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Teaching Journalism: 5 Journalism Lessons and Activities

5 of the First Activities and Lessons for Journalism Class

You and your students will absolutely love these journalism lessons! The beginning of a new school year can be hectic for journalism teachers who are tasked with simultaneously teaching new journalism students who don’t have any journalism experience while also planning and publishing content for the school newspaper.

If your class is anything like mine, it is a mix of returning and new students. This year, I only have three returning students, so it is almost like I am starting entirely from scratch.

Teaching Journalism: 5 Journalism Lessons and Activities

Here are 5 journalism lessons to teach at the beginning of the year

1. staff interview activity.

One of the very first assignments I have my students do is partner up with a fellow staff member that they don’t know and interview them. This activity works on two things: first, it helps the class get to know one another. Secondly, it helps students proactive their interviewing skills in a low-stakes environment.

For this activity, I have students come up with 10 interview questions, interview one another and do a quick write-up so that students can have practice recording their interviews.

Before this activity, I go over interviewing skills with my students. We discuss the dos and don’ts of interviewing, we brainstorm good interviewing questions, and we talk about the need to go beyond simple answer questions.

2. Staff Bio

Another great activity for the beginning of the year is to have students write their staff bio. This provides students with an opportunity to write in the third person while also providing the most important information.

For my staff bios, I give students 80-100 words. I have them write their bios in the third person and in the present tense.

3. Collaborative News Story

For our first news story of the school year, I like to write one collaboratively as a staff. We go over the basics of journalism writing and then write together in one Google Doc. I do this as a learning activity so that new staff can see how we write journalistically. First, I have students work together in small groups to write the lead. Then, as a class, we craft one together. From there, we move on to building the story.

As we write the story, as a staff, we can then see what kind of information we need. I assign small groups of students to interview people and find quotes. Those groups then add that information to the story.

Once it is written, we edit and review the story together before it is published. This activity is particularly helpful because students get to see how we format quotes in our stories, how we refer to students and teachers in our stories, and how we go about the news-gathering process.

Once our collaborative story is done, new staff then have the green light to begin writing their own stories.

4. The News Determinants

News determinants teaching lesson

You can also read more in-depth about the news determinants with this blog post about teaching the five news determinants .

5. AP Style Writing

As students are writing their first stories, I like to teach students about AP Style . I use this instructional presentation, and students assemble their AP Style mini flip books that they use as a reference all year long.

The news determinants and AP Style lessons are included in my journalism curriculum with many other resources that will make teaching and advising the middle school or high school newspaper much easier.

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Journalism Basics for High School Morning News

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The morning news is an inextricable part of our lives. For some of us, it is how we start the day. For the rest, it is what we gather around to absorb matters of national importance, during times of crises and celebration. It isn’t much different in the case of school morning announcements : they have an informational, educational and entertainment purpose. That’s precisely why high school journalists feel empowered to take their news writing and reporting responsibilities seriously.

This article offers a broad overview of high school journalism necessary for creating and presenting news and interviews that resonate with audiences.

Journalism basics: types of reporting

Different types of content require different styles of writing and research. Let’s have a closer look on each style’s specific characteristics.

News items are messages about recent events . For news items to be designated as ‘top headlines’ or occurrences/issues to be deemed ‘newsworthy’, they must hold a lot of value and importance at the international, national or local level. In the context of academic institutions, a news item can be a key announcement affecting everyone at school or the community/school district. It is up to the reporters and their mentors to discern what constitutes the most important news for the day or week.

A report can take many forms. It can be a piece on a topic of interest to the school or community. Or it could be a continuing message on a particular news being covered over the past week or two. Here it is important to distinguish between the scope of a middle school/high school report created for the purposes of reporting, and ‘news reporting’ in the world of journalism, which is all about disseminating current happenings and breaking news as soon as is humanly and technologically possible! Understandably, this is a tall order in high school journalism, a reason why a report can take various forms.

How to write a complete news story or report

Reporting is a lot like story-telling, but without embellishments. It is accurate, based on factual data, completely transparent, and aims to pursue the truth. There is no reason why these journalism ethics cannot be followed rigorously at the high school level. And that starts by writing a complete, data-driven news report that will be broadcast to the entire school.

A basic tenet of journalism is reporting the five Ws and one H of a news story .

  • Who was involved? Eg: your school’s basketball team competed with an inner-city school team
  • What happened. Eg: your school team beat the guests 68-63
  • Where did it take place? Eg: the name of your school stadium
  • When did it happen?
  • Why did it take place? Eg: it was the annual intra city high school basketball tournament
  • How did it happen? Eg: opened to great fanfare, estimated crowd, mascot, lifting the cup, and so on.

Writing a news report is about connecting the dots and presenting multiple sides of an event or issue. News reporting must encourage audiences to form opinions, take action or gain a broader understanding of their community or world.

