Stardust High School Journalism Program
Stardust Schools 2008
Stardust students prepare for professional life: Journalism Education Association National Convention: Spring 2009 Phoenix, Arizona. Video courtesy of Arizona Interscholastic Press Association.
Stardust Schools 2009
Maricopa High School
Buckeye students prepare online and print editions for publication. Photo courtesy of BUHS Hawk News.
Stardust Selection Criteria
Key components of the selection criteria include:
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1. Evidence of diversity,
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2. Evidence of economic need,
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3. Evidence of sustainability,
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4. Action plan,
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5. Signed First Amendment rights agreement,
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6. Evidence of school/community involvement,
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7. Lack of an existing journalism program or one in need of major revitalization,
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8. Commitment of administration, and
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9. Availability of a committed qualified instructional team.
Stardust Program Showcase
Cronkite under construction. It’s great to be home.
Stardust teachers put multimedia skills into practice at summer bootcamp. New journalism teachers who had never produced video were challenged to profile local businesses and celebrities.
Local artist Jenny Ignaszewski profiled by Stardust teachers during summer bootcamp.
Buckeye Union High School Paper, Yearbook Honored at ASU
The Hawk student newspaper and The Falcon yearbook each picked up nine awards at the 2009 Arizona Interscholastic Press Association high school journalism awards Oct. 3 at Arizona State University. The staff members were recognized from publications across the state for their work during the 2008-09 school year. For a complete list of BUHS award winners, click here.
Future Journalists Tour ABC News
Armed with cameras, pens and voice recorders, two teachers and 16 students from Snowflake High School Stardust Journalism classes hopped a 4:30 a.m. bus to Phoenix, Arizona to experience the world of multimedia journalism first hand.
Their destination: ASU and ABC Channel 15 News Studio. Read their story here.
Photo courtesy of Snowflake High School Lobo Lowdown.
Lobo Sports Live Online
In their latest effort to reach the community and raise funds for their program, The Lobo Lowdown has begun offering pay per view sports programing of live and archived athletic events. Check out the schedule here.
By Caitlin Torres
For 80 years, students at Buckeye High School in the West Valley turned to their student newspaper when they wanted to find out what was going on at their school.
But two years ago, the paper disappeared. Like many high school newspapers, there just wasn’t enough money or enough commitment to keep it going, said journalism adviser Stephen Truog.
That changed when Buckeye was selected for the Stardust high school journalism program, a one-of-a-kind effort to revitalize high school journalism. Now, students are producing a news Web site as well as print editions of the Hawk. And some of their articles are being picked up by local community newspapers, Truog said.
Buckeye is one of 10 Arizona high schools participating in the Cronkite School’s Stardust program, which targets schools with large minority populations that do not have school newspapers or viable journalism programs. Read more
Stardust Program Gives Boost to High School Journalism
