Media Representatives Named
To 2016-17 Honor Roll
Media representatives from more than
420 Texas newspapers, radio and television stations, and online publications were
named to the 2016-17 Media Honor Roll
by their local school districts recently.
Sponsored by TASB, the Media Honor Roll
program recognizes reporters statewide for
fair, accurate, and balanced reporting of
news about public schools.
Criteria for selection into the program
include the media representative’s efforts to
do the following:
• Get to know the superintendent,
board president, and the district’s
mission and goals
• Report school news in a fair, accurate,
and balanced manner
• Give a high profile to positive news
about schools
• Visit the schools
• Maintain a policy of no surprises by
sharing information with school officials
■ Web-based direct service documentation
and reporting software
■ Training and best-practice guidance
■ User-friendly documentation process
■ Multi-tiered SHARS administration program
■ Step-by-step help with cost reporting and
certification of funds
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‘Balanced and Accurate Approach’
“Districts across Texas appreciate
these reporters for their balanced and
accurate approach to sharing both the
challenges facing our schools and the
successes achieved by local students,
teachers, and school boards,” said TASB
President Charles R. Stafford, a Den-
ton ISD trustee. “Their work aids local
communities in focusing on the goal of
providing the best public schools we can
In most cases, district school boards
passed a resolution to add names of
media from their communities to the list.
Personalized certificates were created for
presentation at the local level. This year’s
complete Media Honor Roll nominee list is
posted online at
tasb.org/Services/Com-munications-and-PR/Recognition-Pro-
grams/documents/2016-17-MHR/2016-
17-MHR-Submissions-List.aspx.
For more information about the Media
Honor Roll program, visit
tasb.org/Ser-vices/Communications-and-PR/Recogni-tion-Programs/ Media-Honor-Roll.aspx.H