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An interview is a conversation between a journalist and an individual who has newsworthy facts and opinions to share. It is one of the most common tools of journalism, and journalists will tell you – also one of the most challenging and intimidating tasks.

Interview tips for budding high school journalists

  • The person you are interviewing (interviewee) will know why he/she is here, but not know what exactly you want from him/her. It makes sense to communicate your intentions in advance. This will help them prepare for the interview, and make them feel comfortable and safe.
  • Use a neutral line of questioning. The interview must not be skewed or emotional, rather, a fact-filled, reasoned discussion.
  • Only ask one question at a time so the interviewee does not get confused or flustered. Pause after asking the question, wait for the answer, and inquire further or move on to the next question. Keep the pacing natural and the flow smooth.
  • Continuing from the above point, you can move from one question/statement to another more effectively if you set a chronology that breaks down the interviewee’s story into smaller, logical steps for the audience’s benefit.
  • Never talk over the interviewee. Also don’t talk more than the interviewee!
  • Listen carefully. You may find opportunities for more questions from the answers given by the interviewee. You can also point out factual errors (if any) made by the interviewee during the conversation.
  • Keep it conversational and friendly. The interview shouldn’t sound like an investigation or a boring Q&A session. Establish rapport and use a joke (non-offensive) or witty comment as an ice-breaker to make the interviewee feel at ease. Prior to the interview, spend a few minutes introducing yourself to the interviewee and re-stating the purpose of the interview.
  • It is fine to clarify something you didn’t understand and which you’re pretty sure the audience wouldn’t have caught either. A simple ‘Can you please repeat that?’ or ‘Please can you explain that again?’ will do.

(Read more about how to conduct an interview properly.)

Qualities of a good reporter

In broadcast journalism, there is a responsible tradition of following ethical behavior. Journalists have the professional responsibility towards the public to be objective in their reporting and present ‘the best obtainable version of the truth’. As far as high school journalism is concerned, students must concern themselves in cross-checking facts and quotes. It is also important not to let personal bias creep in; rather, present multiple viewpoints and perspectives.

Those who wish to pursue a career in journalism must be naturally curious about what’s happening around them and develop a ‘nose for news’. Writing a report involves research – which in turn requires time, effort and patience. It helps to stay focused in the pursuit of information and organize it into a complete, coherent story. Serious and committed high school journalists willingly spend time on this endeavor; they look forward to it instead of treating it like a ‘boring assignment’.

Finally, a good reporter is a good team player. He/She enjoys collaborating with others on drafting stories and sharing screen space for live morning announcements .

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Presenting announcements isn’t just about reading stuff from a sheet of paper. There’s a lot more that goes into making a video announcement sound professional. As a teacher in charge of school morning announcements, you’ve probably faced the challenge of getting your anchor to sound like professionals, to be rhetoric.

As someone in-charge of morning announcements, you obviously know how important it is to get the process right in order to produce good results. Creating school morning announcements isn’t an easy task. However, with the right amount of preparation, even the toughest challenges can be overcome.

That’s why we have something called “best practices”. Best practices are established procedures used across various industries to achieve the best results. These best practices are tried and tested rules/methods that have been observed to have the most positive effect.

When it comes to morning video announcements, there are several factors that need to be taken into consideration. After all, we are aiming to produce

So, your school’s planning to produce its first morning video announcement? Well, that’s great. There are several benefits to having morning announcements; from keeping students informed about the latest happenings in their school (and in the world) to helping them learn about how broadcast journalism works. Now, there are generally two key areas that require attention when producing a morning announcement. The first is, obviously, content. However, we’re not here for that. What we are here for is the second most important aspect of high school morning announcement production – the technical requirements. You can have all the content you want, but, your production is doomed to fail if you don’t get your technical basics right. In fact, a lot of your content planning is determined by the technical tools that you possess. So, if you’re a little confused about this area, don’t worry, we’ve created a brief guide to help you out. Read on to learn.

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  • Rotation Interviewing Exercise By participating in a structured interview of each of their classmates, students will learn to identify types of interview questions that yield better answers, demonstrate a professional approach when meeting an interviewee, recognize how time constraints affect interview questioning, and recognize the difficulty in getting to source for interview.
  • Lesson Plan for the First Day of Class A lesson for the first day of class: Don’t give out a syllabus — make ‘em interview you for it!
  • Getting to Know You A good lesson plan for the first few weeks. It asks students to interview fellow students and identify the “false fact” through careful listening and cross-checking.
  • Out of Your Comfort Zone Students learn to use their innate skills to improve their interviewing and reporting talents.
  • Covering a Presidential Election A multi-day lesson that asks students to look at presidential debates for issues of interest to teens then research and write articles about what they heard.
  • Basic Interviewing and Reporting Basic skills are the foundation of journalism. Improving writing and reporting will impact the quality of the student newspaper. With a clear understanding of basic interviewing and reporting skills, students will gain confidence in their abilities.
  • Mock (or Shock) Interview This lesson plan with help students understand the importance of preparation prior to a difficult interview. They will also recognize the importance of sympathy and empathy. Note-taking, fact-checking and writing leads will also be emphasized.
  • Mall Trip: Interviewing and Reporting Exercise A role-playing exercise evolves into a news story. Students play roles of mall denizens and interview each other for individual points of view. A teacher-turned-police chief delivers the press conference.
  • Interviewing basics and profile article practice This lesson gives students information and insight on how to research and prepare before an article, what stellar interview questions are, how to create a conversational atmosphere with their interviewee, and how to use material given to write an eccentric profile article.
  • News: Researching, Interviewing, Reporting and Writing A lesson that gets at the heart of reporting and writing an article and goes through all the steps of doing so.
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  • Effective Interviewing After having students watch television interviews, they are asked to come up with interviews of their own using open-ended questions and a conversational style.
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  • Oral Histories of World War II A unit designed to introduce students to techniques of transcribing and conducting oral interviews. By interviewing people who lived during World War II, students will gain an understanding of this generation.

