The next semester starts in early February. Classes will be held at Hostos Community College at 450 Grand Concourse on Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m., and run for 12 weeks.
To apply, click here and download the application form. On a separate piece of paper, please also tell us about yourself, your academic and extra-curricular interests, and why you are applying to this program. Your essay should be at least 400 words long and must be typed.
Mail your completed application form and essay to Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative, c/o Norwood News, 3400 Reservoir Oval East, Bronx, NY 10467. Or fax to (718) 324-2917.
The new application deadline is Jan. 6, 2012.
During the semester, students learn the fundamentals of writing, reporting, and photojournalism through classroom instruction and hands-on reporting in their own neighborhoods. We take them on field trips, including the newsroom of a daily newspaper. They learn about community activism and civic responsibility, how their neighborhoods work (or don't), who has power, who doesn't and why.
Guest speakers will include reporters from the city's daily newspapers.
At the end of the course, student work gets published in a special youth supplement called Bronx Youth Heard, which appears in Bronx News Network publications, giving youth a powerful voice in their own communities.
We're looking for students of all academic abilities, but they should be highly motivated, love to write, be naturally inquisitive, and care about what's going on in their communities.
The program was founded in 2008. To read about an earlier semester, and students' experiences, here's an article that appeared in City Limits. And here's a recent article that appeared in Bronx Ink.
For more information about the program, please call Jeanmarie Evelly at (718) 324-4998, or e-mail bronxyouthheard@gmail.com.
