Stephen Green is the journalism adviser at Caney Creek High School within Conroe ISD in Conroe, Texas. He began advising scholastic journalism in 2017, more than a decade since he first stepped into a journalism classroom as a freshman in high school.
He began as a Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School newspaper and yearbook staffer for four years before attending Sam Houston State University, graduating in 2014 with a B.A. in Mass Communication with an emphasis in Multiplatform Journalism, and a B.A. in Political Science. He was named the faculty-selected Top Graduate in Multiplatform Journalism, and worked with the Global Center for Journalism and Democracy, attending a global conference in Beirut, Lebanon, on covering the International Criminal Court. Most recently, he graduated from Kent State University with an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication with a Concentration in Journalism Education in 2022.
While in college, he served in various roles at The Houstonian, the student newspaper, including two years as editor in chief and two as various section editor positions, writing primarily general and investigative news articles, as well as editorials and columns. He won awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association for writing, reporting, design and broadcast announcing. He also served as the TIPA student president for two years, and student secretary for one. He was also published along with another student and professor for an academic article about Twitter behavior among female candidates in the 2012 election.
In his last semester in college, he joined the staff of The Huntsville Item as a part-time staffer writing obits and sprucing up the events calendar. He was later hired on a full-time basis covering city council, Huntsville ISD, and other local politics, as well as feature stories and general news. He then took a job at the Conroe Courier, starting as an education and local government reporter, eventually taking the job as city editor. He wrote investigations into shady land dealings, and uncovered unfair voting practices related to municipal utility district bond elections.
He then turned to a lifelong passion, education, in 2016. Caney Creek High School initially hired him on teaching world geography and communication applications while operating as the co-debate coach. Since then, he has taken over teaching photojournalism, advanced photojournalism, journalism 1, digital design & media production, yearbook and newspaper. He still coaches debate, specializing in Lincoln-Douglas debate and extemporaneous speaking. He is also the UIL Academic Coordinator and a co-sponsor of the Gay-Straight Alliance.
His yearbook and journalism programs have won awards from the University Interscholastic League, Interscholastic League Press Conference, Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, National Scholastic Press Association, and Columbia Scholastic Press Association. In 2022, he was elected secretary of TAJE.
He is a member of JEA, ATPI, TAJE, and the National Speech and Debate Association.
He lives in The Woodlands with his husband, Hunter, and two dogs, Draco and Wicket. The dogs say hello.
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