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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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