Postcards from the nation’s capital

Thanks to (metro) trains, planes and a limo shuttle, MacJournalism has made its way to Washington DC for the NSPA/JEA Fall National High School Journalism Conference. The 11 journalists will be attending classes, competing in various media contests, checking out the sights of DC and (hopefully) bringing home some hardware. Photos by Risa Darlington-Horta and Dave Winter. [masterslider id="68"]  

WASHINGTON D.C.—This evening at the Marriott at Wardman Park, 11 MacJournalism students joined thousands of scholastic journalists from all across the United States at a keynote interview from NBC journalist Chuck Todd. Todd opened his remarks by lamenting that 40 percent of the U.S. population doesn’t trust American journalists. He spent much of his time on stage exploring why the lack of tru...

WASHINGTON D.C.—The second day of MacJournalism’s excursion to the nation's capital has come and gone, and despite not waking up at 5 a.m. and sitting in an airplane for two and a half hours, it was just as fun as Day One. For most of the staffers, the day started with an early morning breakfast at a local patisserie, “Le Pain Quotidien,” which received much praise from adviser Dave Wi...

We guess we can chalk it up to a case of animal attraction. Macjournalism's Risa Darlington-Horta used some of her Saturday morning at the NSPA/JEA fall national high school journalism conference to hang out with some locals at a nearby park. At first, we wished she had gone to a photography session at the convention instead; then we saw her photos. The response to our two photo galleries on...

Thanks to a deal we made with our friends at @snosites during the fall national high school journalism convention in Washington DC, the Shield Online now has an cellphone app. Senior design editor Mia Terminella shows what the app looks like after becoming the first person to download the Student News Source App and connect to the Shield Online. You can download the app for free through the Apple App...

WASHINGTON D.C.—In the #nhsjc2019 keynote session on Thursday, NBC journalist Chuck Todd urged student journalists not to cover the 2020 presidential election but rather to cover local politics, city council and school board meetings where the decisions that have the greatest impact in the lives of their readers are made. In that same spirit, Jay P. Goldman, the editor of School Administrator ma...

WASHINGTON D.C.—In an amazingly comprehensive session at the NSPA/JEA Fall National High School Journalism Conference in Washington DC, Washington Post sports columnist and University of Maryland professor Kevin Blackistone set out to debunk the notion that the sports section can or should be free from political conflicts or ideologies. The idea that today’s athletes are the first to connect sport...

WASHINGTON D.C.—MacJournalism had a very good Day 3 at the NSPA/JEA fall national journalism convention. After morning sessions and a tasty lunch at Duke's Counter, the group reconvened at the NSPA awards ceremony where MacJournalism defended its double national title in the Best Use of Social Media Contest. The MacJournalism Instagram account won first place for best reporting and first place for best promotion. NSPA board member and ILPC directo...

MacJournalism’s good fortunes in the nation’s capital continued on Sunday Nov. 24 when the winners of the Journalism Education Association National Student Media Contest were announced. More than half of the MacJournalists at the convention placed in the competition. Only 40 percent of the 2,126 contestants won awards. MacJ had four honorable mention winners. Yearbook editor in chief Mira...