TAJE welcomes Alicia Merrifield from The Village School in Houston as our new Private School Liaison. Alicia will act as a voice for our advisers from private schools as the board makes decisions as well as working on scholastic journalism resources and opportunities for private school advisers. Alicia has been teaching 30 years and specializing in journalism the last 11. She has been...
Print News Portfolio Best of the Best: Alice Scott, McCallum HS 1st runner-up: Alex Thornfelt, Marcus HS 2nd runner-up: Anna Holme, James Bowie HS 3rd runner-up: Arushi Sharma, James Bowie HS 4th runner-up:Sarah Hale, Pleasant Grove HS Objective Writing Best of the Best: Hyunsung Na, Alanna Reed, Aishani Rayu, Harrison Hamre, Marcus HS 1st runner-up:...
CONTEST Students must be registered for the ILPC convention to participate. Working in teams of 1-3, students will cover any aspect of the UIL Academic State Meet on Friday, May 6. They can use any combination of writing, photography, video, audio and/or graphic design to produce an in-depth feature story. Be as specific as possible on your story angle. General stories about the meet itself...
Category Name(s) School URL Award B1. News Story Claire McMahon, Olivia Smiley Marcus HS https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P3QGYx27kj6QdYkK-WLXtSm9JdH1xIAD/view?usp=drivesdk Superior B1. News Story Lauren Gonzales, Berkely Willow Springs MS https://youtu.be/sEvN2mhZ1vo Superior B1. News Story Valeria Perez Guerra Heritage HS https://youtu.be/Eyc1ncTekIU?t=288 Excellent B1....
Prosper High School senior Amanda Hare represents Texas as its 2022 Journalist of the Year and will compete for the national JOY title in the Journalism Education Association contest. As the Texas winner, Hare will receive the $1,500 Bill Taylor Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by Balfour Publishing. The Texas Association of Journalism Educators’ JOY committee reviewed eight portfolios...
President: Kari Riemer
President-Elect: Michael Reeves
Past President: Alyssa Boehringer
Secretary: Stephen Green
Treasurer: Margaret Edmonson
State Director: Emily Pyeatt Arnold
Convention Director: PJ Cabrera
Contest Director: Andrea Negri
Webmaster: Mauri Sparks
Executive Director: Cindy Todd
Private Schools Liaison: Alicia Merrifield
ILPC Liaison: Jeanne Acton
ATPI Liaison: Mark Murray
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 ParkHS
Region 9: Amber Parrish, Cy-Falls HS
Region 10: Sandra Casperson, Robert Vela HS

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