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  • “ Geofeedia allows a user to search and monitor social media contents by location. A user can mark the location they want to gather crowd contents that are uploaded on Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, Instagram and Picasa, and gather them realtime.” Poynter’s News U hosted a webinar on how to use Geofeedia .
  • “ Google Alert  provides e-mail updates of relevant Google results (through the web, news, etc.) based on queries that are hand-picked by the user. As such, the Alert can be used to monitor the development of a news story or event. The alerts can be provided daily or as they happen and come in different formats.”
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  • PANDA is a newsroom data solution that can email you when information that’s relevant to your community and your publication becomes available. It also makes it easy to save data and to subscribe to searches. Poynter’s New U held a webinar on how to use PANDA .
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  • WolframAlpha  does dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms and methods and returns referenced answers instead of just searching the web.
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7 Must-Try Activities For Journalism Aspirants In High School

The high school curriculum comprises several activities that can impart career readiness. Experts in various fields give guest lectures and conduct workshops and there is a provision of electives too. All such facilities expose high school students to career life waiting after their tenure on the campus. Amongst such activities, the ones we cover in this post are journalism activities.

Journalism is one of the major fields where having an opinion can matter a lot. Your take on events or happenings around us should be influential enough to move the readers and charge them up. Such clarity and brevity in writing become possible to achieve when you do certain projects or mock assignments.

Listed here are some of the journalism activities that high schoolers can take up as a part of training for a career in this field.

Activities for high schoolers who want to pursue Journalism

1. redoing an article from the past.

Do you follow any publication or a journalist’s work regularly? If yes, this activity may excite you.

  • Visit the archived articles or featured posts from the journalist’s or magazine’s website or offline records in the library.
  • Pick the literary piece that you found interesting or close to your school of thought.
  • Research the facts mentioned in the article and give your take by writing it afresh.

This activity can help you refine your research and writing skills that are needed for a happening career in journalism.

2. Starting a blog or website of own

Journalism demands that aspirants have exceptional writing skills. Display of writing skills becomes easier by starting a blog or website of your own.

High school students can start their blogs based on news and analysis of current affairs. It helps them brush up on their writing abilities and also portray the work to the readers.

Pick a purpose and write on a daily basis the developments, current trends, and other information surrounding the news or topic of your choice.

3. Contribute to a high school magazine

High school students, with the mentorship of teachers, can invite peers and teachers to work collectively on a school magazine.

They can make teams, decide upon the sections, and collect content items of different genres to put together an educational yet entertaining magazine.

This initiative provides the functional expertise or working knowledge for the roles of magazine editors in the future.

4. Guest edit for a local publication

Approach the local publication of your area and volunteer to write an editorial for them. If internship programs are available, you can join them as well.

Working as the guest editor earns you a reputation and also helps you learn the nuances of writing the editorials and features for a magazine.

It is an easy journalism activity if you have an interest in writing and creating news articles and editorials.

You can also join the internship program of a news station or local newspaper office and get the correct atmosphere for developing journalism skills.

5. Story writing

Journalism aspirants showing germs for the same at the high school level can take part in a story-writing activity. This activity requires the student to pick a topic and weave a story around it.

They may take the help of facts and figures about the topic from the official records and give the story a realistic touch. Story-writing may involve any celebrity or public figure too. You may take a slice of their life and prepare an account of all the events with a pinch of story-writing flavor.

6. Photojournalism

It is an interesting activity that involves testing photography skills too. You can either click a ground-breaking photograph and write a feature that explains why and how that photo is worth discussing.

The activity can also be done while keeping the social media platforms in mind. High schoolers interested in taking up journalism in career life can fathom the social media and reach the photos that are trending or are unique in their special way. They can investigate the story around that photo and prepare a write-up.

7. Take a journalism class

High schoolers can take up a journalism class to acquaint themselves with the basics of this field. The journalism class is available under the electives program in various high schools. You can enquire about them and join them as per your learning requirements.

