Journalism

Monday, August 22, 2011

Play This Game

Click on the title above. It's fun. It introduces students to what it's like to be a reporter and it doesn't require any writing. It takes about 15 minutes.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Karina, Maria and I joined 135 students and advisers from as far away as Fresno at the four-day journalism workshop at Cal State Long Beach. At lunch, we walked over to the school's Blue Pyramid athletic stadium.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

We've got fans!

Great job on the June issue, everyone! You've all been fun to work with and I appreciate your diligent work on the final today. Below is the text of an email sent to me by a teacher.

I just wanted to let you know, how impressive the school newspaper is becoming. It is clear to me that you are really building a solid program that is benefiting so many students. Just in case few people have commented on how good the paper is, I wanted you to know that some of us notice and appreciate it. This last issue was great and jumped up to the next level. Thanks for all of your hard work.

Let's make it even better next year!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Congratulations Karla!

The Crimson Chronicle's own Karla Samayoa has been accepted into an amazing scholarship program in which she will be spending seven weeks this summer at Princeton University and visiting Ivy League colleges. See the link to the video.

Our Video

Monday, May 16, 2011

Belated Good Job on April Issue

I was very pleased with the April issue. There is still room for improvement, but our paper is solid. Let's make the May issue even better. We will be entering several issues in National Scholastic Press Association contest. There are also categories for Story of the Year (news, sports, editorial, feature, diversity/multiculturalism), Picture of the Year, Design of the Year, and Cartooning awards. Entry deadline is June 15.

About This Class

This course is designed for those students who desire experience in print journalism and an in-depth production of a newspaper. Students have the unique opportunity to create and publish a student-driven newspaper. Newspaper students practice the fundamentals of journalistic writing, photojournalism, graphic design and budget management. Students will also develop their abilities to work as a team as they produce the newspaper.
Researchers have found that both college and non-college-bound students benefit from taking journalism in high school. A study of college freshmen found that journalism experience correlated with higher efficacy in a beginning English class (Collins and Bissell, 2002). Even teachers report less burnout and higher job satisfaction from advising the school newspaper or broadcast class, according to a study by Reinardy, Maksl and Filak (2009). Numerous studies by Dvorak and his associates have shown a correlation between journalism students and higher test scores on college readiness tests and in higher grades in high school classes.