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Seven Reasons You Should Start Your New Year with EWA
Don't Miss These Events, Resources and Deadlines!
Exploring President Obama's plan to increase college attainment
and helping you to track your school district's stimulus dollars
are just some of the programs the Education Writers Association has
planned for you in 2010. Take advantage of these upcoming EWA events,
deadlines, resources and announcements.
1. Tick, Tock-- Contest Deadline Approaching: You can enter EWA's National Awards for Education Reporting competition with a click of the mouse. For the
first time, contest entries can be submitted online. This
year's deadline is January 22, 2010. EWA awards
top prizes in 19 different categories for news features, series,
blogs, multimedia, online writing and best of the beat, including the
Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize. For questions about the contest, please
review guidelines or contact Michelle Everett, membership
coordinator, at meverett@ewa.org
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=iipujJOdP-ZtWdB9fyfzfA..
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=zXx1R8xmw21O5SPmDzT8EQ..
2. Stimulus Tracker: EWA will launch a new website and database in the coming weeks tracking how local school districts spend federal stimulus money.
Former San Antonio Express-News reporter Mc Nelly Torres, with Nirvi Shah (Miami Herald) and David Jesse (AnnArbor.com), is leading the effort to track stimulus spending, while Matt Waite and Chase Davis of Hot
Type Consulting are working on developing a database. You can find
a link on our website when the stimulus tracker goes live. We
need your help in tracking those dollars, so contact Mc Nelly at
torres.mcnelly@gmail.com.
3. Miles to Go: Join EWA in Washington DC, Feb. 19-20 for our higher ed seminar exploring the proposed changes to the student loan program and other measures to make college more affordable. Scholarships are available for
reporters. Contact EWA seminars coordinator Raven Hill at rhill@ewa.org for more information.
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=omrNvlmNDSMAjFI34I25Ew..
4. Bootcamp Announcement: Twenty journalists will be selected to
participate in this year's EWA Research and Statistics
Bootcamp. Reporters will soak up the sun and education research
in Phoenix, Ariz., while attending sessions at the Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism at Arizona State University. EWA will release the
name of fellows Monday on our listserv and website.
5. See Ya in San Francisco: EWA will hold its 63rd annual conference "Examining the Evidence," in San Francisco May 13-15. The conference will explore research supporting the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top." Check our website periodically for the agenda, conference speakers and schedule.
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=QdZGjo409Sxwst4Wh-WbQg..
6. Need a Helping Hand? Don't forget to contact EWA's public editor Linda
Perlstein for help with investigative reporting projects. Also, make sure you check out Linda's blog, The Educated Reporter. Linda is leading EWA's collaboration with IRE and the Student Press Law Center to help college journalists cover campus issues. A three-day seminar was held over the weekend at Arizona State University for student journalists. lperlstein@ewa.org
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=5q30voI2ppXU-41xux7CRw..
7. Spreading Your News: If you are trying to get your message
out to reporters and other media, we have several ways to do it.
EWA strongly encourages you to use our online system to post press
releases because it is simple and quick. EWA does not send
press releases to our membership, but you can purchase membership mailing labels. Go here to find more information.
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=2pwq3KPafnHJY5ULgX2cew..
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=SXOmcMORWED43evIfgT8SQ..
Upcoming Ed Events
Jan. 12: The finalists for 2010 Superintendent of the Year will discuss how the
Obama administration and school leaders can transform public schools
at an American Association of School Administrators event. The
discussion will take place at the National Press Club.
at 10 am.
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=Kp8ZPdP1qMa_X0lSSIqIGQ..
Jan. 19: Education Week will release Quality Counts 2010: Fresh Course, Swift
Currents, Momentum and Challenges in the New Surge Toward Common
Standards. A webinar is planned for 2 p.m. Go here
to register.
http://www.ewa.org/site/R?i=5cw0o-zOVN5ZkzhX-o_76Q..
Please send your best stories and member news to Mesha Williams at
publications@ewa.org.
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**About us**
Dale Mezzacappa, president, Public School Notebook; Tanya Schevitz,
vp/actives, free lance reporter; Marie Groark, vp/associates, Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation; Stephanie Banchero, secretary, Chicago
Tribune; Richard Whitmire, immediate past president, freelancer;
Kathryn Baron, George Lucas Educational Foundation; John Merrow,
Learning Matters, Inc.; Linda Lenz, Catalyst; Rodney Ferguson, Lipman
Hearne, Inc.; Cornelia Grumman, First Five Years Fund; Elizabeth
Green, Gotham Schools.org; Scott Elliott, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News;
Kent Fischer, GMMB.
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