The journalism course is open to 9th through 12th graders.
Students are drawn to the course for two reasons: the desire to work independently and to have the freedom to write about issues of importance to them.
Our school is a large, diverse urban school that houses the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCAPA) and the district's pre-engineering program. The journalism class gives students who are interested in journalistic writing a home.
My class gives students a voice. Students who take the Journalism course are looking to have a different writing experience than what they might have in a traditional English class. Our class focuses on the real-world experiences of responsible expression, communication, meeting deadlines and leading one's peers.
My Project
Our newspaper has recently been revived, thanks to my enthusiastic students in the journalism class. This course not only gives my students an outlet for journalistic writing, but also a place to be heard. With no funding and equipment, they have managed to train themselves in journalistic writing and build an online publication. A digital camera, with a memory card and card reader, will help my students convey truth and emotions through the images they capture.
Not all of my students have phones with quality cameras, so having a camera to check out to them will help my students capture images to enhance their news stories.
Having access to a digital camera will help my students learn visual communication, an increasingly important skill for today's journalists. Funding this project, will help my students continue to develop as writers, reporters, and critical thinkers.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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