Carol Richtsmeier - Page 2

Carol Richtsmeier teaches journalism at a public high school in Texas where her students and publications have won numerous local, state and national awards. She chronicles her teaching escapades in her blog at mybellringers.blogspot.com. She was the first teacher to receive the Courage in Student Journalism Award from the Newseum, Student Press Law Center and National Scholastic Press Association in 2005. In 2002, she was named the Texas state journalism Teacher of the Year. She also was named a Special Recognition Adviser by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund in 2002 and a Distinguished Adviser in 2009. In addition to her teaching and freelance work, Richtsmeier also serves as a journalism workshop instructor and is a member of the Gloria Shields All-American Publications Workshop Committee. Before teaching, she was a reporter for the Amarillo Globe-News and the Dallas Morning News.