| ASNE awards partnerships to spark student journalism
Published: September 03, 2003
Last Updated: September 03, 2003
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ASNE
awards partnerships to spark student journalism
Sept. 3,
2003
RESTON, Va. – The
American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation has awarded
$154,225 to 44 schools and their 34 daily newspaper partners
to start or dramatically improve scholastic newspapers.
“Daily newspapers
are working closely with schools in their local communities
to identify, train and nurture the next diverse generation
of journalists,” said Jeffrey D. Cohen, 2003-04 chairman of
ASNE’s High School Journalism Committee and editor of the Houston
Chronicle. “At the same time, the entire school community benefits
from an improved student press that strives for excellence.”
ASNE’s original
plan was to award 60 Partnerships over a three-year period.
However, the response from daily newspapers has been so enthusiastic
that ASNE has more than doubled its goal.
ASNE Partnerships
develop when editors of daily newspapers seek out a local high
school where student media are in peril. Volunteers from the
newspaper and school identify needs and brainstorm an academic
year program of mentoring students, teachers and administrators
who are interested in journalism.
The daily
newspaper and school then jointly apply to ASNE for a grant
of up to $5,000 that is used to equip the school with the hardware
and software needed to produce a student newspaper. A budget,
statement of goals and timeline are required. In some instances,
a local college journalism program also takes part in the mentoring.
Funds were awarded to successful applicants during the third
week of August.
The John
S. and James L. Knight Foundation provided ASNE with a $4.8
million grant to pursue high school journalism initiatives
from 2001-03, including the ASNE Partnerships.
Schools are
encouraged to sign up for my.highschooljournalism.org, an online
hosting service created by ASNE. It’s a cost-effective way
for newspapers to get started, while established school papers
that go online gain electronic search and archiving capabilities.
The hosting service is free. A one-time $25 application fee
covers the cost of journalism materials for the school. No
special computer programs are needed to place a high school
newspaper online – a cut and paste method is used.
Since 2001,
ASNE has awarded $484,901 in grants to 134 schools and a Boy
Scouts council that partnered with 89 daily newspapers. To
view a complete list of ASNE Partnerships from 2001 to present,
go to:
http://www.highschooljournalism.org/editors/partnerships.htm
The 2003-04
academic year ASNE Partners are:
- Albuquerque
(N.M.) Journal and Moriarity (N.M.) High School.
- Amarillo
(Texas) Globe-News and Randall High School.
- Battle
Creek (Mich.) Enquirer, Calhoun Intermediate School District
and:
- Battle
Creek Central High School.
- Lakeview
High School.
- Marshall
High School.
- Quincy
High School.
- The Bulletin,
Bend, Ore., and La Pine High School.
- Burlington
(Vt.) Free Press, and Champlain Valley Union High School,
Hinesburg.
- Charleston
(W.Va.) Daily Mail and George Washington High School.
- The Daily
Astorian, Astoria, Ore., and Astoria High School.
- Daily
Globe, Ironwood, Mich., and Luther T. Wright High School.
- The Daily
Leader, Brookhaven, Miss., and Brookhaven High School.
- The Daily
Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, and Frederick Douglass High School.
- The Eagle-Tribune,
N. Andover, Mass., and Lawrence (Mass.) High School.
- Enid (Okla.)
News and Eagle, and Enid High School.
- Houston
Chronicle and:
- The
Houston A+ Challenge and Charles H. Milby High School.
- Hardin
(Texas) High School.
- The Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News and Buhler High School.
- The Indianapolis
Star and Broad Ripple High School.
- Kerrville
(Texas) Daily Times and Utopia HS
- Los Angeles
Times and Manual Arts High School.
- The Mississippi
Press, Pascagoula and Moss Point High School.
- Petoskey
(Mich.) News-Review, East Jordan High School and North Central
Michigan College.
- Press-Enterprise,
Riverside, Calif. and:
- San
Bernardino High School.
- Santiago
High School, Corona.
- Press & Sun
Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y., and Union-Endicott High School,
Endicott.
- St. Louis
Post Dispatch and Metro Academic & Classical High School.
- St. Petersburg
(Fla.) Times and:
- John
Hopkins Middle School.
- Melrose
Elementary School.
- The Seattle
Times and Vashon Island High School.
- Staten
Island (N.Y.) Advance and Curtis High School.
- The Sun
Herald, Biloxi, Miss. and:
- Harrison
Central High School
- Gulfport
Central Middle School.
- Bay-Waveland
Middle School.
- Times-Picayune,
New Orleans, Frederick Douglass High School and Southern
University.
- Times
Union, Albany, N.Y. and:
- Albany
High School
- Troy
(N.Y.) High School.
- Van Wert
(Ohio) Times-Bulletin, and Lincolnview High School.
- Ventura
(Calif.) County Star, Santa Paula (Calif.) High School and
Ventura College.
- The Washington
Post and Theodore Roosevelt High School.
- Wausau
(Wis.) Daily Herald and Wausau East High School.
- Wisconsin
State Journal, Madison and James Madison Memorial High School.
In addition,
two past ASNE Partnerships that did not utilize full funding
in the past received additional financial support:
- The Beaumont
(Texas) Enterprise and West Brook High School.
- The Washington
Post and DuVal High School, Lanham, Md.
Of these
44 schools, 18, or 41 percent, report that students of color
make up more than 50 percent of the student body.
Applications
for 2004-05 academic year Partnerships will be distributed
next April at the ASNE Convention in Washington, D.C., and
mailed to the editors of daily newspapers.
Other ASNE
High School Journalism initiatives include:
ASNE
High School Journalism Institute: An expenses-paid,
intensive two-week journalism-training program for high school
teachers held at universities around the country. Every summer,
at least 140 high school newspaper advisers will earn at
least three graduate credits in journalism. Tuition, transportation,
housing, meals and materials are covered through ASNE.
www.highschooljournalism.org: A
comprehensive Web site for students interested in journalism,
their teachers/advisers, guidance counselors and newspaper
editors. Content, which is updated several times a week, includes
skills-building exercises, sample lesson plans, a database
of student scholarships and training opportunities for teachers
and students, interaction with professional journalists, updates
on scholastic press freedom issues and links to university
journalism programs.
ASNE is the
principal organization of the top editors at daily newspapers
throughout the Americas. Founded in 1922 as a non-profit professional
organization, ASNE focuses on the professional development
of its members and journalism-related issues, including the
First Amendment, newsroom staff diversity, journalism education,
editorial innovation, journalism credibility and the newspaper’s
role in providing information necessary to the informed practice
of citizenship.
The Knight
Foundation’s Journalism Program, based in Miami, supports organizations
engaged in the education of current and future journalists.
For more
information contact:
Diana Mitsu
Klos
ASNE Senior Project Director
703-453-1125, dmk@asne.org
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