Michelle Balmeo, left, journalism adviser at Monte Vista High School in Cupertino, received the California Journalism Education Coalition’s Journalism Educator of the Year Award, High School Division, on April 16 at the Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Portland, the CNPA reports. Presenting the award was Sarah Nichols of Whitney High School in Rocklin, immediate past president of the Journalism Education Association of Northern California. (Photo credit: CNPA website)