2010-2011 Executive Board

Vision for WJEA: Our state organization is at a wonderful, critical point in its history. For the first time ever, WJEA has hired an executive director who will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization. Frankly, we couldn't have hired a better person - outgoing multiple-term president Kathy Schrier. This new organizational configuration will afford the incoming president the opportunity to focus his or her efforts on the broader issues facing journalism education and scholastic journalism in this state. For example, as you know, WJEA continues to fight the good fight for student press rights legislation in Olympia and I would certainly continue that effort. Additionally, we are seeing an encouraging influx of relatively new advisers to the profession and they need all the support and collegial networking we can provide. However, at the same time we're losing some of our best veteran advisers due to several unfortunate situations, such as what has happened in the Everett School District the past three years. Clearly, we need to continue to extend and strengthen our organization's support net.