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Journalism Classes for High School Students

August 2, 2010

The Bronx News Network, in collaboration with College Now, is running a free journalism program for Bronx high school students.

The next semester starts in September. Classes will be held at Hostos Community College on Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m. and run for 12 weeks.

Students will learn the fundamentals of writing, reporting, and photojournalism through classroom instruction and hands-on reporting in their own neighborhoods. We will take them on field trips – including the newsroom of a daily newspaper. And they will learn about community activism and civic responsibility, how their neighborhoods work (or don’t), who has power, who doesn’t and why.

Guest speakers will include reporters from the city’s daily newspapers.

Student work will be published in a special youth supplement called Bronx Youth Heard, which appears in Bronx News Network publications – the Norwood News, the Mount Hope Monitor, and the Tremont Tribune – giving youth a powerful voice in their own communities.

Students who complete the course will receive a recommendation letter from our program coordinator. Depending on the school’s policy, there’s also the possibility of students earning class credit.

We are looking for students of all academic abilities, but they should be highly motivated, love to write, be naturally inquisitive, and care about what’s going on in their communities.

To apply, please click here and print the application form. Fill it out, and mail it, along with an essay about yourself (see below), to Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative c/o Norwood News, 3400 Reservoir Oval East, Bronx, NY 10467.

In your essay, please tell us about yourself, where you go to school and your academic and extra-curricular interests, and why you are applying to this program and the issues you may be interested in writing about. Your essay should be at least 400 words long and typed. Please check your work and make sure you haven’t made any spelling mistakes, grammatical errors or typos. Feel free to show your work to an adult before submitting.

The deadline for applying is Sept. 17.

The program was founded in 2007 and so far we’ve held five semesters. To read about an earlier semester, and students’ experiences, here’s an article that appeared in City Limits.

For more information about the classes or the application process, please call Jordan Moss or James Fergusson at (718) 324-4998, or e-mail bronxyouthheard@gmail.com.

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