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Opportunity: Volunteer for IndyKids!

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Volunteer for IndyKids!

Do you have a passion for children’s literacy and progressive journalism? IndyKids is a non-profit organization that produces the only national newspaper written by kids for kids, providing news from an angle that kids can understand and relate to. We help young students in grades four through eight improve writing, reading and research skills while learning about social justice issues and world events that aren’t covered by mainstream children’s media. We’re looking for dedicated volunteers who are writers or have a journalism background to become mentors for our kid reporters or editors for our printed newspaper.

Here are examples of our recent articles written by our youth reporters with the help of our mentors:

World Cup Workers’ Rights in Brazil
Net Neutrality: Why is it important?
 

We were featured in Seen in NY by New Learning Times, an online publication from Teachers College, Columbia University.


We are currently looking for mentors for our next workshop.
Dates of the workshop are: Saturdays, September 13, September 20, and October 4, 2014
Time: noon-3pm Address: 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013 (Downtown Community Television Center http://www.dctvny.org/)

If you are interested, to volunteer as a mentor, please fill out an online application here.

To volunteer as an editor, please fill out an online application here.


For more information contact us at volunteer@indykids.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Master of Science graduation award.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Master of Science graduation award.

The Richard J. Blood Award For Excellence in Reporting

DEADLINE: Noon, Friday, April 18

Seeking an unpublished investigative, hard-news or news feature story of
publishable quality. Please, no profiles.

*       Submit one article of no more than 1,500 words. Please double-space
entries, and note the word count alongside the headline.
*       A winning entry will overflow with voices, specifics and solid
attribution. Less is more: Leave in only the details that move the story
forward. Make your copy lean, your prose sing and soar.
*       Particular attention will be given to rigorously reported stories
that have the potential to improve social conditions – stories that alert
the community to a danger, explain human behavior, entertain, inform and
educate.
*       You are strongly encouraged to review the article with your
instructor, incorporate any reporting/editing suggestions and rewrite it
before submission.

The award is $500

Please complete this formhttp://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/Blood/and attach
your submission by noon on Friday, April 18.

Please note that the competition is for unpublished work, but that articles

that have run on theColumbiaJournalist.org ARE eligible.

We will announce the winner on Journalism Day

This award is administered by the M.S. Class of 1995 Blood Awardcommittee: Stephanie Argy, Raney Aronson, Ellen Butler Bikales, Maria Sanminiatelli and Erin Texeira

*This award is among graduation prizes awarded each year.
Details and application instructions (for those that require submissions) will be distributed at a later date. This one, however, is judged by an alumni committee so has an earlier application deadline.