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Baruch College’s 2021-22 NYC High School Journalism Conference and Newsies Best in NYC Public High School Journalism Awards Ceremony will take place online on Monday, March 21, from 4 to 6 p.m.

The conference will feature two educational workshops for each student and teacher with selections including Brainstorming Story Ideas, The Art of Interviewing, Podcasting, Photo and Video Journalism, Law and Ethics for Journalists, News Literacy, Story Planning for Editors, Building Momentum for Advisors and Editors, and Destination College Newspaper.

New this year: CTLE credit will be awarded to teachers for workshop participation.

New York City public high schools may enroll up to two teachers/newspaper advisors and up to five student journalists per high school by writing to [email protected] with the full high school name and borough; the student newspaper name if available; the participating teachers’ names, email addresses and cell phone numbers; and the full name and email address of each registering student.

Registration is open until February 25, first-come, first served, depending upon workshop space availability.

Mon. October 12, 2020

We are pleased to have accepted submissions for 2020’s New York City high school newspaper awards – The Newsies! The competition – which is free of charge – was open to all NYC public high schools.

The entry deadline was October 7, 2020.

We very much look forward to seeing, reading, reviewing and acknowledging the outstanding journalism being produced within New York City’s public high school communities.

2020 Entry rules are available here: Entry Rules

We are now accepting submissions for the 11th Annual New York City high school newspaper awards – The Newsies! The competition – which is free of charge – is open to all NYC public high schools.

The Guidelines

1. Entries must be submitted by Fri. Sept. 20, 2020.
2. Entries must be submitted as PDFs of the published page or as links to the online articles to [email protected]. Submitting web links to the articles or photos is strongly encouraged. Each entry should come as a separate email with the category as the subject line of the email. The email should begin with the name of your high school and the names of the student(s) who are responsible for the work being submitted. Entries must be sent to [email protected]. In a separate email, also to [email protected], please provide a list of all of your school’s entries and your contact information, including your cell phone number with “Entries and the name of your school in the subject line (We will refer to this email as the “list email.”) You will receive a reply to the list email with confirmation that we have received all of your entries. If you don’t receive a reply to your list email within 72-hours of sending all of your entries and the list email, please contact Professor Geanne Belton at [email protected] with an email with the subject line “Urgent Newsies.” 
3. There is no entry fee. Free!
4. Only one entry is permitted per category for each school. If the article is a collaboration, more than one student’s name can be submitted. There is no limit on the number of times an individual student may be nominated in different categories. All entries must have been published in a school newspaper or website between Sept. 2019-Sept. 2020.
5. Please note that by submitting entries to this contest, students are giving permission for their work to be promoted and possibly published online and/or in print through Baruch College and with Baruch partners.
6. Awards – Awards will be announced by December 20, 2020.
7. Questions? Contact: Geanne Belton ([email protected], cell: 914-522-7882.)
8. Acknowledgments – This contest is being hosted by the NYC High School Journalism Collaborative at Baruch College. We have received generous support from Baruch College, The David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation, The Harnisch Foundation and others. 

Below are the categories for which we are accepting submissions. Note: submissions that use social media-assisted reporting or rely on data are to be submitted within the subject categories below.

• School News: Coverage of a school or local community-specific issue with original reporting, including interviews (ideally three or more) with local sources
• National/World News with a Local lens: Best of your localized coverage, bringing outside stories home to your school through original reporting, including interviews (ideally three or more) with local sources
• Features: Soft news and more in-depth articles that fall outside of standard school/community/world news and contain multiple sources obtained through students’ reporting
• Illustration/Comics/Political Cartoon: Showcase your best student artist here
• Opinion/Editorial Writing: Persuasive commentary
• Sports: Original reporting of school or local sports teams and events
• Photojournalism: A photo that, with its caption, tells its own news or feature story or significantly enhances an accompanying news or feature story
• Multimedia News Reporting/Broadcast: Includes any video, audio slide shows, interactive graphics, podcasts, etc.
• Best NYC high school online newspaper edition.  Please provide a link to the edition you would like to nominate.

Please keep in mind that judging will be based on quality of reporting and writing/illustration/multimedia content. Any fabrication or plagiarism will disqualify an entry. Photo/art submitted with an entry must comply with copyright laws.