January 30th, 2008
Workshop I – What’s in the News?
4-5:30PM
at Prospect Park YMCA
Grades 2,3,4
4 sessions
Publishing a newspaper
The group chooses an area for the newspaper to cover, such as the neighborhood or school, and then goes through the step-by-step process of writing, designing, editing and taking photographs for their very own local newspaper.
Skills:
- Journalistic writing
- Interviewing
- Copyediting
- Layout
- Photojournalism
- Graphic design
Goals: collaboration, carrying out one’s job at the paper, using publishing software, understanding the construction of news, how decisions are made
Cost: FREE!
Email us or call (718)789-8170 to sign up!





