Tentative schedule
Thursday • Friday • Saturday • Sunday
Thursday, Nov. 7
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Pre-convention workshops and JEA Outreach Academy
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
JEA board meeting
1 to 7 p.m.
Convention check-in
Desks for JEA National Student Media Contests and NSPA Best of Show open
Trade show
6:15 p.m.
First-time attendee orientation for advisers
7 to 9 p.m.
Opening ceremony & awards
Keynote speaker
NSPA Pacemaker finalists for Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook
9 to 10:30 p.m.
Adviser kickoff reception
Midnight curfew
Friday, Nov. 8
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.
Several JEA NSMC broadcast contests begin
8 to 10:30 a.m.
JEA NSMC contest desk open
9 a.m. to 3:30 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
Midnight curfew
Saturday, Nov. 9
7:30 a.m. to noon
Adviser lounge
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.
NSPA awards ceremony
Individual Awards
Pacemaker finalists honored and winners announced in Broadcast, Newspaper/Newsmagazine & Specialty Magazine
Best of Show
Midnight curfew
Sunday, Nov. 10
8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
JEA awards ceremony
National Student Media Contests
National Journalism Quiz Bowl