Journalism 1

Journalism 1 opens the doors to the field of professional journalism by introducing students to interviewing and the reporting style of writing seen online, on TV, and in magazines and newspapers. Students will also learn about trends in graphics, design, color, typography, advertising and career opportunities, ethics, law, headline writing and more. This class also provides the opportunity for students to advance to serve on the yearbook or newspaper staff.

Yearbook

In Advanced Journalism Yearbook, students will work as a team to create a yearbook. Students will develop real-world skills including time management, budgeting and working collaboratively while creating publications using industry standard software. As members of the yearbook staff, students in this course will be expected to: participate in an advertising campaign that includes selling advertisements in the community and to cover after-school activities, as assigned. Students will write, design and take photos and meet deadlines. As students progress to Yearbook II and III, they will be expected to increase and refine their skills, take on leadership roles, increase involvement and responsibility on staff by leading the staff as editors, section editors or senior staff members.

Newspaper

In Advanced Journalism Newspaper, students will work as a team to create an online and/or print school newspaper, covering school and community events. Students will develop real-world skills including time management, budgeting and working collaboratively while creating publications using industry standard software. As members of the newspaper staff, students in this course will be expected to participate in an advertising campaign that includes selling advertisements in the community and to report on afterschool activities, as assigned. As students progress to Newspaper II and III, they will be expected to increase and refine their skills, take on leadership roles, increase involvement and responsibility on staff by leading the staff as editors, section editors or senior staff members.

Broadcast

In Advanced Journalism Broadcast, students will apply and use their journalistic skills for a variety of purposes. Students will learn the laws and ethical considerations that affect broadcast journalism; learn the role and function of broadcast journalism; critique and analyze the significance of visual representations; and learn to produce by creating a broadcast journalism product.

Journalism 1

The best thing about this class is the fact we watch and discuss current events and the news. You can get your daily news intake with this class. Amelia

We’re able to talk about current events and have a judgement free zone space. Another reason I took this class is to get into yearbook. Nelly

It’s fun, informational and I also want to be in yearbook. Nyta

Yearbook

“Yearbook is a place where I can unleash my full creativity. There are no limits to what your mind can think of. While not only making designs, capturing special moments, and writing captions, yearbook is where one can be their true self and work on a big project. The hard work and determination drives me through the ups and downs making a book so special may bring.” Luis

Newspaper

"Writing wasn't of conscious thought until my freshmen year of high school. I wasn't familiar with Journalism and if you asked eleven-year-old me to write news articles for the school newspaper, I'd laugh in disbelief at the mere suggestion. But writing these articles and being apart of the newspaper and yearbook staff pushed me in the direction I never knew I wanted to take and not so much the writing, but the environment all together." Kyndhal

Broadcast

If you're into recording and taking videos and/or broadcasting the news to the entire school. Then this is your class. -Uriel

A lot of creativity and collaboration is involved in creating videos. You will definitely learn a lot about video production and how to manage people and time alike. -Diego

You get a crash course in editing and if you want to pursue a career in broadcasting it would help you get a feel for the work. -Eian