- Department:
- High School Journalism Institute
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
- Hometown:
- Greenwood, IN
Denise Green has advised yearbook, newspaper, web page, magazine and broadcast staffs for the past 34 years. She taught at IUPUI School of Journalism for several years and has taught at HSJI for 23 years.
Her forte has been launching and revitalizing scholastic journalism programs, including overcoming an inherited debt of $24,000 at Greenwood High School, where she has taught for the past 29 years.
Her students have earned Indiana Student Journalist of the Year and runner-up recognition, Hoosier Stars, Harvey Awards, Pacemakers and national convention Best of Show awards.
Meanwhile, she has earned her Master Journalism Educator from the Journalism Education Association and her master’s degree in educational leadership through IU. Although a licensed principal, this 2000 Indiana Journalism Teacher of the Year has opted to stay in the classroom doing what she loves: teaching.