Tentative convention schedule
Thursday • Friday • Saturday
Thursday, April 24
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
JEA Outreach Academy
Times vary (TBD)
Media tours and Seattle excursions
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
JEA board meeting
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Full-day preconvention workshops
1 to 5 p.m.
Half-day preconvention workshops
1 to 7 p.m.
Convention check-in
(Desks for JEA National Student Media Contests and NSPA Best of Show open)
1 to 7 p.m.
Trade show
6:15 p.m.
First-time attendee orientation for advisers
7 to 9 p.m.
Opening ceremony & awards
Keynote speaker, JEA Journalist of the Year finalists, NSPA Pacemaker finalists
9 to 10:30 p.m.
Adviser kickoff reception
Hotel quiet hours 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Friday, April 25
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Adviser lounge
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Convention check-in
Trade show
8 a.m.
JEA membership meeting
8 a.m.
National Journalism Quiz Bowl qualifiers
8 a.m.
Several JEA NSMC broadcast contests begin
8 to 10:30 a.m.
JEA NSMC contest desk open
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Breakout sessions
9 to 11 a.m.
Break with a Pro
Noon to 3:30 p.m.
NSPA on-site critiques
Noon
NSPA Best of Show deadline
3:30 to 6 p.m.
JEA certification testing
4 to 6 p.m.
JEA National Student Media Contests
6 p.m.
JEA NSMC judging and dinner
8 to 10 p.m.
Student entertainment
Hotel quiet hours 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Saturday, April 26
7:30 a.m. to noon
Adviser lounge
8-10 a.m.
National Journalism Quiz Bowl finals
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Breakout sessions
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Convention check-in
9 to 11 a.m.
NSPA on-site critiques
Noon to 2:20 p.m.
Adviser recognition luncheon
3:30 to 6 p.m.
Awards ceremony
JEA Journalist of the Year
JEA National Student Media Contests
JEA National Journalism Quiz Bowl
NSPA Pacemakers for Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook
NSPA Best of Show
Hotel quiet hours 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.