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by Youth Journalism International

This is Youth Journalism Day, a moment to recognize the importance and value of a free, thriving...

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Journalists are essential – not ‘enemies of the...

August 15, 2018

by Youth Journalism International

Those who are reckless enough with their freedom to shrug off the repeated attacks on journalists...

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Joe Keo’s “Crashing in Cambodia”

August 5, 2018

by Youth Journalism International

In 2002, a sophomore at Bristol Eastern High School in Connecticut traveled to Cambodia, the...

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Youth Journalism International featured on Comcast Newsmakers

June 8, 2018

by Youth Journalism International

Comcast Newsmakers host Eric Clemons interviews Jackie Majerus, the co-founder and executive...

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Winners of YJI’s 2018 Excellence in Journalism Contest

May 7, 2018

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by Youth Journalism International

Auburn, Maine, U.S.A. – Now in its ninth year, Youth Journalism International’s annual awards...

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YJI backs Indiana student press bill

January 16, 2018

by Youth Journalism International

Indiana proclaims for its public school students the First Amendment freedoms that are its...

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Check out this cool new YJI map

January 13, 2018

by Youth Journalism International

You can now see where Youth Journalism International students have been when they filed stories...

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An apology to our readers

August 4, 2017

by Youth Journalism International

In a handful of pieces for Youth Journalism International during the past nine months, a 19-year...

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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Youth Journalism International added a cover video.

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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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