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Jessica Young

JESSICA YOUNG

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Jessica Young is returning for another summer with the Washington Journalism and Media Conference.  Young teaches yearbook, journalism, photography, video production and graphic design at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, Calif. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Anthropology from San Diego State University and her Master’s Degree in Education from University of California, San Diego. She serves as the Vice President and Communications Chair for her school district’s teachers union. Young is the President of the San Diego Journalism Education Association and serves on the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees for the Quill and Scroll International Journalism Honor Society. She is an active member of the scholastic journalism community and teaches at workshops and conventions around the country. She was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Journalism Education Association in 2012. In addition to teaching, Young works as freelance writer, photographer and graphic designer. She also enjoys running, baking, watching baseball, putting glitter on things and traveling. She has conquered the Original Marathon Greece, The Inca Trail in Peru, and the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. In 2020, she fostered and adopted an Australian Cattle Dog, named Juno, who is now her best friend and #1 sidekick.

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Abrianna Nelson

ABRIANNA NELSON

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Abrianna Nelson, CJE, teaches journalism and advises newspaper, yearbook, broadcast, and literary magazine at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, Va. She also serves as a Curriculum Coordinator for the Journalism Education Association’s Curriculum Initiative; previously she served as the Entrepreneurship Module Leader from 2013-2017. Additionally, Nelson previously advised newspaper and yearbook at Pleasant Ridge High School in Easton, Kan from 2011-2014. She majored in journalism and history at Washington and Lee University and interned with the Fairfax County Times and USA Today. Nelson also holds an M.A.Ed. in Education from The College of William and Mary and an Ed.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Virginia. Her specialties include web-based journalism and social media. In her free time, Nelson enjoys creative writing, binge-watching, rock climbing, and triathlon training.

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Katie Fletcher

KATIE FLETCHER

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Katie Fletcher is a born and bred Texan. After getting her BA in Political Science and English from Texas Tech University, Katie began her teaching career.  She currently teaches at the alma mater of Roy Orbison, in a tiny town whose population numbers less than 1,000. As the Fine Arts department at her school, Katie is responsible for overseeing the production of the school-wide yearbook and numerous photographs that are featured in the local county newspaper, as well as all Art classes. She is in her eleventh year of teaching Journalism. Outside the classroom, Katie is a co-advisor for Student Council where she works closely with students in serving both the school and local community. She’s passionate about the leadership characteristics and qualities that StuCo & WJMC nourish and finds great joy in seeing her students thrive. Katie helped lead StuCo to the Texas Sweepstakes Award for the past 12 years and the National Gold Council of Excellence Award for 7 consecutive years. In her free time, Katie is an enthusiastic photographer, reader, concert attendant, sports fanatic, spades player, and traveler. She’s very excited to be back at such a prestigious conference and can’t wait for the adventure to begin!

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Justin Turner

JUSTIN TURNER

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Justin Turner has taught journalism and advised yearbooks, newspapers, and literary magazines for 13 years.  In that time he’s found his passion: supporting students, the 1st amendment, and the power of those to things together. Justin’s staffs have won numerous state and national awards including gold medals, first divisions, individual write off awards, Arkansas’s top honor, the All-Arkansas award, and has placed in the top 10 best of show at a JEA/NSPA convention. Justin was named the 2020 Arkansas Adviser of the Year. This will be Justin’s seventh WJMC and he’s incredibly excited to help our newest correspondents make the best of their opportunity.

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Hillary DeVoss

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Hillary DeVoss is excited to be spending her fourth summer at WJMC. For the past year, she’s been building a journalism program from the ground up at University Prep Science & Math High School in Detroit. Before moving to Michigan, she spent 14 years as the newspaper, yearbook and online media adviser at Omaha North High Magnet School, where her students earned honors at the local, state and national levels. She’s achieved Master Journalism Educator status from the Journalism Education Association and currently serves on its Scholastic Press Rights Commission. In her spare time, she loves to blog about free-speech legislation and the general awesomeness of student journalists. When she’s not thinking about journalism, she’s likely hanging out with her husband and cat-children, kayaking down a really slow river, or following her favorite sports teams. She can’t wait to meet the new correspondents and see them take advantage of all that WJMC has to offer!

 

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Teresa Scribner

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Teresa Scribner is an award-winning media teacher at Cleveland STEM High School in Seattle, Wash. Scribner teaches multimedia, graphic arts and is the adviser for Cleveland Publications, which oversees the production of the school’s yearbook, newspaper, news broadcast and website. Under her leadership, the program has won numerous awards for photography and design.

In 2016, Scribner was named Washington state’s Journalism Adviser of the Year and was a Dow Jones News Fund Special Recognition Adviser. She was one of 13 journalism teachers from around the country to receive the Journalism Education Association’s Rising Star Award. For the past year, she has been a voice in the community, speaking about the importance of diversity in journalism. She spends countless hours mentoring students of color in her school.

Before becoming a teacher, Scribner spent 12 years as a Visual Journalist for The Seattle Times and 6 years at newspapers in Texas and Arkansas.

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Samantha Shaw

SAMANTHA SHAW

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Samantha Shaw earned her BA in English and Comparative Literature and Masters of the Arts in Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was named Student Teacher of the Year in 2022, and recognized as one of the top 10 student teachers in the state of North Carolina. Now, she teaches English at Carrboro High School. Sam loves discovering the ways she can bring her students’ passions into a project based and equity focused English classroom. She fervently believes that words have the power to change us — whether that’s a potent literary work or the unique power of the press. Her teaching has been inspired by the transformational experiences at WJMC. She is a WJMC 2016 alumna, was an intern in 2017, and worked as a JFA from 2018 – 2020; she’s ecstatic to be back again! When she’s not in the classroom, Sam is managing social media or editing books for the author Katie Cross, listening to audiobooks, or cheering on the Tar Heels with her friends and family.