Several reputed journalists and publication houses/newspapers/magazines run the internship programs. In these programs, they conduct workshops and training sessions that cover various aspects of journalism as a profession. It helps you come out of school more prepared for the jobs.

These are a few of the activities that high school students can do to build their skills in journalism. If your high school offers you journalism and mass media as an elective, you may expect these activities to be included in the course.

Wrapping up,

Journalism is the field where your sensibility and expression abilities are put to use. High school students can employ their writing skills in creating readable content that amuses or inspires readers. By adding the investigation ability to writing skills, the needs of jobs in journalism can be fulfilled.

High school activities offer the perfect preparatory ground for a career in journalism. We will be adding more areas and their activities in coming posts; keep watching the space for new activities.

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Is high school journalism still a pipeline for future journalists?

New report ‘the journalism pipeline’ examines state of high school media across the garden state.

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This piece was co-published with the Center for Cooperative Media.  

Last year, I watched as Elisabeth Bumiller stood at a lectern in a hotel conference room in Washington, D.C., and described to a young audience of college newspaper editors her career path to one of the most influential positions in journalism: Washington bureau chief for The New York Times.

With a hint of nostalgia, she drew a line all the way back beyond her college years, to a starting point decades in the past, when she was a teenage high school journalist at The Walnut Hills Chatterbox in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Other American journalists of note also started their careers in high school: Walter Cronkite served as editor of the Campus Cub at San Jacinto High School in Houston, Texas, before going on to become anchorman at the CBS Evening News and “the most trusted man in America.” Carl Bernstein worked as circulation and exchange manager for the Silver Chips newspaper in Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, before ascending to The Washington Post, where he helped break the Watergate scandal.

The list is undoubtedly longer. Bumiller’s recollections reinforced in my mind the value of exposing teenagers to the process of newsgathering while they’re in high school. In my two decades teaching college journalism, I’ve noticed that many — although by no means all — of the teenagers who choose to major or minor in journalism tell me during informal conversations or during the admissions process that they were led to do so by an experience with journalism they had in high school.

As head of an undergraduate journalism program, it concerns me that while we professional journalists are understandably preoccupied with the changes bedeviling the profession — the collapse of the advertising model, the attacks on our reputation, and, now, the lasting effects of the coronavirus pandemic — we have devoted relatively little attention to that turning point in a teenager’s development when she might get her first exposure to newsgathering, propelling her into a journalism future, or at the very least giving her excellent training in news literacy.

Is high school journalism surviving amid the changes that have transformed the profession starting with the rise of the internet? Do students even want to take journalism at high school anymore? And do the mechanisms still exist for them to do so?

These questions seemed worthy of study. So last year I embarked on an analysis of the state of journalism in high schools, limiting the parameters of the study to the state of New Jersey. The  Center for Cooperative Media , a grant-funded program based at Montclair State University whose mission is to grow and strengthen journalism, gave me the money to do so.

The process was eye-opening. Never having covered education as a reporter, and having had little exposure to New Jersey’s Department of Education, my first discovery was about my own naïveté. I had thought there would be someone at DOE headquarters whose job it was to manage journalism instruction in the state, set curriculum and oversee high school newspaper advisers. I figured I’d just have to penetrate the bureaucracy, find that person and get some answers.

I was wrong. Journalism education in New Jersey, as in many states, is highly decentralized with the power to set curriculum apportioned at the district level. Unlike math or language arts, journalism is not a required subject. It’s existence in a school largely depends on an administrator or, most often, a committed teacher with the will to make it happen.

I was surprised to learn that the DOE does not keep a list of how many of the 436 public high schools in the state have student newspapers, according to a public records request. Even the  Garden State Scholastic Press Association , the New Jersey association for high school advisers, did not know. They simply don’t have the resources to keep track, and high school newspaper advisers tend to come and go.

So, to achieve a meaningful overview of what journalism looked like in the public high schools in the state, I had to take a multifaceted approach: surveying and interviewing high school principals, journalism advisers and educators; filing an open records request of the DOE for a list of all schools that offered journalism classes; and examining online performance reports from all the schools in the state.

My main findings, published in the report, “ The Journalism Pipeline: The state of journalism in New Jersey high schools, ” boil down to this: Journalism education looks remarkably different from one high school to another. In some schools the curriculum is robust and impressive, linking classroom instruction with hands-on experience at a thriving multi-platform student news organization.

In other schools, journalism education exists, but erratically. Newspaper advising in these schools is often a hardship post, assigned to an untenured teacher who is inexperienced and untrained. 66% of respondents to our survey said the adviser in their school did not have a background in journalism.

And there are some schools where there is no journalism of any kind at all.

A little more than half (55%) of the high schools in New Jersey were not listed as offering journalism classes during the 2017-18 academic year, the most recent year for which statistics are available. This figure does not account for the existence of newspapers that are offered as extracurricular activities, but it’s an indication of how many schools have found a place for journalism instruction in their curriculums.

