Jen Bladen has been a scholastic journalism professional since 1998: as a high school yearbook adviser in San Diego, then as a sales representative for one of the nation’s largest yearbook publishers.

First from 2006-2015 and again starting in the fall of 2020, she has been a teacher and department head here. Bladen advises the multi-award-winning middle school newsmagazine The Spectrum and the Pacemaker Finalist and Silver Crown-winning Vox Populi yearbook.