State Write-Offs Bring Success

Congratulations to Steven Montoya, copy editor, for his first place honors in editorial writing at the Southern California Journalism Education Association state write-off on Saturday, March 21 at Rancho Dominguez Prep School in Long Beach.

Here is a link to a video of Steven's name being announced.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0Jfp7zwNRMIVlhhb3IyYk50Wm8&authuser=0
It was taken by John Shrader, from Cal State Long Beach, who delivered the keynote address.

Also contributing to Hollywood's placing fifth in the newspaper sweepstakes were Vanessa Centeno, fifth place sports; Franklin Franco, sixth place news; and Erika Salazar, tenth place, news. There were 25 schools competing from all over Southern California.

Summer Internship in Silicon Valley

The 22nd Annual Mosaic High School Journalism Workshop is looking for students for an exciting, two-week summer camp taught by professional reporters, editors and photographers. This workshop is free of cost to students. 

Please forward this information to those who would be interested. 

The students will work in the campus newsroom at San Jose State University. They’ll hit the streets of Silicon Valley to cover issues and trends that matter to them and other teens. They’ll stay in campus dormitories and get a taste of college life.

Besides honing their skills in reporting and writing or in shooting photos and videos, they also will share their stories and photos online and will explore and pave pathways on social media.

Our instructors will guide them every step of the way, from focusing ideas to critiquing. At the end of the program students will see their newspaper roll off the presses of the Bay Area News Group and witness their stories spread online.

Please visit our website, www.mercurynews.com/mosaic, for more details and an online version of last summer’s workshop newspaper. You’ll also find a downloadable application for the 2015 program, attached here as well.

Founded in 1993, the Mosaic has given hundreds of high school students a close-up, hands-on look at professional journalism. Many of our alumni now work at newspapers, magazines, television, online publications and in public relations around the country.

Applicants must be current sophomores, juniors or seniors. Experience in journalism or photography, and solid writing skills are strongly recommended.

The 2015 Mosaic will be held from Sunday, June 14 to Friday, June 26. Applications must be postmarked or emailed by April 13.  

Please do not hesitate to call or email for more information. 

Thank you, 

Joe Rodriguez, Mosaic Director Emeritus

408-920-5767

jrodriguez@mercurynews.com

Next week is Scholastic Journalism Week: Take the Pledge

 I'd like to celebrate Scholastic Journalism Week by taking the TAO of Journalism Pledge (their slogan: "just TAO it.") and taking a photo of the class taking the pledge and putting it on the website. One of the teams can use it as one of their posts. The idea is that journalists are always demanding that sources be transparent, accountable and open. If we want our readers' trust, we need to be transparent, accountable and open as well. Read more about it on the link.

TAO of Journalism - from the TAO of Journalism Center

David Carr, New York Times Columist, Dead at 58

Please read and post a response (using complete sentences and academic language).

David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students - NYTimes.com

Another opportunity for juniors

TIP: The Intern Project | LA Fund

Deadline is March 7, 2015