The good news is that in the schools where some form of journalism education exists, high school educators are not noticing a significant decline in student interest in taking journalism as a result of internet-driven changes at the professional level or public criticism of the press. Three-quarters of 96 high school educators in New Jersey who responded to the survey said student interest had either increased or remained the same.

In addition,  a national survey conducted by the Education Week Research Center  of nearly 500 K-12 journalism educators found that President Trump’s attacks on the media had actually stimulated teenage interest in journalism.

However, there was some worrying news. Many advisers reported a new, growing threat. The increasing pressure on students to look competitive to colleges by taking Advanced Placement courses is filling up student schedules so that they can’t find time to participate in student journalism, acting as a disincentive because journalism is not offered as an AP class. This finding was also reported by the Education Week survey .

“It’s the rise of the AP obsession,” said Staci Toporek, adviser to The Highlander at Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. “My editor-in-chief can’t take the [journalism] class because she can’t fit it into her schedule. She’s super smart and she wants to take this AP math class but it’s the same time as my class. So she comes in her own time in her study hall.”

Another high school newspaper adviser, William Rawson of Pascack Valley High School, feels “drastic measures” are required and has gone as far as to enroll himself in an online master’s degree in journalism, largely at his own expense, in order to partner with a university that would allow him to offer his high school’s journalism class for college credit.

Keeping journalism available and appealing to teenagers should not be so hard. In New Jersey in 1996, the state laid out a series of  Student Learning Standards  to provide guidance to local school districts and essentially list the knowledge and skills students should have acquired by the time they graduate from high school.

Journalism falls into the “Life and Careers” category and the guidelines articulate what any journalism instructor knows, that the study and practice of newsgathering correlate with a raft of learning outcomes, including civics, media fluency, leadership, global understanding, teamwork, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, ethics, writing and technological prowess.

In the digital age, every teenager should have the opportunity in high school, to experience the journalistic process, learn media literacy, and understand the vital role good journalism plays in a community and in a democracy. With mobile phones in their hands, these are the years when news consumption habits start forming.

The broader community of professional journalists and their organizations should be looking with greater concern at what journalism opportunities — or lack of them — exist in high schools, and find ways to support journalism there with money, policy and training.

Of course, the future Bumillers, Cronkites and Bernsteins of this world could find their way into journalism without getting a taste of its appeal, power and importance in high school — but there are so many reasons to give them that exposure at a young age and increase the odds that they do.

Read the full report here

Tara George is Head of Journalism and Television/Digital Media at Montclair State University. She is also adviser to The Montclarion, the independent student news organization there. She can be reached via email at  [email protected] .

About the Center for Cooperative Media: The Center is a grant-funded program of the School of Communication and Media at  Montclair State University . Its mission is to grow and strengthen local journalism, and in doing so serve New Jersey residents. The Center is supported with funding from  Montclair State University ,  John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , the  Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation ,  Democracy Fund , the New Jersey Local News Lab (a partnership of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Democracy Fund, and Community Foundation of New Jersey), and the  Abrams Foundation . For more information, visit  CenterforCooperativeMedia.org .

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20 Journalism Summer Programs for High Schoolers in 2023

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Interested in pursuing a career in journalism? This is a fast-paced profession for critical thinkers, strong writers, and proactive researchers. And you don’t need to wait until college to start building the skills you need to succeed in the field.

These 20 summer programs will help you learn all about the exciting world of journalism and prepare you to thrive in college and beyond.  

  1. Boston University Summer Journalism Academy  

Application Deadline: On-Campus – March 24, 2023; Virtual – May 5, 2023

Location: Boston, MA (also available virtually)

Duration: Varies (2-3 weeks Summer 2023)

Cost: On-Campus Residential – $6000; On-Campus Commuter – $4350; Virtual – $1450

Students ages 14 to 18 have the opportunity to expand their skills and learn journalism from real working reporters via BU’s Summer Journalism Academy. Lessons are tied to practical applications and students receive reporting assignments that will help them learn what the life of a news reporter looks like. Students can choose from a variety of experiences, including in-person classes in News Reporting and Photojournalism, and a learn-from-home session for students who wish to conduct the program virtually. Students who demonstrate a financial need are eligible to receive scholarships.

2. CSPA Summer Journalism Workshop

Application Deadline: TBD

Location: New York, NY (also available virtually)

Duration: 1 week (On Campus – June 25 – June 30, 2023; Virtual – Varies July 2023)

Offered through the Columbia Scholastic Press Association of Columbia University, this short summer program brings together high school students interested in developing their journalistic skills through this in-person or virtual intensive. Over the span of one week, students build interviewing and reporting skills, all while studying alongside like-minded peers from around the world and getting a taste of college life in New York City. Students can focus on developing skills such as writing, editing, management, and advanced design. Students can choose to stay on Columbia University’s campus or conduct the session from their own homes. More details will follow on the website as the program moves closer to opening its application.

