Other Programs in YJDP
High School Newspapers on washingtonpost.com: The Young Journalists Development Program and washingtonpost.com are enabling local high school journalists to put their school papers online, free of charge. Our goal is to create a thriving virtual community for high school journalists and their peers, a place where students and other washingtonpost.com readers can see what schools are writing and comment on their work. Check out the school papers online: http://washingtonpost.com/highschoolnews. The program is open to public and private high schools in The Post's circulation area. For more information, send an email to highschools@washingtonpost.com.
High School Journalism Workshop at washingtonpost.com: High school students in the Washington area participate in a weeklong online journalism workshop in the summer at washingtonpost.com in Arlington, Va. Participants gain experience in online storytelling, from researching and reporting to gathering and editing photos, audio and video. Check out the 2007 project.
The Washington Post Semester is a college credit course for
upper level and graduate students at the University of Maryland, and American,
George Washington and Howard universities. The students come to The Washington
Post every Friday for the class, which is taught by a team of professionals
from the Post’s newsroom and business staffs. Lecturers have included
Bo Jones, publisher of The Washington Post; Len Downie, executive editor; Ben
Bradlee, former executive editor; and Bob Woodward, assistant managing editor
for investigations.
The High School Advising Seminar for teachers is held annually
in October for new and veteran newpaper advisers. The one-day seminar at The
Washington Post covers topics ranging from news writing and photography to
First Amendment rights. The sessions are taught by Post professionals.
Competitive Printing Partnership grants of $2,500 each are
awarded to three high school school papers in the District, Maryland and Virginia
to help with the printing costs of the student paper.
Futures in Journalism Workshop scholarship winners attend an intensive, residential
training program for a week at the University of Maryland. Twenty scholarships
for high school students are awarded annually.
The Washington Post’s Newspaper in Education Program delivers 30 copies
of the daily paper to the high school journalism classes that partner with
YJDP and participate in its workshops and seminars.
Equipment Donations and Technical Assistance are provided
to select high schools in the Washington metropolitan area. |
