There have been some great convention keynote speakers during JEA’s history. See how many you remember looking at this list.

1. Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 1923, Madison, Wis.
2. Nov. 28-29, 1924, Madison, Wis.
3. Nov. 28-29, 1925, Madison, Wis.
4. (1926-1928 unknown)
5. Dec. 5-7, 1929, Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago
6. (1930 unknown)
7. Dec. 3-5, 1931, Palmer House, Chicago
8. Nov. 3-5, 1932, Gibson Hotel, Cincinnati
9. Oct. 12-14, 1933, Hotel LaSalle, Chicago
10. Oct. 11-13, 1934, Bismarck Hotel, Chicago
11. Dec. 5-7, 1935, Milwaukee, WI
12. Dec. 3-5, 1936, Book-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit
13. 1937, Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa
14. Nov. 10-12, 1938, Indianapolis
15. (1939 unknown)
16. Nov. 28-30, 1940, Cleveland
17. [1941-1945 conventions cancelled because of World War II]
18. Nov. 28-30, 1946, Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, WI
19. Nov. 28-29, 1947, Hotel Statler, Cleveland
20. Nov. 26-27, 1948, French Lick, Indiana
21. Nov. 25-26, 1949, Hotel Stevens, Chicago
22. Nov. 24-25, 1950, Hotel Stevens, Chicago
23. Nov. 23-25, 1951, Toledo, Ohio
24. Nov. 28-30, 1952, Hilton, Chicago
25. Aug. 1953, Minnesota
26. Aug. 1954, Minneapolis
27. Aug. 1955, Hilton, Chicago
28. Aug. 21-23, 1956, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
29. Aug. 22-24, 1957, Hilton, Chicago
30. Aug. 21-23, 1958, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
31. Aug. 27-29, 1959, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
32. Nov. 24-26, 1960, Hilton, Chicago
33. Nov. 24-26, 1961, Hilton, Chicago
34. Nov. 22-24, 1962, Hilton, Chicago
35. Nov. 28-30, 1963, Hilton, Chicago
36. 1964 – Chicago (Nov. 26-28) Conrad Hilton Hotel
37. 1965 – Chicago (Nov. 26-27), John Munski,
38. 1966 – Chicago (Nov. 23-26) Edgewater Beach hotel, “The New Journalism —Meeting tomorrow’s journalism needs”
39. 1967 — Chicago (Nov. 24-27) Edgewater Beach Hotel
40. 1968 – Chicago (Nov. 28-30)
41. 1969 – Chicago (Nov. 27-29), Leading the way in secondary school journalism
42. 1970 Spring – Anaheim (April 17-19), Moratorium on Mediocrity
43. 1970 – Chicago (Nov. 26-28), Brought kicking and screaming into the ’70s
44. 1971 Spring- San Francisco (April 16-18)
45. 1971 Fall – Chicago (Nov. 25-27) Action for the ’70s
46. 1972 Spring- Los Angeles (April 14-17)
47. 1972 Fall – Chicago (Nov. 23-25) Communications: Freedom and responsiblity in the ’70s
48. 1973 – Atlanta (Nov. 22-24), Freedom + Responsibility= the real media formula
49. 1974 – Chicago (Nov. 28-30), 1984 minus 10
50. 1975 Spring – Los Angeles (April 4-6), “Freeing the captive voices”
51. 1975 Fall – Chicago (Nov. 26-29)
52. 1976 Spring-Portland (April 9-11) April in Portland
53. 1976 Fall – San Antonio, (Nov. 25-27) , “Nowhere else but San Antonio”
54. 1977 Spring – San Francisco (April 15-17)
55. 1977 Fall – Kansas City (Nov. 25-27), “Up-to-date Journalism”
56. 1978 Spring – April 14-16, Admit one: You
57. 1978 Fall – (Nov. 9-11) St. Louis, Meet me in St Louis
58. 1979 Spring – (April 12-14), San Jose, Hub of the Bay, Dick Lloyd
59. 1979 Fall – (Oct. 25-27)- Milwaukee, Live it up, Learn it up; Keynote speaker Douglas Kiker, NBC national political correspondent