3. NSLC on Journalism

Location: Washington, D.C.

Duration: 9 days (June 17 – June 25, 2023, June 29 – July 7, 2023)

Cost: $3,895

In conjunction with American University’s School of Communication, the National Student Leadership Conference offers rising freshmen to seniors the opportunity to learn about various topics related to communication, writing, and journalism, such as documentary filmmaking, news writing, sportswriting, podcasting, and much more. Beyond the classroom, students explore DC, visiting the Smithsonian Museums, the White House, the National Zoo, and other sites. Students can even be eligible to receive college credit for the session if they choose to enroll in a supplemental online course offered through American University that goes hand-in-hand with the program.

4. UGA Summer Media Academy  

Application Deadline: Rolling

Location: Athens, GA

Duration: 1 week (Varies June 2023)

Cost: Day Camp – $440; Residential Camp – $1090

At the University of Georgia, students can explore journalism, advertising and public relations, and entertainment and media studies. From creating photo essays to producing podcasts, students dive into a variety of media over the span of this one-week program. Students can opt for the overnight camp on UGA’s campus, or can choose a commuter program during the day. Limited need-based financial aid is available and there is a separate financial aid application for interested students offered on the website. 

Application Deadline: March 17, 2023

Duration: 6 days (July 15 – July 21, 2023)

Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) offers a national multicultural journalism program for high school students that brings together students from across the country to study under veteran journalists and leading media executives in Washington DC. During the program, students receive training and produce multiplatform news packages, all while collaborating and honing their skills. In order to apply, students must submit an application online including a letter of recommendation, a short introduction video, supplemental essay responses, and optional work samples. 

6. Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute

Application Deadline: March 13, 2023

Location: Evanston, IL

Duration: 4 weeks (June 25 – July 21, 2023)

Cost: $5000

Northwestern University’s famed Medill School of Journalism is home to a summer institute for rising high school seniors. Known as “Medill Cherubs,” this is a complete immersion in media. Students learn from journalists and professors and gain hands-on experience, all while creating a body of work and building connections with other aspiring journalists. Need-based financial aid and scholarships are available and are due with the application. Students can apply online and need to include a high school transcript, a letter of recommendation, standardized test results if available, and evidence of an interest in journalism. 

7. ASU Camp at Cronkite

Application Deadline: April 9, 2023

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Duration: 1 week (June 11 – June 17, 2023)

Cost: $299 by January 31, 2023, $399 by April 9, 2023

Offered through Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, high schoolers can select between three tracks – digital journalism, broadcast journalism, and sports media – and get hands-on experience over the span of a week-long intensive program. Students will be exposed to a vast multimedia environment while getting a sneak peek at college life, staying on ASU’s campus. Campers will leave having had the opportunity to grow skills such as video editing, photography, reporting, writing, script development, AR/VR media, and more. Need-based scholarships are available for eligible campers.

8. QU’s Sports Journalism for High School Students

Application Deadline: Rolling – May 1, 2023

Location: Hamden, CT

Duration: 1 week (July 9 – July 15, 2023)

Cost: $1,680 for overnight program, $1,200 for commuter program

Quinnipiac University offers a one-week summer program for high school students aspiring to work in sports media, whether that be on-camera, reporting, commentating, or broadcasting. Participants will have the opportunity to produce their own stories, host press conferences, and interview professional athletes, using Quinnipiac’s wide variety of resources to do so under the guidance of esteemed faculty. The program also brings in many guest speakers and sports journalism professionals during the program. Students can apply online and are accepted on a rolling basis.

9. UF Summer Media Institute

Application Deadline: N/a, Rolling

Location: Gainesville, FL

Duration: 1 week (June 25 – June 30, 2023)

Cost: $850 by March 1, $950 by May 1, $1050 by June 5

The University of Florida offers a first-come-first-serve intensive media workshop through its College of Journalism and Communications for interested high school students. Throughout the week, students can take advantage of the state-of-the-art facilities to learn about and prepare for an education and career in media. Students can choose from a wide variety of electives depending on their area of interest all while getting a week-long taste of the college experience. Specializations include anchoring, broadcast reporting, news writing, filmmaking, social media, sports reporting, and more. Students do not need to apply for the program, rather can simply register online.

10. AI Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference

Application Deadline: March 1, 2023

Duration: 1 week (June 24 – June 29, 2023)

Cost: Free plus a $1000 scholarship

Each year, the Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference selects high school juniors from across the USA to participate in a June conference and receive a $1,000 college scholarship. Selected participants who are interested in journalism and have the qualities of a “free spirit” meet and network in Washington D.C. while learning about and exploring the field. Interested applicants can apply online with a headshot, a copy of their official transcript, two letters of recommendation, three scholastic work samples, and two required essays.

