{"id":5941,"date":"2017-12-11T20:24:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T02:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2017-12-11T20:24:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T02:24:40","slug":"gloria-shields-nspa-media-workshop-set-for-june-25-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/gloria-shields-nspa-media-workshop-set-for-june-25-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloria Shields\/NSPA Media Workshop set for June 25-28"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a perfect partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gloria Shields Workshop<\/a>, held in Dallas, has educated thousands of high school journalists for 37 years, including approximately 600 students and 60 advisers from eight states in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Scholastic Press Association<\/a> (NSPA), with a rich 96-year history, works to educate and recognize the work of student journalists, to improve the quality of student media and to foster careers in media. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gloria Shields Workshop is widely considered one of the top high school journalism workshops in the country, and this exciting partnership aligns beautifully with the mission of NSPA,\u201d said Laura Widmer, executive director.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gloria Shields\/NSPA Media Workshop is scheduled for June 25-28, 2018, at its longtime location at the Addison Marriott Quorum near the Galleria in Dallas. Early bonus classes are scheduled for June 24. The workshop website will launch in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

NSPA co-sponsors two National High School Journalism Conventions each school year and has been seeking to offer a cutting-edge summer workshop after discontinuing its summer workshop at the University of Minnesota. In 2017, most of the staffs participating in the Gloria Shields Workshop were NSPA members, with 13 Pacemaker-winning schools represented.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMajor changes are not planned for the Gloria Shields Workshop,\u201d Widmer said. \u201cStudents and advisers love the workshop and NSPA is excited to join the workshop committee in continuing their tradition of excellence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From the beginning, the key to the workshop\u2019s success has been the hands-on involvement of journalism advisers serving on the workshop\u2019s planning committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1981, Shields created a one-day fall seminar to provide local journalism students with quality instruction without the cost of travel. Local advisers Jim Davidson and Jack Harkrider helped Shields plan the first event that featured nationally recognized advisers John Cutsinger and Bruce Watterson along with local advisers and journalists from The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1984, the one-day seminar became a five-day summer workshop called the All-American High School Publications Workshop. Following Shields\u2019 death in 1988, the workshop advisory committee named the workshop after her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGloria was a force of nature. She had a way of getting people to do exactly what she wanted done,\u201d said Mary Pulliam. \u201cAs a young adviser, it was a huge boost to my confidence that my mentor wanted me to be on her workshop faculty.\u201d Pulliam, who retired after advising award-winning student publications at Duncanville (Texas) High School for 35 years, has been an active workshop leader from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGloria would be thrilled at the success of the workshop. Her dream has become one of the top scholastic journalism workshops in nation,\u201d Pulliam said.<\/span><\/p>\n

C. Dow Tate, journalism instructor at Shawnee Mission East High School (Kansas), has directed the workshop for about 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gloria Shields Workshop has a history of being a place where the best scholastic journalism schools in the country can come to be pushed to do superior work by the best workshop instructors in the country,\u201d Tate said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gloria Shields\/NSPA Media Workshop Committee includes:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Alyssa Boehringer
\n<\/b>Journalism instructor, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Wade Kennedy
\n<\/b>Journalism instructor, Richardson High School, Richardson, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Gary Lundgren
\n<\/b>Associate Director, National Scholastic Press Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike McLean
\n<\/b>Professional freelance photographer, Dallas, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Modrow
\n<\/b>English instructor, Centennial High School, Frisco, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Murray
\n<\/b>Director of\u00a0Technical Services and Systems Integration, Arlington Independent School District, Arlington, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebecca Pollard
\n<\/b>Journalism instructor, Lovejoy High School, Lucas, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Pulliam
\n<\/b>Retired journalism instructor, Duncanville High School, Duncanville, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Margie Raper
\n<\/b>Journalism instructor, Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Dow Tate
\n<\/b>Journalism instructor, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Widmer
\n<\/b>Executive Director, National Scholastic Press Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/span><\/p>\n

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