Journalism

Thursday, March 22, 2012

March Issue Looks Great

Once again, we were hampered by computer problems, but we prevailed! Special thanks to Maria, who was not deterred by the demise of her computer, and to William, who brought our advertising total to $610 this month.

Please write a reflection on this month's issue and post it as a comment here. What did you accomplish in this issue? Are you proud of your stories and/or photos? If so, why? What could you have done to improve your work? Where can you focus your improvement for the next issue?

Thursday, March 1, 2012

USC High School Journalism Day

Reporters Daniel Boror, Tania Dominguez, Jennifer Guido, Nanette Liberatori and Copy Editor William San Nicolas will be joining me on Friday, March 2. I'm sure they will come back with lots of new ideas to share with the staff.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

CNN Story on HHS

Click on the headline to see Karla and "Maria."

Friday, February 17, 2012

Los Angeles Press Club Awards

Make Your Resume Standout!

Win Best High School Writer

Compete for Best High School Newspaper

All High School Media Eligible

As a finalist, you'll meet famed Watergate investigative reporters Woodward & Bernstein
at the 54th LA Press Club Awards Gala June 24 at the Biltmore Hotel.

Entry forms are in The Box above. Look for the file that says call for entries. The student entry fee is $20. The deadline is March 30.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Congratulations Karla on your acceptance to Yale University

You deserve it. If you can adapt to the weather, I'm sure you will thrive.

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.