The Indiana High School Press Association recognized the Hoosier Star finalists and winners during the opening of the 2017 state high school journalism convention Friday, Oct. 20. A total of 12 student publications in the yearbook and newspaper divisions were selected for Indiana’s highest honor in scholastic journalism. The full list of Hoosier Star finalists […]

Jim Streisel of Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind., is the 2013 Dow Jones News Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. He advises the award-winning HiLite and Acumen newsmagazines, along with http://www.hilite.org. He was a 2012 DJNF Distinguished Adviser and also received a Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association at the […]

Although Hoosier Stars won’t be announced until Oct. 18, the judge for the newspaper Hoosier Stars invites you to read a special blog exploring the “best practices” of some of Indiana’s best newspaper staffs. The blog includes photos and commentary about story telling and packaging techniques. Samples are pulled from newspapers that make up the […]