KYJTA

Official Twitter of the Kentucky Journalism Teachers Association.

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Making Teenagers Read Newspapers. A Nationwide Experiment in French High Schools. Both free news access and media education improve media literacy skills. @aejmc @AejmcS https://t.co/BagTq1O2OX

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Excited to be in Northern Kentucky today to celebrate at Highlands High School. Ella Peabody is our 2026 JEA Kentucky Journalist of the Year and Beth Brubaker is our 2026 KYJTA Journalism Adviser of the Year. Ella is the first Highlands winner. Check back soon for both articles.

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Do you have what it takes to be the 2026 Kentucky Journalist of the Year? Entries due Feb. 15. https://t.co/5zXiHLDJKh

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Congratulations to our Kentucky Award winners from the JEA/NSPA Convention in Nashville. Strong work from the state.

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Kentucky JEA contingent together for an amazing conference. A few missing from this shot. Male, Manual, Bullitt East, Highlands, Central Hardin, McCracken in the house for a great week of learning. @jea @NSPA

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Please help us welcome our new vice president Beth Brubaker, CJE. Brubaker advises the Hilltopper at Fort Thomas Highlands. We're very excited to add her to our leadership team and lucky that she's onboard. https://t.co/oGW4ZVA08B

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The Kentucky Journalism Teacher’s Association's statement regarding the impact of SB 181 and HB 208 in media arts classrooms.
https://t.co/cQl0xuylAi

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Today was a big day for Kentucky journalism advisers as we hosted Dr. P. J. Cabrera, MJE, as our adviser in residence for our retreat at Male High School. We covered a wide range of topics to gear up for the 2025-26 school year. Looking forward to a great year.

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2025 Best of Kentucky Award winners. Congratulations to all of the honored student journalists. https://t.co/OTCysNM8di

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Congratulations to our 2025 JEA Kentucky Journalist of the year, Milana Ilickovic from Bullitt East High School.

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Congrats to the 2025 Kentucky Journalist of the Year: Milana Ilickovic, Bullitt East High School, adviser Larry Steinmetz, MJE. Ilickovic advances to the national JEA JOY competition — finalists and winner will be announced at @nhsjc in Seattle April 24-26. @kyjta @KyStudentMedia

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We are also proud to announce Beth Brubaker as a 2025 Journalism Adviser of Distinction. Brubaker is the Adviser of Fort Thomas Highlands' Hilltopper. Congratulations to both Beth and Wendy on their honors.

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BREAKING: We are so proud to name Dunbar High Adviser Wendy Turner the 2025 Kentucky High School Journalism Adviser of the Year. Turner is the long-time Adviser of PLD's Lamplighter. KYJTA President Larry Steinmetz was on hand to present the award.

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Think you have what it takes to be the Kentucky Journalist of the Year? Entries are due Feb. 15. https://t.co/sU4VaSJUfw

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What are you doing to prep your kids for the year? We would love to hear.

[Mr. Steinmetz @journasteiner]

Friend of the program Michael Clevenger from the Courier Journal came to hang with the yearbook and journalism staffs today. Our job doesn't start the first day of school. Prep work is so important.

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KYJTA is proud to announce our Best of Kentucky Award winners for 2024. We had a record number of entries and participating schools. Proud to be supporting and growing journalism in our state. https://t.co/uxton76OSL

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Register now for #nhsjc April 4-6 in Kansas City. The convention offers hundreds of instructional sessions, on-site contests and award presentations, publication exchanges, networking events and more. https://t.co/AgWrjkuZ5T @oregonjea @newvoicesok @OSM_OIPA @GSPAuga @kyjta

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Think you have what it takes to be the journalist of the year in Kentucky? Enter here. https://t.co/NZZztqOWNj

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Congratulations to our 2023 Kentucky Journalist of the year Brooklyn Sauer. Brooklyn will move on to compete in the National JEA competition in April. https://t.co/1iGvnzWtEW

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Congratulations to our vice president for continuing to push the boundaries in the classroom! Love to see hard work paying off.

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Wendy Turner, CJE, of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky, is the recipient of JEA's 2023 Diversity Award. Read more: https://t.co/DlPiHbZIYz @Pldlamplighter @FCPSKY

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It's that time of year to start thinking about the JEA Journalist of the Year competition. Do you have what it takes to represent Kentucky? https://t.co/6grxhQTrum