For Students

Foundation Scholarships

Emerging Young
Journalist

Todd C. Smith
Student Journalist
of the Year

For Advisers

Morty Schaap Journalism
Teacher of the Year

Julie E. Dodd
Scholarship

Webb-Stapler
Scholarship

Gold Medallion

Lifetime Achievement

Silver, Gold and
Platinum Keys

MORTY SCHAAP JOURNALISM TEACHER OF THE YEAR

The Morty Schaap Journalism Teacher of the Year was established to recognize outstanding FSPA advisers. At the fall workshops, the seven districts select an adviser to be the district’s nominee. Each teacher submits a portfolio and letters of recommendation. The overall winner is selected by the adult members of the executive board and by representatives of Florida college and university mass communications programs.

The award, named for Morty Schaap a former newspaper adviser and FSPA president, was first given in 1988.

The state winner becomes FSPA’s nominee for the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund’s National Journalism Teacher of the Year Award.

Winners of the Morty Schaap Journalism Teacher of the Year Award

2007 -- Karla Kennedy
District 6
Miami Norland Senior High School
Miami, FL

2006 -- Suzanne Alioto
District 7
Nova High School
Davie, FL

2005 – Deborah Jepson
District 3
Oviedo High School
Oviedo, FL

2004 – Christie Gold
District 4
Freedom High School
Tampa, FL

2003 – Carl Zimmermann
District 4
Palm Harbor High School

2002 – Krista Smith
District 4
Tampa, FL

2001 – Susan O’Connor
District 6
Miami, FL

2000 - Faye Milner
District 2
Lincoln High School
Tallahassee, FL

1999 – Anne G. Whitt
District 3
Dr. Phillips High School
Orlando, FL

1998 – Karen C. Herzog
District 6
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School
North Miami Beach, FL

1997 - Marge Craig
District 5
Cape Coral High School
Cape Coral, FL

1996 - Terry Lewers Sollazzo
District 4
Jefferson High School
Tampa, FL

1995 - Linda Evanchyk
District 1
Choctawhatchee High School
Fort Walton Beach, FL

1994 - Beverly Reinschmidt
District 1
Tate High School
Pensacola, FL

1993 - Susse Mabie
District 3
Oviedo High School
Oviedo, FL

1992 - Rik McNeill
District 4
Countryside High School

1991 - Jill Maassen
District 5
DeSoto High School
Arcadia, FL

1990 - Betty Sue Wren
District 1
Escambia High School
Pensacola, FL

1989 - Marion Parten
District 5
Cypress Lake High School
Ft. Myers, FL

1988 - Judy Steverson
First Morty Schaap Journalism Teacher of the Year
District 2
Leon High School
Tallahassee, FL