JEA Names McCarty 2020 National High School Broadcast Adviser of the Year

September 28, 2020September 26, 2020 Aaron Manfull 1501 Views 0 Comments National Broadcast Adviser of the Year

On Friday, Sept. 25, JEA announced Jim McCarthy as the 2020 National High School Broadcast Adviser of the Year. McCarthy teaches at Joseph A. Gregori High School in Modesto, California, and has been involved with publications since he started teaching in 1998.

You can read more about McCarthy and his honor here on the JEA website. You will also see who was named as a Distinguished Broadcast Adviser and Special Recognition Broadcast Adviser this year.

The honorees will be recognized during a virtual awards ceremony on Nov. 21.

Aaron Manfull

Aaron is in his 26th year of advising student media. He is currently the Director of Student Media at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Missouri. He is the Journalism Education Association Digital Media Chair and co-Director of Media Now. He is the 2023 JEA Teacher Inspiration Award Winner and is a former Dow Jones News Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year. He is one of the authors of the textbook "Student Journalism and Media Literacy." You can find him on X and Instagram @manfull. He's a proud father. A transplanted Iowan. And an avid Hawkeye Fan.

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