60. 1980 Spring – (April 3-5) Seattle, Spring in Seattle
61. 1980 Fall – Detroit (Nov. 6-8) Unconventional Convention
62. 1981 Spring (April 23-26) Anaheim/Disneyland “Mr. Pencil” cartoon logo and mascot
63. 1981 Fall —(Nov. 6-8) Kansas City, Everything is up to date in Kansas City
64. 1982 Spring — (April 29-May 1) San Francisco, Everybody’s Favorte City: Keynote speaker – Robert C. Maynard, editor and publisher of the (Oakland) Tribune
65. 1982 Fall – (Nov. 19-21) Chicago, Meet us on the Media Mile
66. 1983 Spring Seattle (April 22-24)-The Shape of Things To Be; Keynote speaker – Hilda Bryant, first woman reporter to cover Afghanistan
67. 1983 Fall (Nov. 17-19) St. Louis -Catch the Spirit; keynote speaker – Mary Nissenson, NBC news correspondent
68. 1984 Spring Phoenix-Rise with the Phoenix; keynote speaker – Steve Benson, political cartoonist
69. 1984 Fall – Little Rock (Nov, 9-11) Southern Hospitality Arkansas Style
70. 1985 – Spring Seattle, WA A High Tech Convention with the Human Touch
71. 1985 Fall Cleveland, Ohio Great Ideas begin in Cleveland: keynote speaker – Mike Peters, political cartoonist of the Dayton Daily News
72. 1986 Spring Tuscon, AZ Travel Tucson Trails
73. 1986 Fall Meet Me on the Media Mile
74. 1987 Spring Portland, OR, Pencil in Portland
75. 1987 Fall Kansas City Catch the Show Me Spirit; keynote speaker – Tom Curley, USA Today president
76. 1988 Spring San Francisco Strike it Rich
77. 1988 Fall Washington, D.C. The Choice in ’88; keynote speakers – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Sheilah Kast, Mireille Grangenois Gates
78. 1989 Spring Anaheim Lights, Camera, Anaheim
79. 1989 Fall St. Louis, MO Making Waves in St. Louis
80. 1990 SpringSeattle Success Stories Start in Seattle
“81. 1990 Fall Indianapolic Start Your Presses; keynote speakers – Marjorie Smelstor -Friday keynote;
George Curry – Saturday keynote (main)”
82. 1991 Spring Albuquerque (April 12-14) Land of Enchantment; keynote speaker – Sam Donaldson, ABC news Correspondent
83. 1991 Fall Chicago The Sky’s The Limit
84. 1992 Spring Denver Peaks of Perfection
85. 1992 Fall Columbus,(Nov. 19-22) Discover the New World of Journalism
86. 1993 Fall Washington, D.C. Capitol Adventure; keynote speakers – Andrea Mitchell, Al Hunt, Judy Woodruff, Rev. Jesse Jackson
87. 1996 Fall Chicago Winds of Change – keynote speaker – Al Neuharth, chairman of the Freedom Forum and founder of USA Today
88. 1997 Spring – Phoenix, (April 17-20)
89. 1997 Fall St. Louis Gateway to Imagination; keynote speaker – Stone Phillips,principal anchor of Emmy-winning “Dateline, NBC” (Thursday) and Harry Smith, CBS news correspondent, (Friday)
90. 1998 Spring Seatle Sound Journalism,
91. 1998 Fall Washington, D.C., Capitalize On It; keynote speakers – Charles Haynes, Paul McMasters, Betty Bao Lord, Charles Kaiser, Martin Savidge
92. 1999 Spring Albuquergue Capture the Story
93. 1999 Fall Atlanta Pass the Torch
94. 2000 Spring Anaheim Y2J
95. 2000 Fall Kansas City, Mo The Heart of the Story
96. 2001 Spring San Francisco journ2001@sf.us
97. 2001 Fall Boston Freedom First
98. 2002 Spring Phoenix PHExtremes
99. 2002 Fall Dallas Two Steppin’ Thru Texas
100. 2003 Spring Portland Connections
96. 2003 Fall Washington, D.C. Monumental Experience; keynote speaker – Bob Schieffer
