SIPA Convention Adviser Fellowship Recipients

Thanks to grants from American Society of Newspaper Educators, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and Newspaper Association of America Foundation SIPA was able to offer fellowships to the 2006 SIPA Convention to advisers affected by Hurricane Katrina, Rita or Wilma. The following four advisers received the fellowships to attend SIPA’s “Freedom First” convention focusing on the First Amendment: Ellen Bayless, Northside HS (Lafayette, L.A.), Richard Benton, Harrison Central HS (Gulfport, Miss.), Coy E. Henderson, J.J. McClain HS (Lexington, Miss.) and Mary Kay Sullivan, Dr. Michael Krop HS (Miami, Fla.). Five students also received fellowship money to attend the convention.