The National High School Journalism Convention Is Coming!

Registration is now open for the spring national high school journalism convention that will be at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles April 14-17. The organizers are the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association.  

In addition to various sessions by journalism advisers from across the country, you and your students will have an opportunity to hear from many Pulitzer Prize winning journalists. The Thursday night keynote speaker is former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas and the Friday afternoon keynote speaker is MSNBC reporter Jacob Soboroff. 

More than 3,000 students and journalism advisers from across the country are expected to attend this convention. There will be breakout sessions on Friday and Saturday, publication critiques, a Best of Show contest, an opportunity to participate in the Break with a Pro roundtable discussion and a write-off competition.

Here is the convention website that has all the information on registration, activities and speakers. You can also download the registration booklet on this site.

Any students who need to apply for a scholarship to cover their registration, fill out this form. http://la.journalismconvention.org/need-based-scholarships/, Students can also volunteer for four hours to cover their registration. Two of those hours have to be done on Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon.