Workshop Faculty

The heart of every Gloria Shields Workshop is its people. Our experienced faculty members are renowned for their dynamic instruction. Most have taught at the workshop for more than a decade.

Our faculty members are journalism educators who are local, state and national leaders.

The associations for which they have volunteered include —

National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)
Associated Collegiate Press (ACP)
Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)
Dow Jones (DJ)
Journalism Education Association (JEA)
Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI)
Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC)
Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE)

2024 Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop Faculty

Front row:  Wade Kennedy, Ana Rosenthal, Clint Smith, Charlie Shanks, Jane Roskens, Andrea Negri, Megan Ortiz, Lajuana Hale, Kristi Rathbun. Second row: Kari Riemer, Scott Winter, Alyssa Boehringer, Vanessa Martinez, Becky Tate, Jennifer de la Fuente, Cindy Todd, Charla Harris, Lori Oglesbee, Amy Morgan, Martha Akers, Taylor Mersemann. Third row: Margie Raper, Sharon Kubichek, Millie Stuessy, Bobby Hawthorne, Grant Johnson, Susan Massy, Rebecca Pollard, Mary Pulliam, Karla Romero. Back row: Mark Murray, Mike McLean, Chad Byrd, David Knight, Mitchell Franz, Gary Lundgren, Tucker Love, Corey Hale, Dow Tate, Margaret Sorrows, Deanne Browne, Yaryzza Lira, Karli Keith, Laura Widmer.

2024 Faculty National All-Stars 

Twelve workshop faculty members have earned the very highest national honors in scholastic journalism.

FRONT ROW:
Alyssa Boehringer: 2017 JEA National Broadcast Adviser of the Year
Becky Tate: 2019 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year, 2024 JEA Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award
Cindy Todd: 2012 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Charla Harris: 2018 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Lori Oglesbee: 2009 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Martha Akers: 2005 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year

BACK ROW:
Mark Murray: 2012 CSPA Joseph M. Murphy Award, 2014 JEA Carl Towley Award
Bobby Hawthorne: 1990 CSPA James Fredrick Paschal Award, 2007 CSPA Charles R. O’Malley Award, 2007 JEA Carl Towley Award
Susan Massy:  1999  JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Dow Tate: 1997 DJ National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, 2023 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Margaret Sorrows: 2014 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year
Kristi Rathbun: 2023 JEA H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year