Thank you to the nearly 1300 students and advisers who traveled to the University of Missouri-Columbia on March 28 for the 49th annual J Day celebration of student journalism! And congratulations to the more than 1,200 total state winners honored in Overall and Individual contests.
MIPA recognizes All-Missouri, Superior, Excellent and Honorable Mention work with certificates. MIPA judges chose roughly the top 10% of the entries to recognize as All-Missouri award winners.
A complete list of individual and overall contest winners is available at: https://mipajournalism.com/j-day-awards-lists/
If you attended J Day but missed the awards ceremony, you can still find out the J Day Write-Off Winners and the J Day Photo Shoot Winners.as well as the Photo Shoot-Off PowerPoint that includes their photos. Thank you to all who participated!
We would like to thank our nearly 70 judges who reviewed the roughly 1,800 entries this year. Judges range from journalism teachers and professors to professional journalists from across the country. Without their time, commitment and feedback, scholastic journalists across the state would not have the opportunity to learn and improve.
First Name | Last Name | Job Title or Position |
Shari | Adwers | adviser — newspaper, yearbook, web; President, Michigan Interscholastic Press Association; Curriculum Coordinator, JEA |
Kathy | Allen | newspaper adviser and co-adviser for yearbook |
Alicia | Archuleta | adviser |
Louisa | Avery | teacher/adviser |
Molly | Baker | Yearbook Representative |
Karen | Black | News adviser, Hickman Mills High School |
James | Brochin | Journalism teacher and advisor to school newspaper |
Cal | Butcher | Faculty, William Allen White School of Journalism at University of Kansas |
Nathan | Byrne | Supervising Editor of Academic Partnerships |
Erin | Coggins | Journalism Adviser |
Julia | Copeland | Balfour Publishing Education Specialist |
Adam | Dawkins | Regis Jesuit High School Student Media Adviser, RJ MEDIA, SJW Coordinator, JEA, President, Colorado Student Media Association |
Linda | Drake | Journalism Teacher |
Bethany | Drobeck | Yearbook Adviser |
Kathleen | Duncan | Photo & Video Producer/Editor |
Susan | Duncan | Current online newspaper, past yearbook adviser, TAJE board member |
Kathleen | Duncan | Photo Editor, Photographer and Videographer |
Michelle | Elizondo | Journalism Teacher |
Brian | Eriksen | Teacher |
Ryan | Famuliner | News Director, KBIA. Assistant Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism |
Elizabeth | Frogge | Associate Professor of Radio-TV Journalism |
Patricia | Gathright | retired – journalism teacher |
Sara | Gonzales | Journalism Adviser |
Annie | Gorenstein Falkenberg | Yearbook Adviser |
HL | Hall | JEA President, retired yearbook adviser |
Trevor | Hayes | Broadcast Associate/Associate Producer at FOX Sports |
Russell | Hill | Yearbook advisor/Journalism teacher |
Minerva | Howard | Judge for Quill and Scroll and MU |
Jessica | Hunziker | Adviser (yearbook, newspaper, broadcast) |
Trevor | Ivan | Adviser, researcher, contest coordinator |
Christy | Jung | Assistant Professor of Communication and former News Anchor/Reporter |
Tanya | Katnic | Journalism, Yearbook adviser; English teacher |
Jack | Kennedy | CSMA Executive Director |
Paige | Kesler | Account Executive Lifetouch/ Editor in Chief for HS yearbook 2010 |
Rachel | Kidder | Jaguar Media Adviser |
Kristy | Ladd Culp | Brand Manager |
Kim | Lynch | Journalism teacher – Brenham High School |
Brenda | Marafioto | Photography and Journalism Teacher |
Lucas | McCain | Jostens Yearbook Representative |
Jonah | McKeown | Assistant Producer, KBIA-FM |
Emily | Miller | teacher/adviser |
Jeanne | Miller Wood | Photo editor |
Jennifer | Nelson | Senior Information Specialist at Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute/ 5 years in the newspaper industry |
Kristy | Nyp | high school journalism teacher/adviser |
Mary | Patrick | JEA Mentor and CJE |
Wayna | Polk | Publications Adviser |
Kyle | Quick | Journalist / Phtographer |
Randy | Raley | Advertising director |
Felicia | Rateliff | Senior Program Manager, Marketing Educator |
Terri | Real | Journalism teacher |
Ben | Reed | Media Adviser – Monarch High School |
Michael | Reeves | Journalism Teacher |
Brooke | Rhoads | Editor-in-Chief NorthmenNews.com |
Kimberlee | Ried | Public Affairs Coordinator |
Hannah | Shapiro | Journalism & Filmmaking Teacher, Media Studies Department Head, & Journalism Adviser |
Annie | Sidesinger | Art Director |
Susan | Tantillo | Kent State University adjunct |
Randy | Vonderheid | journalism teacher in Frisco, TX |
Maggie | Walter | profesor, Missouri School of Journalism |
Tom | Winski | Assistant Professor of Journalism |
Stacey | Woelfel | Professor |
Amanda | Wood | Professional Photographer |
Sergio | Yanes | Journalism Teacher |
Stan | Zoller | Lecturer / Journalism |