11. Indiana University High School Journalism Institute

Application Deadline: Rolling – June 21, 2023

Location: Bloomington, IN

Duration: 5 days (July 10 – July 14, 2023, or July 16 – July 20, 2023)

Each year, Indiana University offers a variety of intensive workshops for high school students with a burgeoning interest in journalism, with topics including but not limited to Reporting & Writing, Photojournalism, Podcasting, and Intro to Documentary Filmmaking. Upon selecting an area of interest, students can register for the week-long program and will be accepted on a rolling basis. A multicultural grant is available for students interested in the program.

12. Princeton Summer Journalism Program

Application Deadline: February 27, 2023

Location: Princeton, NJ

Duration: July TBD – August 7, 2023

The Princeton Summer Journalism Program (PSJP) is one of the first and only programs of its kind to provide high-achieving high schoolers from low-income backgrounds with a free, residential, journalism and college prep program, during which they will study current affairs, learn from Princeton professors and journalists, and work with a college advisor. While the core part of this program will be held over the summer, advisors from the program will help selected students through the admissions process for college. This year, the program is being offered in a hybrid format, with students completing and participating in online work before being assembled on Princeton’s campus for a 10-day residential experience.

13. Gap Year Programs with The School of The New York Times

Application Deadline: January 9, 2023

Location: Virtual

Duration: TBD (Fall 2023)

Cost: 6 Weeks – $9,975, 12 Weeks – $17,950  

In this program offered by The New York Times, graduated high school students between the ages of 18-21 can learn from journalists at the most famous newspaper in the world and thought leaders from different industries during this program, through which they’ll sample topics like photojournalism, entrepreneurship for social impact, and writing in the big city. Students can apply for need-based financial aid or scholarships as well for the program. The admissions process is selective, and to apply, students must submit an application with two references, a copy of their high school transcript, a resume, and the option to submit a writing or work sample.

14. Summer Journalism @ NYU

Application Deadline: May 5, 2023 (Session 1), June 15, 2023 (Session 2)

Location: New York, NY

Duration: 6 weeks (May 22 – July 5, 2023, or July 6 – August 16, 2023)

Cost: $7,266

From narrative podcasting to food reporting to covering beats through an LGBTQ lens, the topics students can explore through this NYU Precollege program are abundant. In addition to meeting real professionals in journalism, students may have the opportunity to receive college credits for their work while exploring their passion. Only a very limited number of scholarships are available to students who demonstrate a high level of financial need. High school sophomores and juniors can apply to pre-college classes.

15. The Washington Journalism and Media Conference

Location: Fairfax, VA

Duration: 1 week (July 9 – July 14, 2023, or July 16 – July 21, 2023)

Cost: $ 2,450

Annually, Washington Journalism and Media Conference (WJMC) hosts National Youth Correspondents from across the country at George Mason University for a week-long program. Students will participate in hands-on learning with industry leaders, award-winning journalists, international media outlets, and Washington insiders. They also have access to exclusive field visits and sessions with journalists, media experts, directors, and program staff. To participate in the program, students must be nominated by educators or invited directly by the program. Once selected, students can opt to apply for need-based scholarships or fundraise for their trip to the conference.

16. Media Now

Application Deadline: Rolling – Opens February 1st

Location: Des Moines, IA

Duration: 4 days (July 10 – July 13, 2023)

Each year, Media Now, an organization geared towards helping high school students gain experience in journalism fields, offers a four-day Bootcamp hosted at Drake University. During that time, students will participate in a variety of hands-on projects, learn about topics such as editing, photography, and broadcasting, and present their knowledge at a program-wide awards ceremony at the end of the session. Registration becomes available on February 1st online.

17. Ohio University’s High School Journalism Workshop

Application Deadline: Rolling – Closes June 30, 2023

Location: Athens, OH

Duration: 5 days (July 11 – July 15, 2023)

High school students interested in journalism can register for Ohio University’s High School Journalism Workshop. The five-day workshop offers various tracks for students to choose from, such as magazines, broadcasts, podcasting, and more. Students may also be eligible to receive college credit for their participation in the program.

18. New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism Camp

Duration: 3 Weeks (July 23 – August 12, 2023)

Cost: $3425

The prestigious New York Film Academy offers a three-week broadcast journalism camp each year for students interested in pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Throughout the program, students will become news producers, working to deliver two final projects – one Field Report and one Interview. At the same time, they will be trained in all aspects of broadcast journalism and be prepared to further their education. 

19. GRAMMY Camp – Music Journalism Track

Application Deadline: March 31, 2023

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Duration: 1 Week (July 16 – July 22, 2023)

Cost: $1500

The Recording Academy offers five-day camps for students interested in going into the music industry, with one such camp being centered around music journalism. Throughout the program, students will learn effective writing and communication techniques across various forms of media. To apply, students must submit two work samples that can be either written or multimedia.

