High School Journalism Program

The editors and reporters of the Norwood News and the Mount Hope Monitor are running a youth journalism program for Bronx high school students who are sophomores, juniors or seniors.

Classes will begin on Feb. 4 and run every Wednesday for 12 weeks, from 4 to 6 p.m. They will be held at 2001 Morris Ave., in office space provided by Mount Hope Housing Company.

Students will learn the fundamentals of writing, reporting, and photojournalism through classroom instruction, and, more importantly, through hands-on reporting in their own neighborhoods.

Guest speakers will include reporters from the city's daily newspapers.

Best of all, student work will be published in a special youth supplement called Bronx Youth Heard, which will appear in the Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, and Highbridge Horizon, another community newspaper the west Bronx, giving Bronx youth a powerful voice in their own communities.

We are looking for students of all academic abilities, but students should be highly motivated, love to write, be naturally inquisitive, and care about what's going on their communities.

For an application form, please call (718) 324-4998, or e-mail bronxyouthheard@gmail.com.

The deadline for applications is Jan. 7.

This will be the third time we've run the program. Read about the first semester here.

Wanted: Student Mentor for Youth Journalism Program

The West Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative is looking for a student mentor/teaching assistant to help run a journalism program for Bronx high school students. Classes, which will be held at 2001 Morris Ave., will begin on Sept. 17, and run every Wednesday through Dec. 3, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Responsibilities include working with students to improve their writing, editing student work, attending field trips, and participating in class discussion. Some additional work, mostly editing, will be required outside of class (no more than three hours a week). Some teaching experience is preferred but not required. Journalism Grad students welcome. Compensation depends on experience but at least $20 an hour.

To apply, please send resume and a brief cover letter to James Fergusson at mounthopenews[at]gmail.com. The deadline for applications is Aug. 22.

Youth Journalism Program

The editors and reporters of the Norwood News and the Mount Hope Monitor, two community newspapers in the west Bronx, are running a youth journalism program for Bronx high school students who are sophomores, juniors or seniors.

This is the second time we've run the program. Read about the first semester here.

Classes for the fall semester will begin on Sept. 17 at Mount Hope Housing Company, a local non-profit located at 2001 Morris Ave. Classes will run every Wednesday for 12 weeks, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Students will learn the fundamentals of writing, reporting, and photojournalism through classroom instruction but, more importantly, through hands-on reporting in their own neighborhoods. We will take them on field trips - including the newsroom of a daily newspaper. They will 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.

Best of all, student work will be published in a special youth supplement called Bronx Youth Heard, which will appear in the Norwood News, Mount Hope Monitor, and Highbridge Horizon, another community newspaper the west Bronx, giving Bronx youth a powerful voice in their own communities.

Student that completes the course will receive a recommendation letter. Depending on the school's policy, there's also the possibility of students earning class credit.

We are looking for students of all academic abilities, but students should be highly motivated, love to write, be naturally inquisitive, and care about what's going on their communities.

For an application form, please call (718) 324-4998, or e-mail mounthopenews[at]gmail.com.

The deadline for applications is Aug. 22.

Online Now: June's Mount Hope Monitor

The June edition of the Mount Hope Monitor is now online.

Stories include:

Women's Homeless Shelter to Open on Jerome

At Paradise Theater, Hip-Hop Stars Cut the Cussing

Bronx Dominicans Make Their Voices Heard

New Bank on Burnside

A Bloody Memorial Day Weekend in the Four-Six

Also inside (but not online) is the second edition of Bronx Youth Heard, a newpaper written by high school students enrolled in the West Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative. Classes, held on Wednesday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., start again in the fall. Click here for information on how to apply. And follow this link to read about the previous semester.

The West Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative

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Mosholu Preservation Corporation's high school journalism program is profiled in this week's City Limits.

The program, which started in February, aims to teach students how to report and write. Earlier this month, their stories and photos were published in the Norwood News and Mount Hope Monitor, in a new supplement called "Bronx Youth Heard." You can read it here. The supplement will also appear in April's Highbridge Horizon, coming out Thursday.

We're planning another edition of Bronx Youth Heard in May, and two more in the fall, when we'll be running the program again. Registration for the fall session starts soon. Check back for updates. In the meantime, if you'd like more information, please e-mail mounthopenews[at]gmail.com.

Wanted: Student Mentor for Youth Journalism Program

The West Bronx News Network is looking for a student mentor/teaching assistant to help run a journalism program for Bronx high school students. Classes, which will be held at 2001 Morris Ave., will begin on Feb. 6, and run every Wednesday through April 23, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Responsibilities include assisting the program coordinator, working with students to improve their writing, editing student work, attending field trips, and participating in class discussion. Some additional work, mostly editing, will be required outside of class (no more than three hours a week). Some teaching experience is preferred but not required. Journalism Grad students welcome. Compensation depends on experience but at least $20 an hour. To apply, please send resume and a brief cover letter to mounthopenews@gmail.com. The deadline for applications is Jan. 28. If you have questions, please call (917) 843-1481.

Wanted: Aspiring Young Reporters

Call us biased, but we feel journalism is a powerful way to learn about and influence one's community. Young people rarely have had access to learning about journalism, especially considering the shortage of quality high school newspapers. This means the Bronx is not getting reporters trained at the grassroots into the pipeline of professional journalism.

We're working to change that.

Starting in January, the Norwood News, in conjunction with the Mount Hope Monitor, will run a youth journalism program for Bronx high school students in their sophomore, junior or senior years. (The program is made possible through a generous grant from the New York Foundation.)

Students will learn the fundamentals of reporting, writing, and photojournalism through classroom instruction and, most importantly, through hands-on reporting in their own neighborhoods.

Students will learn how neighborhoods work (or don't), who has power, who doesn't and why. We'll teach them about the First Amendment and how it applies to them and every citizen. And they'll learn how to record and edit audio and photo slide shows for the Web.

Best of all, students' work will appear in the pages of the Norwood News, as well the Monitor and the Highbridge Horizon. Participants will also contribute to a student blog created especially for this project. This program - the West Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative - will give youth a powerful voice in their own communities.

Classes will start in late January or early February and run on Wednesdays, after school, for 12 weeks. We're looking for students of all academic abilities, but students should be highly motivated, love to write, be naturally inquisitive, and care about what's going on in their communities. To request an application, e-mail James Fergusson, the program coordinator, at mounthopenews@gmail.com or call (718) 324-4998. The application deadline is Dec. 10.

We look forward to hearing from you!