Mission

The Missouri Journalism Education Association is an affiliate of the Journalism Education Association and aligns itself with the Journalism Education Association’s mission, vision and core values.

JEA Mission

The Journalism Education Association supports free and responsible scholastic journalism by providing resources and educational opportunities, by promoting professionalism, by encouraging and rewarding student excellence and teacher achievement, and by fostering an atmosphere which encompasses diversity yet builds unity.

JEA Vision

The Journalism Education Association is a dynamic, adviser-focused organization serving a diverse media community. To develop and support effective media advisers, JEA must protect scholastic press and speech freedoms of advisers and their students; provide an environment that attracts, develops and retains the best educators in the profession; build diversity at the scholastic and professional levels; promote and demonstrate educational use of the latest technologies, and provide innovative, consistent and quality services.

JEA Core Values

Pedagogy • Advocacy • Innovation • Community • Excellence