Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies
High School Journalism Day
Thank you to all of our instructors, advisers and students who made this year's workshop a big success on oct. 7, 2011. Our classes in 2011 included:
- Reporting and Writing 101
- Stronger Headlines, Tighter Editing
- Investigative Story Ideas—How to Find Them, How to Do Them
- Web and Page Design
- Hands on with Adobe InDesign
- Best Practices for Online Video
- WordPress, SchoolTube and Other Sites Your Staff Should Know About
- Using Metrics & Social Media Like the Pros
We will be announcing the 2012 High School Journalism Day and the Maryland High School Journalism Awards Contest by March 15, 2012, on this website and through our mailing list. If you'd like to join our mailing list, email the workshop coordinator, Stacy Spaulding.
Details
The cost per student is $20, which includes lunch and parking. Advisers and chaperones attend free. Schools that win a Maryland High School Journalism Award receive five complimentary student registrations. Return your registration form to:
Towson University
Department of Mass Communication & Communication Studies
8000 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21252
ATTN: Dr. Spaulding
Maryland High School Journalism Awards contest
The judges have decided this year's winners for best news and feature story, best sports news and feature story, and best photo (PDF). Congratulations to the schools who placed in this year's Best in Show category, judged Oct. 7, 2011:
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First place: The Blake Beat, James Hubert Blake High School
- Second place: Broadneck Tribruin, Broadneck High School
- Third place: The Warrior, Sherwood High School
- Fourth place: The Dematha Stagline, DeMatha Catholic High School
- Fifth place: The Roadrunner Review, Elizabeth Seton High School
- Sixth place: The Poly Press, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
- Seventh place: Ram’s Horn, Randallstown High School
This year, we will decided this year's "Best Newspaper Overall" category at High School Journalism Day. Schools brought one to three of their most recent publications to the workshops Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Judging began at 10 a.m. Winners were announced at the noon luncheon (PDF).
Directions
Towson University is located at 8000 York Rd., Towson, Md., 21252:
The workshops are located on the third floor of the University Union. Buses may drop students off at the Union between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., and should return to pick students up at 2 p.m. Bus parking is located at the Towson Center parking lot.
Individual parking is on the first floor of the Towsontown Garage in designated guest spaces, using the guest access codes in the parking kiosks. If you plan to drive a car or van, please pre-register so we can provide you with guest parking codes.
Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies
Media Center, Room 114 (map)
Phone: 410-704-3431
Fax: 410-704-3656
Mailing address: 8000 York Rd. Towson, MD 21252
Advising and program information: jarmstrong@towson.edu
Webmaster: mccs@towson.edu
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