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You Be A Media Critic!
Who are media critics? What do they do? Media critics are usually experienced journalists who are paid to analyze or critique the media. They catch mistakes, they point out where newspapers, television stations or the web didn’t play fair to both sides of a controversy, they point out ways that reporters took the lazy way out and they compliment the media when they’ve done a good job.... More»

Sorts Writing 101
Josh Sipkin, the journalism and English teacher at Information Technology High School is writing our Sports Writing 101 column. For 15 years, Sipkin has written, edited and produced interactive content for ABC Sports, FOX Sports, CBS Sportsline, the NFL, NBA and major league baseball. .... More»

The Best Sites for High School Journalists
As everyone says, there is so much on the web…the difficulty is finding the right thing when you want it. We thought we would put together a good, constantly growing list of good resources for journalists. Here are some. Feel free to send us some suggestions to add to the list.

hsjournalism.org: Great site, you might call NewsStandNYC its little sister. Great links for both students and teachers. Everything from journalism scholarships to journalism jargon. A great way to see online high school newspapers—they host high school newspapers from all over the country.

 

NYC Online H.S. Newspapers
Go to hsjournalism.org and they will explain how to get online.

The Advocate, Martin Luther King High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice

The Bardvark, Bard Early College High School

The Black Hawk Online, Information Technology High School

The 411 Press, Baruch College Campus High School

The Pirateer, Tottenville High School

The Raven, Bronx Academy of Letters

The Spectator, Stuyvesant High School

The Verdict, Benjamin Cardozo High School

and more to come! Tell us when you are launched.

U.S. and International Newspapers Online

http://www.newslink.org/

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

http://www.newspapers.com/

 

Important News Websites

The New York Times

The Washington Post

The Los Angeles Times

CNN

MSNBC

http://www.ny1.com/default.aspx NY1

1010WINS

www.wnyc.org wnyc, the npr station

New York City News

 

Education Websites

The Department of Education

Inside dope on the schools

send in sites that are useful to you.

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Welcome to NewsStand NYC!
Welcome to the first New York City high school journalism website! We’re a website for high school journalism students, high school journalism teachers and anyone who wants to know what’s happening in the NYC schools... learn more»

NYC H.S. Journalism Report Is Released—and The NY Times Writes About It!
We’re Not Dead Yet: The Fall—and Potential Rise—of High School Newspapers in New York City’s Schools is finally available! The New York Times wrote about it and you can view it here.

The report is based on a two-year study of the almost 400 New York City high schools. It found that only 50% have newspapers. Read the report and find out why.

Famous Alum Profile Contest
What person graduated from your school and went on to be famous or infamous? Stuyvesant High School’s newspaper, The Spectator, profiled two Stuy grads who are now top people in the Obama Administration, Senior Advisor David Axelrod who ran the president’s campaign and Attorney General Eric Holder, who is the first African American attorney general... learn more»

Photo-Tour of Journalism Classes
Come with us on a photo-tour of four journalism classrooms. Our photographer, Fran Antmann, visited Edward R. Murrow High School, The Performing Arts and Technology (PATHS) High School, Frederick Douglass Academy III, all in Brooklyn; and Townsend Harris High School in Queens. Send us photos of your journalism class or club. view photos »

Sports Writing 101
Close throughout, both teams made highlight reel plays, the best of which provided a dramatic, last-second win. Exuberantly the players ran off the court. Joyfully, the fans danced their way home. Heart racing, adrenaline coursing through your veins, you just witnessed the best game of your career... learn more»

400 Attend 5th NYC H.S. Conference
Over 400 high school students and their teachers filled Baruch College’s 14th floor conference room and scattered into 12 breakout rooms for the 5th New York City High School Journalism Conference held December 15th. It was the largest assemblage of high school journalists and their teachers since the event started in 2005... learn more»

 

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Obama 1st 100 Days News Conference
Imagine you are a White House correspondent and you attended President Barack Obama’s 1st 100 Days’ News Conference. Listen to Jeff Zeleny’s questions and how President Obama answered them. What would you ask him?.learn more»

 
   
         

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