Dow Tate

Who is Dow Tate?

Chester Dow Tate, 1997 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year and Texas' Max Haddick Teacher of the Year, has advised Shawnee Mission East High School's student publications since August 2002. Shawnee Mission East, located in the Shawnee Mission School District, is in Prairie Village, Kansas. The Harbinger is the school's newspaper and The Hauberk is the yearbook. He is also co-author of Scholastic Journalism, a journalism textbook in its 10th edition. He also occasionally writes for magazines and yearbook companies. He runs the Gloria Shields Publications Workshop each summer in Dallas, Texas. In 2006, the workshop offered 21 different courses for writers, designers, photographers and graphics students for both yearbook and newspaper.

He recently launched his own website for the textbook at www.scholasticjournalismonline.com