted online. Additionally, the Fund will review unsolicited proposals that directly relate to the foundation’s mission. The Basic Grant Application Form for an unsolicited proposal is a Microsoft word document which can be saved on and completed on a computer desktop. It must be submitted by mail. It requires a narrative description of the program or project, a description of the organization, an itemized expense and income budget, resumes of personnel, proof of 501 (c)(3) status and other relevant materials.
Ineligible ProjectsThe Fund does not award grants to publish commercial newspapers or underwrite dinners, luncheons, receptions or other special events. Grants are made only to non-profi t, federally tax-exempt organizations. Individuals are not eligible to apply for DJNF funding.
Proposal DeadlinesProposals must be submitted no later than October 1. Decisions are announced after the annual meeting of the Board of Directors in November.
Directors of previously funded DJNF programs must complete the required fi nal reports before submitting new proposals. They must log on as a Returning DJNF User to submit these reports.
Potential grant applicants may consult with Fund staff about proposals before submission. Send e-mail to [email protected] or call (609) 452-2820 to request a consultation.
