 | Upper School students who are interested in writing and have a strong work ethic are encouraged to enroll in Journalism, a yearlong course, for one credit. In Journalism, they will learn the basic concepts of journalistic writing and ethics by publishing their own paper, The King Street Chronicle.
The course gives instruction and practice in the skills of journalism: critical thinking, investigating, interviewing, action research, reading, planning, writing, formatting and layout, photography, and editing. Classes are held in a lab format; editors oversee all phases of the writing and publishing process.
Over the course of the year, students learn to write concise news stories with strong leads from an objective point of view. Students are required to write an article for each issue of the paper, a process that entails interviewing sources, conducting outside research into their topics, writing several drafts and revising their drafts for grammar, style and content.
Students who apply and are chosen to serve as editors meet after School to lay out each issue. The faculty advisor for The King Street Chronicle is Linda Vasu, vasul@cshgreenwich.org. |
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