20. Annenberg Youth Academy for Media and Civic Engagement

Duration: 4 Weeks (June 19 – July 14, 2023)

Offered through USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, this program is a four-week-long intensive in which high school students who are interested in media from the Los Angeles County area can learn about careers in media and develop their skill sets. Students will be enrolled in a variety of sessions exposing them to media industries and will have the opportunity to meet with many of the school’s scholars. The program is highly selective, and interested students must apply with two supplemental essays, one letter of recommendation, a resume, an official high school transcript, and a headshot.

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Description of MOU Gymnasium No. 21 Elektrostal

  • Location: Elektrostal, Russia
  • Students age: from 7 to 18 years old
  • School uniform
  • Full-time education
  • Stages of education: primary, basic and secondary.

Gymnasium No. 21 is located in the town of Elektrostal, Moscow Region. The beginning of the history of this educational institution is considered 1971 - then a secondary school was opened in the building of the gymnasium. Since 2014, gymnasium No. 21 has been included in the list of the best schools in the Moscow Region, has the title of "Smart School", and is the winner of many competitions in the field of education.

Programs and prices, tuition fees in MOU Gymnasium No. 21 Elektrostal

Primary general education (7 - 10 years): study of basic subjects, versatile personality education. In free time, the program includes excursions, festivals and project activities.

Basic general education (11 - 16 years old): a program consisting of basic subjects and preparation for passing the OGE. The program includes the study of two foreign languages - English and German.

Secondary general education (16 - 18 years old): a program includes basic subjects (as an additional one - astronomy) and in-depth study of the disciplines selected for passing the exam.

Grades 10 in the gymnasium are divided into profiles of in-depth study of subjects:

  • Socio-economic - learning English, mathematics and economics
  • Social and humanitarian - English and Russian languages, social studies.

Accommodation, meals, prices

The gymnasium organizes paid and reduced-price meals.

Reduced price meals (lunch) are received by:

  • Students with disabilities
  • Students who are under guardianship and not receiving benefits from the guardianship authorities
  • Disabled children
  • Pupils from large families
  • Students with tuberculous intoxication
  • Students receiving survivor's pension
  • Students with diseases of the digestive organs (Hirschsprung's disease, gastric and duodenal ulcers, cholelithiasis, chronic hepatitis, Crohn's disease), chronic kidney diseases (glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis), blood diseases and disorders caused by chemical prophylaxis, respiratory diseases (bronchial asthma), diseases of the endocrine system (diabetes mellitus)
  • Students from low-income families
  • Students from disadvantaged families
  • Children in difficult life situations
  • Children of participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Reduced meals (breakfast) are received by:

  • Students in grades 1-4
  • Students from large families
  • Students receiving a survivor's pension.

To obtain the right to receive preferential meals from the parents / legal representatives of the child, you will need to provide an application completed in the name of the director and documents confirming belonging to one of the categories.

Activities MOU Gymnasium No. 21 Elektrostal

Circles and sections of gymnasium number 21:.

  • General physical preparation
  • Librarianship.

High school students also participate in:

  • Subject Olympiads, including the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren
  • Career guidance before leaving school
  • Delivery of TRP standards
  • Sports and creative activities.
  • Qualified teachers (holders of the title "Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation", medals and certificates of honor)
  • Additional education in various fields
  • Participation in olympiads and competitions
  • Career guidance for applicants to universities and colleges.

Facilities and equipment at MOU Gymnasium No. 21 Elektrostal

Studying takes place in a four-story building built in 1970. The school is equipped with:

  • Classrooms equipped with everything you need to learn
  • Assembly, choreographic and sports halls
  • Dining room
  • Medical office
  • Library with reading room
  • Utility and technical rooms
  • Sports ground on site.

The entrance is equipped with equipment for visiting the school by persons with disabilities.

Admission dates and extra charges

The academic year begins on September 1, and is divided into quarters.

Holidays between quarters:

  • October 30-November 8
  • December 28-January 8
  • February 22-28 (only for 1 grade)
  • March 26-April 2
  • May 26/29 - August 31 (depending on the class).

Gymnasium №21 teaches on a five-day basis - from Monday to Friday. Lesson time:

  • For 1, 4, 5, 7, 8a, 11 classes - 8: 30-15: 45 (max. 8 lessons)
  • For grades 2, 3, 6, 8b, 9, 10 - 8: 15-15: 30 (max. 8 lessons).

Entry requirements, how to apply, what is required to enrol

To enroll in the gymnasium you will need to provide:

  • Completed application in electronic or written form
  • Parent's / legal representative's passport
  • Child's birth certificate
  • Certificate of registration of the child at the place of residence or at the place of stay in the assigned territory
  • The conclusion and recommendations of the psychological, medical and pedagogical commission and the consent of parents / legal representatives to study according to the adaptive basic general education program (for children with disabilities).

Upon admission to grade 10, additional documents + profile testing may be required.

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Residence permits, citizenship and other services.

  • Guardianship services during the studies
  • Student supervision

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Title : Active carbons as nanoporous materials for solving of environmental problems

However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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