L.A. Times High School Insider, CSUN Journalism Department and Southern California Journalism Educators Association are hosting our annual youth journalism conference at CSU Northridge on Saturday, Oct. 26. Learn from workshops led by professionals, test your skills in media contests and meet in small groups for roundtable chats with reporters.
An adviser or parent must register on behalf of their student(s) and register them for contests. Maximum capacity for the event is 200 attendees and registration closes Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 11:59 p.m. (PST). All students must be registered to attend.
J-Day is free for high school students. Parking is free at CSUN on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Schedule of events:
October 26: CSUN J-Day
8:30 a.m. Student arrival and registration (breakfast available)
9 – 9:20 a.m. Welcome remarks
9:25 – 10:55 a.m. Writing & multimedia contests
9:25 – 10:55 a.m. Adviser session: Supporting Scholastic Journalism
11 – 11:40 a.m. Workshop 1
11:45 – 12:25 p.m. Workshop 2
12:25 – 12:55 p.m. Lunch (provided)
1 – 1:30 p.m. Keynote speaker
1:30 – 2 p.m. Award ceremony and closing remarks
Note: A finalized itinerary will be sent to registrants.
Competition details and guidelines:
Writing & multimedia competitions will be in the categories below. Registration is limited to 5 students per contest per school:
Competitions:
1. News writing
2. Features writing
3. Opinion writing
4. Sports writing
5. Photography (news, feature, sports) **
6. Video journalism/Broadcast **
Participants in news, features, sports and opinion will attend a live presentation, draft their pieces on Google Docs and submit their entries to their judge via a Google Form.
**For the photography competition, each student can submit 1 photo only — choose between 3 categories: 1 news photo, 1 feature photo OR 1 sports photo. All photo submissions must include a 1-2 sentence caption. Captions should describe what’s happening in the photo. Submissions must be emailed to hsinsider@latimes.com by Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m. Photos should be from this semester.
**For the video competition, each student can submit 1 video. Videos must be between 90 seconds to 2 minutes. Videos can be of any type of story (feature, sports, broadcast news story, etc). Submissions must be emailed to hsinsider@latimes.com by Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m.
Email rebecca.castillo@latimes.com with any questions.
REGISTER HERE!Find a PDF of the J Day 2024 program here.
