High School Students
The following are CIIJ content appropriate our High School Student audience.
Workshops
$20,000 in scholarships to 10 Hispanic students majoring in journalism or communications. Applicants must reside in the Greater Houston Area and plan to attend, full-time, a community college or university within the U.S. or Puerto Rico.
Newspaper Association of AmericaÆ Foundation Student/Newspaper Partnership Grants
These grants will provide seed money to help establish or revive student newspapers.
Society of Professional Journalists High School Essay Contest
SPJ wants to increase high school student's knowledge and understanding of the importance of the Free Media to our lives. National winners of this essay contest receive scholarship awards. All students enrolled in grades 9-12 are eligible.
3 opportunities @ Napa Valley Register
Editor, Assistant Editor, Reporter
826 Valencia Field Trips
826 Valencia is a fun and inspiring place to come with a group of students to work on writing. Our space is free and available to teachers in the Bay area, grades 1Ò12, for field trips of all kinds.
Publications
The November 2006 edition of the "What It Do, ISA?!" student newsletter is the first collaboration between CIIJ, International Studies Academy and El Tecolote. This is the first time our students have written for a school publication.
CIIJ Newsline Fall '04
CIIJ Newsline is published three times a year.
CIIJ Newsline Spring '05
CIIJ Newsline is published three times a year.
CIIJ Newsline Spring 2007
Check out the latest news from CIIJ. Click the PDF file above to view.
CIIJ Newsline Summer '05
CIIJ Newsline is published three times a year.
News
Find out if thereís a summer high school journalism program in your area. The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund web site lists them all by state (http://djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com). The American Society of Newspaper Editors holds regional training as well.
The Programmer as Journalist: a Q&A; with Adrian Holovaty
Washingtonpost.com's Web tech guru answers questions about programming's role in news reporting and presentation
Help Secure CIIJ's Future!
Donate to the Challenge Fund for Journalism
Pop culture, politics intersect online
PopandPolitics.com, an online news journal and Web log sponsored by SFSUís Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism (CIIJ) since last summer, has chronicled these links for 10 years with a hip, witty mix of commentary and news written in a more casual style than what is found in the mainstream press.
Student journalists get clips from class
NewsBureau, a new course that pairs journalism students with professional newspaper editors, was designed to bring fresh, young voices into professional, ANG newspaper offices.