Updates - URGENT

Due to issues getting the 5th issue ready, we are combining the 5th and 6th issues so that the stuff completed is not too outdated by April.

So the new 6th issue will be ready hopefully before break. The 5th issue hopefully no later than next week.

Moving forward, I will be working with section leaders, empowering them to help me grade their staff...

What this means:


- know who your section leader is and whenever you send me a draft of something, send it also to your section leader


- - - section leaders are as follows:


News - Livianette.cabrera@wjps.org


feature - Sarah.bianchi@wjps.org


entertainment - Georgia papazafiropoulos ,


sports - Lisamarie.ludford@wjps.org


opinion - Anastasia.papis@wjps.org


layout - Melissa.Iachetta@wjps.org


copy editor - Raymond.arroyo@wjps.org

Once you've finished your article and have received a rubric, please send your finished piece to Raymond as well as me. He will edit your work and send it on to Melissa.

Starting Monday, we will be working on new articles...

1st drafts will be due on Wed. 3/3/10 - to be sent to section leaders and me - section leaders will give you initial feedback

2nd drafts will be due on Friday. 3/5/10 - to be sent to section leaders and me - ms. sackstein to give feedback

final drafts will be due on Wed. 3/10/10

We will then start a second round of articles... in an effort to keep things interesting, I will let you write for whatever section you want...

You will need to have a topic choice by Thursday 3/11/10 and contact the section leader for which the article will belong.

1st drafts of articles due Monday 3/15/10 - to be sent to section leaders and me - section leaders will give initial feedback

2nd drafts will be due Wed. 3/17/10 - to section leaders and me - ms sackstein to give feedback

final drafts are due Monday - 3/22/10

At this point, everyone will be responsible for making sure there are pictures and/or sidebars for their pieces... I expect to see a lot of student voice and good coverage. Nothing should be taken from the internet...



If you don't make your deadlines, you won't be published in the paper.

Reminders - drafts and current events

1st drafts for 6th issue are past due.

2nd drafts are due on Monday

Current Events #2 is due on Monday... makes sure you pick an article from the Times and address all components discussed in the assignment.

All Expenses Paid Princeton University Summer Journalism Program

- February 5, 2010 deadline -



Program is for high school student journalists from low-income backgrounds that will take place for 10 days in August on the campus of Princeton University . The program is entering its ninth year; since 2002, more than 165 students from high schools across the country have been selected to participate in the program. They were taught by journalists from The New York Times,The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The New Republic and The New Yorker; they covered Yankees, Mets, Jets and Liberty games and held a press conference with New Jersey's secretary of state; they met with Princeton University's president and dean of admissions; they received counseling on their college applications from our staff, which consists of Princeton University alumni and undergraduates; and they published their own newspaper.



The application process will take place in two parts. For the first part, students should fill out the application (www.princeton. edu/sjp), and then email it to sjpapplication@ gmail.com as a Microsoft Word attachment. Before emailing us the application, students should name the document using the following format: Lastname.Firstname. doc. So, if the student's name is Mary Jones, the title of the document will be Jones.Mary.doc. In addition, the student should type his or her name and high school in the body of the email and put only the name of the Word document (e.g., Jones.Mary.doc) in the subject line of the email. We must receive the application by 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5, 2010.



In the second round of the application process, finalists will be interviewed by the program directors-either in person or over the phone-and they will be asked to provide printed copies of the following items via U.S. mail: an official transcript; the first page of the 2008 (or 2009, if available) income-tax return form (the 1040 or 1040EZ form) of their custodial parent(s)/guardian( s),

or a signed statement by their parent(s)/guardian( s) saying that their income is below the level at which they would be required to file income tax returns; a recommendation letter from a teacher; and clips from their high school newspaper or other publication (optional).



To be eli gi ble for the program, students must meet the following qualifications:



- They must currently be juniors in high school.



- They must live in the continental Uni ted States.



- They must have at least an unweighted 3.5 grade point average

(out of 4.0).



- They must have an interest in journalism.



- The combined income of their custodial parent(s)/guardian( s) plus child support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000.



Note: This program is for students from low-income backgrounds. If the combined income of the custodial parent(s)/guardian( s) plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and a student still wishes to apply, he or she may attach a letter explaining why his or her family qualifies as financially under-resourced.



If you have questions, the best way to reach us is via email at sjp@princeton. edu. Please note that applications should be sent to sjpapplication@ gmail.com, which is a GMAIL address. Questions should be sent to sjp@princeton. edu, which is a PRINCETON address.



All application materials-as well as additional information about the program-are available at www.princeton. edu/sjp.



A final word: We know that the process of applying to any selective program can be stressful, not to mention a lot of work-for students as well as their teachers. But, over the years, the students we have had come through our program have told us that, ultimately, the work they put into their application was worth it.





Sincerely,





Katina Revels

Re gi on I Director, 2009-2011, CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

National Association of Black Journalists

NABJ convention in San Diego , Calif. , July 28 - Aug. 1, 2010

http://www.nabj. org