Journalism Day at CSUN

Karla, Karina and Vanessa competed in the opinion writing competition at High School Journalism Day at Cal State Northridge today. Although they did not bring home any awards, they experienced the thrill of competition. They also attended workshops on content creation, entrepreneurial journalism, sports writing and broadcast journalism.

We placed copies of The Crimson Chronicle next to the other school's newspapers and they were all snapped up. I received compliments on our paper from other school's advisers.

I found the following excerpt from a statement by the California Newspaper Publishers Association significant: "Just as in the outside community, campus media present the good with the bad. The campus newspaper is not a mouthpiece of the administration or of the faculty. It is not a newsletter for parents. It is not a puff-sheet for campus groups or sports or cliques. The well-run campus newspaper is the voice of the students, reflecting the student community and explaining the world of students."

Los Angeles Unified students grade district's new menu choices

Los Angeles Unified students grade district's new menu choices

Let's follow up on this or do a man on the street: what's the best and worst items from the cafeteria?

Journalism Field Trips

If you are interested in attending the journalism day described below, or the one at the University of La Verne on Oct. 28, let me know.

Dear Student Media Adviser:
On behalf of our faculty, I'm pleased to invite you and the editors/staff of your school newspaper to our annual half-day high school journalism day on Saturday, October 15, 2011 on the CSUN campus. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

Workshops will focus on multimedia storytelling, breaking news, photojournalism, and more. In addition to panel and hands-on workshops, students will also have the opportunity to compete in news, features, opinion and sports writing competitions and the photojournalism contest. If your students are planning to enter the photojournalism contest, please have them bring digital cameras.

All of the presentations are designed to enhance the skills and ideas students will need to produce solid, interesting school newspapers and other campus media.

Attached, please find all the information relevant to this event including a flier, registration form, and parking map. If you and your students plan to attend, please fill out the registration form and return it as soon as possible, as we will need to plan for space and lunch.

Amazing Meet and Greet!

We did an amazing job on today's Meat and Greet! I think that everything came together smoothly even if not everybody showed up. It doesn't matter, the few people that did show up were impressed with us. Go Journalism! P.S We need t-shirts to look more like the newspaper staff when the paper arrives.

Meet and Greet

Remember to bring your selected refreshment tomorrow and to dress nicely for our mixer. The faculty members are guests. Make an effort to engage them in conversation. Just be your smart, funny selves and they will be impressed.