High Life A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Journalism Seminar Set for July

The 39th annual California Scholastic Press Assn.-Cal Poly Journalism Workshop, one of the most prestigious high school journalism seminars in the nation, will return to the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus for 13 days this summer.

The workshop, scheduled for July 29 through Aug. 10, is limited to 30 high school juniors and seniors who are considering careers in communications. The students will stay in the same campus facility as most of the faculty so that they will be able to confer with professionals outside the classroom as well as in it.

The participants produce and tape their own television newscast; broadcast radio reports; shoot, develop and print photographs; write a football-game story; attend a press conference; complete an interview assignment; report on a simulated major disaster; prepare a magazine story; write a press release; learn how to cover a breaking crime story and a murder trial, and learn editing techniques. They also have their high school newspapers critiqued and are given a crash course in computer journalism.

Those accepted for the program must attend classes from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and should expect to write as many as five stories a day.

The fee for the course is $350. It includes tuition, meals, lodging and some supplies. Transportation to and from the San Luis Obispo campus is the family’s responsibility. Students who cannot afford the full tuition should apply anyway. If they are accepted, the press association will work with them to finance the tuition.

Those interested should talk to their high school journalism advisers or call Jay Berman, Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan adviser, at (714) 773-2052 for information.

Applications will be processed in the order in which they are received. Judging will also include personal interviews. The deadline for submitting applications is May 18.

The third annual Rose Medallion Ball was held last weekend at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, Dana Point, to honor the graduating seniors from the Assisteens Auxiliary of Assistance League of Capistrano Valley, a chapter of the National Assistance League.

Honored were Karen Anderson, Becky Carter, Tanya Koivisto, Amy McManus, Krista Risbrudt and Erika Slack from San Clemente High School; Coleen McGinley from Dana Hills High, and Katherine Strauch from St. Margaret’s High.

Assisteens is a teen-age auxiliary whose purposes are to be of philanthropic service to the community and to encourage self-improvement among its members.

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