Category - Illustrations

by Samantha Perez, Michel Lee

Monday, Dec. 12, 5:16 p.m., Ponchatoula, Louisiana — We found out about it today. It spread...

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Tired, stressed and homeless

November 6, 2005

by Samantha Perez, Michel Lee

Sunday, Nov. 6, 10:24 a.m. ,Ponchatoula, Louisiana — The explosion Mom has been leading...

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Sleepless in Natchitoches

September 8, 2005

by Samantha Perez, Michel Lee

Thursday, 2:28 a.m. , Natchitoches , Louisiana — I’m really...

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The Bossier City blues

August 31, 2005

by Samantha Perez, Michel Lee

Wednesday – Bossier City , Louisiana ( 7:15 pm) — People depend so much on one another...

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Depressed teens can get help

December 8, 2003

by Katie Jordan

Nobody is happy all the time. But if your feelings of sadness seem to be permanent, you may be...

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Girls describe loneliness, desperation

December 8, 2003

by Katie Jordan

Your best friend is depressed and contemplating suicide. This statement might not be true, but...

Keeping the people united in Union City, California - Youth Journalism International

13 hours ago

Check out this debut piece by student Jason Macaranas about his hometown of Union City, California: www.youthjournalism.org/keeping-the-people-united-in-union-city-california/ ...

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5 days ago

Today marks our 25th anniversary.
Back on January 11, 1994, a single teenage boy showed up with his mother for the first-ever meeting of what became Youth Journalism International.
He came to the Connecticut newspaper office of The Bristol Press in response to a notice in the paper announcing the formation of a journalism education group for young people.
The paper’s former editor, Frank Keegan, believed strongly in the concept, but wasn’t quite as keen on actually working with teenagers. So he asked reporter Jackie Majerus-Collins if she had any interest in taking the lead on it.
Majerus, now Youth Journalism International’s executive director, agreed and also enlisted her husband, Steve Majerus-Collins.
So that first night Keegan, Majerus and Collins welcomed the sole student to show up, Geremy Wallace, from neighboring Terryville, Conn.
They talked for about journalism for a while and decided to try again to round up more teens for the next meeting, which ultimately took place a month later.
Wallace, who graduated from Terryville High School in 1996, returned for the next session, which had better attendance, and ultimately helped out with a stellar project students did later that year about teen pregnancy.
Geremy also took YJI's first photograph, published in our first printed issue in April 1994. Here it is: ...

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5 days ago

#holiday #wreaths along the #vietnamveteransmemorial in #washingtondc #washingtonmonument in the background Image by Tamar Gorgadze of #virginia for #youthjournalisminternational #reflection #night #darkness #veterans #respect #vietnamwar #thewall #war #peace #journalism #education ...

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Youth Journalism International added a cover video.

5 days ago

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1 week ago

Loved reconnecting with #youthjournalisminternational student Tamar Gorgadze and trying out a #georgetown #pizzeria after the #monunents #tour when we made it to #washingtondc #journalism #education #travel #sandwich ...

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