Author - İpek Eser

This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]

Art • Illustrations • Perspective • Top

The pain of Türkiye’s earthquakes

February 7, 2023

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by İpek Eser, Naz Mergen

İpek Eser/Senior Illustrator, YJI ISTANBUL – I was up late studying in my living room Monday when I...

Art • Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Illustrations • Perspective • Travel

My new foreign friends found my everyday life strangely...

November 23, 2022

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by İpek Eser

ISTANBUL – I live in Istanbul. I have done so my whole life. I haven’t been living under a rock...

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For the best experience, travel with locals

November 19, 2022

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by Holly Hostettler-Davies, İpek Eser, Mary Majerus-Collins

ISTANBUL – I haven’t done a lot of traveling in my life, apart from family holidays to popular...

Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Perspective • Travel

The emotional rollercoaster of staying with strangers who become...

November 19, 2022

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by İpek Eser

ISTANBUL – Whenever we meet someone new or a group of people we haven’t met yet, we want to present...

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Food shortage in Ghana caused our school lunches to vanish

October 26, 2022

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by Mayama Opare, İpek Eser

Aburi, GHANA – When I reported to high school after my second semester break, I had quite a shock...

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Dismay and anger at woman’s death in Iran

September 17, 2022

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by Erin Timur, İpek Eser

İpek Eser/YJI Nicosia, CYPRUS – Anger. Resentment. Fear. Disbelief. Shock. All five emotions circle...

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Suddenly, war in Ukraine is closer than I realized

April 27, 2022

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by Joanne Yau, İpek Eser

HONG KONG — February 24, 2022 is the day I turned 17. As I was hitting the piñata, Putin launched a...

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New First Amendment Award added to teen journalism contest(Maine, February 1, 2023) — Youth Journalism International and the First Amendment Museum are joining forces to create a First Amendment Award for teen journalists and their teachers.The new First Amendment Award honors an individual student journalist, journalism educator, or group with a demonstrated commitment to using their First Amendment freedoms to affect positive change in their communities.The First Amendment Award is the latest addition to Youth Journalism International's annual Excellence in Journalism contest. Now in its 14th year, the competition recognizes stellar work by young writers, photographers, and artists worldwide in dozens of categories. It is open to any teen, anywhere, for work published or broadcast in English in the previous calendar year. “We’re thrilled to partner with the wonderful First Amendment Museum on this new award,” said Steve Collins, board president at Youth Journalism International."With this new award, the First Amendment Museum hopes to engage with a new generation of journalists who are informed, active, and engaged in their communities," said Christian Cotz, chief executive officer of the First Amendment Museum.Entries in the First Amendment category can be a single article, broadcast, or a series published or released in the 2022 calendar year. It can also be an action taken to defend or exercise youth press freedom during that year. Entries should include a brief statement explaining the circumstances and/or context of the cited action.“While the First Amendment is part of the Constitution of the United States, this is a global category that we hope will encourage those who push for freedom of speech and of the press throughout the world,” said Jackie Majerus, executive director at Youth Journalism International.The winner of the new award will receive a beautiful crystal trophy. Finalists will receive custom award certificates.The deadline to enter the contest is midnight, Friday, Feb. 17. Additional contest categories that merit crystal trophies for winners are: Student Journalist of the Year, Journalism Educator of the Year, Courage in Journalism, the Frank Keegan Award for News, and the Jacinta Marie Bunnell Award for Commentary.Winners of other categories, including writing or broadcast work in news, sports, feature stories, reviews, photography, cartoons, and illustrations, receive custom award certificates.All entries are evaluated by a global panel of more than two dozen dedicated judges, including journalists, teachers and media experts.Contest rules, lists of previous winners and entry forms are all available online at youthjournalism.org/contest/Youth Journalism International is an educational non-profit based in Auburn, Maine with students all over the world. Its mission is to connect student writers, artists and photographers with their peers around the globe, teach journalism, foster cross-cultural understanding and promote and defend a free youth press.The First Amendment Museum is a non-partisan museum whose mission is to inspire Americans to understand and live their First Amendment freedoms. Located in Augusta, Maine, the museum is open year-round for tours, Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.youthjournalism.org/yji-teams-up-with-first-amendment-museum-adds-new-contest-award/ ... See MoreSee Less

YJI teams up with First Amendment Museum, adds new contest award - Youth Journalism International

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Maine, U.S.A. – Youth Journalism International and the First Amendment Museum are joining forces to create a First Amendment Award for teen journalists and their teachers. The new First Amendment Aw...

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So grateful that our Canadian friend, journalism teacher and drone photography expert Jeff Ducharme, is generously raising funds for YJI for his birthday. Thank you, Jeff!!! ... See MoreSee Less

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Hey one and all, the deadline for YJI's annual journalism contest is fast approaching! All entries must be in by February 4th.Basically, it's for work done in 2022 anywhere in the world by anyone who was younger than 20 at the time of publication. Written material must be in English.You can see all the rules and everything on our website: ... See MoreSee Less

Contest - Youth Journalism International

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Since 2010, Youth Journalism International’s annual contest has showcased some of the best teen journalism in the world. It’s a great opportunity to compete with students across the globe in a wid...

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Youth Journalism International is at Lincoln Memorial.

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This is the very spot in front of the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King, Jr told a vast crowd in 1963, "I have a dream."At YJI, we share his dream -- and we push every day to make it a reality. ... See MoreSee Less

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