J-DAY

MARYLAND J-DAY 2024

Our full-day J-Day Conference for high school newspaper, yearbook and broadcasting students plus their publication advisers will take place at the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland in College Park on Friday, April 12, 2024. The conference will include 50-minute sessions on a wide array of topics of interest to students and educators in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland.

Details will be posted here in early 2024 and distributed to publication advisers.

MARYLAND J-DAY 2023

Friday, April 14 | University of Maryland
Merrill College of Journalism

Nearly 500 high school journalists and their publication advisers from across Maryland and the District of Columbia participated in the J-Day Conference for a full day of learning and networking.
Highlights included:

A keynote presentation in the university’s Hoff Theater for DeNeen Brown, prize-winning feature writer with The Washington Post
More than two dozen topical sessions led by experienced professionals on reporting, videography, photography, publication design, press law, ethics and social media
Student-guided tours of the Merrill College of Journalism and the Capital News Service
An advisers networking luncheon