Dow Jones News Fund's 2013 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Award Winners (L-R): Derek Smith, Matthew Schott, Charla Harris, Jim Streisel, Ana Rosenthal and Jonathan Rogers at the JEA/NSPA Fall Convention.

PRINCETON, N.J. — Jim Streisel, journalism teacher and media adviser at Carmel (Ind.) High School, is the Dow Jones News Fund’s 2013 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year.

Mr. Streisel advises the award-winning HiLite and Acumen newsmagazines and the website, hilite.org. A journalism teacher for 19 years, he is a member of the communications department at the high school which includes yearbook and broadcast.

He said, “I’m excited about the recognition this will bring to my students because they really deserve it.”

Richard S. Holden, executive director of DJNF, said, “Jim Streisel is part of a movement of media teachers who believe in collaborating for the benefit of their profession. We look forward to the coming year promoting that message.”

Mr. Streisel said, “Journalism will never go away. It’s on the ropes but it will take different forms. What I am teaching kids is life skills, the ability to meet deadlines, solve messy problems, work with peer groups. I happen to be using the language of journalism.”

He was selected by a panel that included Ed Sullivan, executive director of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Diana Mitsu Klos, DJNF board member and media consultant, 2012 Teacher of the Year Ellen Austin of The Harker School, and Dr. David Bulla of Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, chair of the Scholastic Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Mr. Streisel will speak and receive a plaque and a laptop computer for his classroom during the National High School Journalism Convention, November 16 in Boston. Additionally, a graduating senior at Carmel High School will receive a $1,000 scholarship in his honor. He will also have access to webinars and attend a seminar at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. CSPA will underwrite his participation in its spring convention in New York City where he will speak and present workshops.

The Fund will also honor four Distinguished Advisers and three Special Recognition Advisers in Boston. Mr. Streisel was named a DJNF Distinguished Adviser in 2012 and one of his students received a $500 scholarship. These honored teachers receive access to Poynter Institute webinars plus subscriptions to WSJ.com courtesy of the publishers of The Wall Street Journal.

The Fund will also honor four Distinguished Advisers and three Special Recognition Advisers in Boston. Mr. Streisel was named a DJNF Distinguished Adviser in 2012 and one of his students received a $500 scholarship. These honored teachers receive access to Poynter Institute webinars plus subscriptions to WSJ.com courtesy of the publishers of The Wall Street Journal.

The Distinguished Advisers are Jason Wallestad, Benilde-St. Margaret’s School, St. Louis Park, Minn.; Jonathan Rogers, City High School, Iowa City, Iowa; Charla Harris, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, Texas, and Matthew Schott, Francis Howell Central High School, Cottleville, Mo.

The Special Recognition Advisers are Michele Dunaway, Francis Howell High School, St. Charles, Mo.; Derek Smith, Renton High School, Renton, Wash., and Ana Rosenthal, The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas.

The Fund began the National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year program in 1960. More than 300 teachers have been honored since it began.