Mar 18-25 MU Spring Break. W. Va. Events included workshops, an awards ceremony, and the annual meeting of the West Virginia Journalism Teachers Association, Marilyn McClure, UHSM coordinator and assistant professor of journalism, said. The workshops covered desktop publishing, writing for yearbooks, fundamentals of broadcast journalism, feature writing, advertising techniques, and a special presentation entitled Celebrating an Appalachian Heritage in Stories by members of MU s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia. UHSM is an annual event sponsored by Marshall s School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and supported through grants from the university and the West Virginia Press Association. It began in 1927 with the goal of improving and rewarding high school journalism in the Tri-State area, McClure said.
Membership is free.
Awards were presented for best entries in newspapers, yearbooks and broadcast journalism in categories of overall quality, writing and design. Judging for UHSM is coordinated by Dwight Jensen, associate professor of journalism at Marshall. Judges are national award winners from newspapers and broadcast stations around the country. An alphabetical listing of schools follows the listing of awards categories. No third place awarded.