[Click here to run for Regional Rep.] - Applications are due Friday, Feb. 10. An Opportunity to Get Involved -- Run for Regional Rep Texas Association of Journalism Educators Regional Representatives are members elected from designated areas of the state who act as liaisons between the board and the members in those geographical areas. Regional Reps will act as points of contact to...
This year's Best in Texas Yearbook contest was our largest yet, with 1,101 entries. Of these, 615 received an award of Superior, Excellent or Honorable Mention. Award certificates will be mailed in early January. If you spot a spelling mistake, please email contests@taje.org with the category and correct spelling by Jan. 6 so we can get it fixed before certificates go out. Category Name School Award Y1...
TAJE welcomes Alison Strelitz from Westlake High School in Austin as our new Convention Director. Alison Strelitz graduated from Texas A&M with a journalism degree and worked at Texas Monthly Magazine, The Austin Business Journal and in communications for a nonprofit organization before obtaining her teaching certificate and transitioning into the classroom. This is her seventh year...
On Thursday, Oct. 20, TAJE will host a discussion about contracts, bidding, budgets and all things related to the financial end of advising yearbooks. The roundtable will be moderated by ILPC Director Alyssa Boehringer and TAJE Executive Director Cindy Todd. Click the link below or use the Meeting ID and Passcode to join at 7:00 p.m. We'll see you there! Topic: The Business of...
Sweepstakes 1st Kingwood Park HS 2nd Marcus HS 3rd McCallum HS 4th McKinney HS 5th Rock Hill HS Best of Show LITERARY MAGAZINE 1. Dream Catcher, Westwood HS PRINT NEWS 6A Large School 1. Three Penny Press, Bellaire HS 2. The Marquee, Marcus HS 3. Eagle Nation InPrint, Prosper HS HM. AHS The Talon, Atascocita HS HM. The Prowler, O’Connor HS 6A Small School 1....
President: Kari Riemer
President-Elect: Michael Reeves
Past President: Alyssa Boehringer
Secretary: Stephen Green
Treasurer: Margaret Edmonson
State Director: Emily Pyeatt Arnold
Convention Director: Alison Strelitz
Contest Director: Andrea Negri
Webmaster: Mauri Sparks
Executive Director: Cindy Todd
ILPC Liaison: Alyssa Boehringer
ATPI Liaison: Mark Murray
Private Schools Liaison: Alicia Merrifield
Mentorship: Bobby Hawthorne
Education: Laura Negri
Legislative and Policy: David Doerr
Region 2: Emily Pyeatt Arnold, Aledo HS
Region 3: Lisa Roskens, Prosper HS
Region 4: Skye Duncan, Sabine HS
Region 5: Vanessa Martinez, El Dorado HS
Region 6: Carey McCarthy, Communications Arts HS
Region 7: David Doerr, W. Charles Akins Early College HS
Region 8: Jennifer Walton, The Woodlands College Park HS
Region 9: Amber Parrish, Cy-Falls HS
Region 10: Sandra Casperson, Robert Vela HS

The next Fall Fiesta convention is Oct. 8-10, 2022