At Flipboard, we get so excited when we see a story that’s thoughtful, interesting and well-told. There’s almost nothing better than encountering an article you love so much you want to save in a magazine, and it’s one of the reasons many of us work here—we get to read and share fantastic journalism every day. That’s why this week, at the National JEA/NSPA Journalism Convention in Orlando, FL, we’re excited to announce our participation in “Great Journalism from America’s High Schools,” a Flipboard Magazine started by Jonathan Rogers, a journalism teacher in Iowa who’s also on the board of the Journalism Education Association (JEA). This magazine celebrates great digital stories by high school students; these can be written stories, photo essays, videos or broadcast stories that will inspire other student journalists across the country (and, really, any reader who’s lucky enough to encounter them). About the program Flipboard and the JEA invite any high school journalist in the U.S. to submit his or her best work, created between September 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016, for consideration in the magazine. The stories must be previously published elsewhere, such as on your school’s Website. Links should be sent to hsjournalism@flipboard.com, where they will reviewed by a small panel of journalism professionals who will carefully consider things like:
- Subject newsworthiness (ie, is the topic “newsworthy”?)
- Treatment of the subject matter (ie, does the story do more than inform? does it have a purpose and a point of view?)
- Technical merit (ie, is the story easy to understand? is copy error-free?)
