Newspaper
In Education Week
March 2-6, 2009
NIE Journalism & Design an Ad Contests
Registration for All Contests: October 13, 2008; All Entries Due: December
1, 2008
NIE offers Journalism and Design an Ad contests to local school students in grades K-12. This is an excellent opportunity for educators to encourage students to think independently, write creatively and constructively, and meet academic standards.
We receive thousands of entries each year and have a dedicated group of educator/professionals from the Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council who volunteer their time to read entries. All entries meeting NIE activity guidelines are read, and the final entries proceed to the next level of the competition.
The winning entries are published (March 3, 2009) in a tab that is circulated in Lancaster Newspapers (Intelligencer Journal and Lancaster New Era) and are available to schools by completing an online NIE Week Tabloid Order Form.
To enter students in these contests, each teacher must complete an Online Teacher Registration Form for his or her class(es). Please follow the directions below:
- Complete the Online Teacher Registration Form and submit. (Print out a copy for records)
- Upon
receipt of a LNP registration confirmation email, you and your students
may begin the online entry form process for K-1 Illustrating Headlines,
Grades 2-3-4-5 Writer's Choice, Grades 6-7-8 News Feature, Grades 9-10-11-12
Editorial and Grades 7-12
Photography.
Note: Public school Design an Ad entry forms and directions will be delivered through I.U. 13 mail. Non-public school Design an Ad entry forms will be delivered through the U.S. Postal Service. Both mailings will occur on or before November 1. - Student journalism entry forms are provided online. Each entry form has its own set of directions for teacher and students to follow.
Note: To submit Journalism and Design An Ad student entries, print out a Student Entries Summary Sheet, complete it, place on top of all your student entry forms and mail (on or before December 1, 2008) following the directions below:
Lauren Ditmore, NIE Week Coordinator
lditmore@lnpnews.com
717 291-4959
Fax: 717 291-2304
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
PO Box 1328
Lancaster, PA 17608
NIE Week
is co-sponsored by Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and the
Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council.
Teachers...
Here are some suggestions for helping your students prepare their entries for
the Newspaper in Education Week Journalism Contests:
- A good instructional strategy is to have students examine stories and editorials in the newspaper. Bring in several examples from different newspapers. The editorial staffs of the Intelligencer Journal, the Lancaster New Era, and the Sunday News are separate and independent, so examples are available from all three newspapers.
- Please have students follow the appropriate format, especially in the News Feature and Editorial categories.
- Please be sure computer printouts are dark enough to read.
Teacher Directions:
Grades K-1: Illustrating Headlines
Grades 2, 3, 4, 5: Writer's Choice
Grades 6, 7, 8: News Features
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12: Editorials
Grades
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: Photojournalism