97. 2004 Spring San Diego Go
98. 2004 Fall Atlanta Kickin’ It In the ATL
99. 2005 Spring Seattle Experience Journalism
100. 2005 Fall Chicago Come Curious
106. 2006 Spring San Francisco One City, One Convention, Many Choices
98. 2006 Fall Nashville Follow The Stars
99. 2007 Spring Denver Journalism With Altitude
100. 2007 Fall Philadelphia Liberty First; keynote speakers – Jackie Spinner and George Curry
101. 2008 Spring Anaheim The Outstanding Convention; keynote speakers – Luis Sinco and Bill Plaschke
102. 2008 Fall St. Louis Gateway to the Best; keynote speakers – Al Tompkins and Jacqui Banaszynski
103. 2009 Spring Phoenix Power Up; keynote speakers – Aaron Brown and Mary Beth Tinker
113. 2009 Fall Washington, D.C. Red, White and True; keynote speakers – Nick Clooney and Peter Baker/Susan Glasser
114. 2010 Spring Portland Current; keynote speakers – Nigel Jaquiss and Tim Harrower
115. 2010 Fall Kansas City, Mo KConverge; keynote speakers – Joe Posnanski and Jim Richardson
116. 2011 Spring Anaheim Live From Anaheim; keynote speakers – Steve Lopez, Lisa Ling and Laura Ling
117. 2011 Fall Minneapolis It Starts Here; keynote speakers – Duchesne Drew and Vadim Lavrusik
118. 2012 Spring Seattle Journalism on the Edge; keynote speakers – Jennifer Sizemore and Dan Savage
119. 2012 Fall San Antonio Some Like It Hot
120. 2013 Spring San Francisco It’s What everyone’s Talking About; keynote speaker – Richard Ross
121. 2013 Fall Boston The Revolution Starts here; keynote speaker Juliette Kayyem
122. 2014 Spring San Diego Make Waves; keynote speakers – Laura Castandea and Larry Himmel
123. 2014 Fall Washington, D.C. We the Media; keynote speakers – Bob Woodward and Jay Harris
124. 2015 Spring Denver Stories Elevated
125. 2015 Fall Orlando Media Magic; keynote speakers – Andy Staples and Eric Deggans
126. 2016 Spring Los Angeles It’s All Here; keynote speakers – Jose Antonio Vargas and Amara Aguilar
127. 2016 Fall Indianapolis Journalism 360; keynote speakers – Steve Rhodes and Kevin Rader
128. 2017 Spring Seattle Sea the Possibilities; keynote speaker – Tim Harrower
129. 2017 Fall Dallas Go Big; keynote speaker – Erin Grace Trieb
130. 2018 Spring San Francisco Press On; keynote speakers – Kevin Fagan and Brant Ward
131. 2018 Fall Chicago City of Big Stories; keynote speaker – Pete Souza
132. 2019 Spring Anaheim Real Stories Real News; keynote speaker – Sonia Nazario
133. 2019 Fall Washington, D.C. Now More than Ever, Journalism Matters; keynote speaker – Chuck Todd
134. 2020 Spring Nashville We Are All Storytellers Live From Nashville(cancelled – COVID)
135. 2020 Fall – (virtual) All of Us; keynote speakers – Patricia Mazzel and Wesley Lowery
136. 2021 Spring – virtual
137. 2021 Fall – virtual
138. 2022 Spring Los Angeles LA; keynote speaker – Hilde Kate Lysiak
139. 2022 Fall St. Louis Game Changers; keynote speakers – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists – David Carson, Robert Cohen, Christian Gooden and Laurie Skrivan
140. 2023 Spring San Francisco Leave Your Heart, Find Your Voice; keynote speaker – Peter Hartlaub
141. 2023 Fall Boston Spotlight on Journalism; keynote speakers – Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team
142. 2024 Spring Kansas City At the Heart of the Story; keynote speaker – Jim Richardson