About Us
OJEA
The Oregon Journalism Education Association is a professional association of journalism educators in the state of Oregon. It is the local chapter of the greater Journalism Education Association.
The governing body is the OJEA Board, which consists of the JEA state director and JEA mentoring program representative as permanent members, as well as a volunteer advisory board made up of current members. If you are interested in serving on the advisory board, please contact JEA Oregon State Director Glen Krake at krakeg@wlwv.k12.or.us.
OJEA BOARD MEMBERS
OJEA Board Members at 2025 Spring Media Day
Selena Huggins (Wilsonville High School), Michelle Balmeo (West Albany High School), Amy Jack (Sherwood High School), Beth Zilk (Mountain View High School), John Fitzgerald (Wilsonville High School), Glen Krake (West Linn High School), J.D. McIntire (Sandy High School)
Questions? Concerns? Want to get involved? Feel free to reach out to the OJEA Board!
President: Beth Zilk (Mountain View)
Vice President: John Fitzgerald (Wilsonville)
Secretary: Amy Jack (Sherwood)
Treasurer: JD McIntire (Sandy)
State Director: Glen Krake (West Linn)
At Large:
Michelle Balmeo (West Albany)
Erin Harris (Tigard)
Selena Huggins (Wilsonville)
Brian Erickson (South Salem)
Non-board member volunteers:
Sondra Coyer (Puyallup, WA)
Dan Falkner (Jesuit)
Emails:
beth.zilk@bend.k12.or.us; fitzgerj@wlwv.k12.or.us; ajack@sherwood.k12.or.us; mcinduk@comcast.net; krakeg@wlwv.k12.or.us; balmeo@gmail.com; eharris1@ttsd.k12.or.us; coyers@gmail.com; dfaulkner@jesuitportland.org; thebrianeriksen@gmail.com; hugginss@wlwv.k12.or.us; odell_john@salkeiz.k12.or.us;