Dow Jones News Fund Annual Report 2014
PUBLICATIONS
Adviser Update
Adviser Update, edited by George Taylor and designed by Kathy Zwiebel, both former Teachers of the
Year, provides free essential information for high school journalism teachers and advisers while offering
solid examples of good journalistic practice at no cost to high school teachers. Each issue features articles
and columns written by journalism educators.
Regular contributors include: “Press Rights” columnists John Bowen, chair of the JEA Scholastic Press
Rights Commission and Candace Perkins Bowen, an assistant professor at Kent State University and
director of the Center for Scholastic Journalism and the Ohio Scholastic Media Association; Gary Clites,
technology columnist for Adviser Update; Anne Whitt, “Footnotes: Tales and Traditions of the Press”
columnist; Steve Row, “Writer’s Block” columnist and journalism instructor at East Carolina University;
and Kathy Craghead, retired high school journalism teacher and yearbook adviser who publishes a JEA
Listserv column.
The publication is fortunate to have several recurring sponsors including the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association, the Journalism Education Association, Quill and Scroll, Pennsylvania State University, and
Mercer University. Back issues are posted on the Fund’s website.
E-Newsletter
The Dow Jones News Fund regularly communicates with alumni and journalism colleagues
through email alerts about job openings, grant funding opportunities, journalism contests, fellowships, and other news. Our email list consists of alumni of our high school and college programs,
high school journalism educators, college professors and media professionals.
Social Media
Our Facebook following nearly tripled in 2014, leaping from 343 followers to 940. The sudden
increase was in response to our concerted effort to transition from a personal page to an
organization page. www.facebook.com/djnf
We experienced a 30 percent increase in our Twitter following in 2014. Going from 1,183
followers to 1,544. www.twitter.com/djnf
Our LinkedIn DJNF Alumni Group continues to grow with more than 1,000 members as the
go-to place for recruiting fellow DJNF alums for job opportunities.
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