About JEANC

The Journalism Education Association of Northern California, a non-profit organization headquartered in Stockton, CA, is committed to serving scholastic journalism educators and their students. It covers the territory from Bakersfield and Santa Barbara to the Oregon border.

HERE are the bylaws for our organization.

Membership is available to all advisers of scholastic publications, grades 7 through 12, in both public and private schools.

Now you can access an online membership form, which can be printed and mailed in.

• JEANC works closely with the national Journalism Education Association in sponsoring events such as the Journalist of the Year scholarship program.

• JEANC cooperates with state journalism organizations to host workshops and conventions.

• JEANC recognizes outstanding programs with its Adviser of the Year awards.

• JEANC has published Journalism: Model curriculum Guidelines and will soon release the companion piece, A Framework for Journalism Education.

• The JEANC Board is working with the State Department of Education in an attempt to improve recognition of journalism education within the existing academic structure.

• Board members are available by telephone to answer questions individual advisers may encounter during the year.

Officers:

President
Sarah Nichols

Past President
Don Bott

Treasurer
Randy Hamm

State Regional Director
Lynn McDaniel