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Faculty Advisor

Jessica Young

JESSICA YOUNG

Faculty Advisor

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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Faculty Advisor

Abrianna Nelson

ABRIANNA NELSON

Faculty Advisor

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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Faculty Advisor

Katie Fletcher

KATIE FLETCHER

Faculty Advisor

Katie Fletcher is a born and bred Texan. With a BA in Political Science and English from Texas Tech University. She currently teaches at the alma mater of Roy Orbison, in a tiny town of less than 1000 residents. As the Fine Arts department chair at her school, Katie oversees the production of the school-wide yearbook, photographs that are featured in the local county newspaper, and all Art classes. She is in her fourteenth year of teaching Journalism. Outside the classroom, Katie is the 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 joy in seeing students thrive. In her free time, Katie is an enthusiastic photographer, reader, concert attendant, sports fanatic, spades player, and traveler. She’s excited to be back at WJMC!

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Junior Faculty Advisor Staff

Maggie Campbell

MAGGIE CAMPBELL

Junior Faculty Advisor

Maggie Campbell is a rising senior at Ohio University studying journalism and a Washington, D.C. area native. She attended WJMC as a correspondent in 2014 and has served as a Junior Faculty Advisor since the summer of 2017. While at Ohio University she has been active in the campus Society of Professional Journalists and the student-run publication The Post. This past year she served as president of OUSPJ and was a copy editor, social media contributor, and member of The Post’s investigations team. She has covered issues such as education, facilities, and sexual assault in schools. Maggie has previously been recognized for her public affairs reporting by the Central Ohio chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. Maggie is looking for toward to a great summer of watching aspiring journalists grow and discover D.C.

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Advance Team

Keirsten Robinson

Advance Team Member

Keirsten Robinson is a senior in George Mason University’s Honors College. She is studying Communication with a double concentration in Journalism and Public Relations and a double minor in American Government and Political Communication. At Mason, she is a Mason Ambassador, an anchor for Mason Cable News, a sister of Alpha Omicron Pi, the Executive Secretary of Public Relations for Student Government, and the Vice President of Public Relations for Mason Panhellenic, among other activities. 

She is an intern for the Washington Scholars Program along with George Mason’s Office of Admissions. She has previously interned in the Office of Integrated Enrollment Marketing, and the Office of Strategic Communication. She attended WJMC in 2015, was selected as an intern in 2016, served as a JFA in 2017, and is excited to return as a member of the Advance Team after previously serving as a Transportation Coordinator in 2018! In her free time she enjoys live music, hanging out in DC, traveling the world, and spending time with her WSP family. 

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Advance Team Staff

Jada McClure

Advance Team Member

Jada McClure is a junior at George Mason University from Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina. She is a Communication major with a concentration in Public Relations and a minor in Journalism. After attending the 2014 Washington Journalism and Media Conference, she worked as an intern in the Office of Admissions at GMU, assisting the Washington Scholars Program with logistics and social media. She is currently Social Media Manager for Northern Virginia Area Health Educations Center (NVAHEC) at Mason. Jada is a sister of the Zeta Tau Alpha (Theta Chi) chapter where she served as Junior Panhellenic Delegate and is also a member of Optimist International in North Carolina. She is very excited to be returning as an Advance Team Member!

 

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Faculty Advisor

Justin Turner

JUSTIN TURNER

Faculty Advisor

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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Leadership

Sue Muraida

SUE MURAIDA

Coordinator

Sue Muraida is a best-selling author, speaker, and pursuer of abundant life. Over the past 30 years, she has worked as a medical photographer, photojournalist, leadership trainer, writer, and teacher. Sue has published three books, Change For a Penny, The Silent Sound of Darkness, and her memoir Going Back For Me, as well as co-authored the anthology Deserts To Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey To (Re)Claiming Our Voice. She is currently the program director for Humanities North Dakota.

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Samantha Shaw

SAMANTHA SHAW

Faculty Advisor

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.

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Advance Team Staff

Camden Layton

Advance Team Member

Camden Layton is a rising senior at George Mason University studying Public Administration. After first attending the conference in 2016, he then returned as a Conference Intern in 2017, and then again as a Junior Faculty Advisor in 2018. His favorite part about the conference is the friendships he has made and those he has been able to watch form. He is involved in many different things on campus, but when he is free you can normally find him in a Dunkin Donuts with his friends. Camden is super excited to be returning to the program again this summer!