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Blog translated entirely by volunteers!
coordinated by Stephen Hallstrom, Peace Corps volunteer
and Anamaria Cătănoiu, Center coordinator
Volunteers, highschool and university students: Constantin Drăgoi (București/Bucharest), Ovidiu Panaite (Cluj), Oana Zlatovici (Suedia/Sweden), Olga Unguru, Ioana Tuvene, Alexandra Pădureț (Iași), Mihaela Hăican (București), Liviu Dîrdală, Ioana Cozma, George Georgescu, Alina Rotaru, Andreea Marcu




Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Journalism Workshop for High School Students


The Foreign Language Center of the Vrancea County Library and the American volunteer of Peace Corps, Zack Baddorf, invite all high school students to a workshop about journalism.

The workshop, which will be coordinated by Zack Baddorf, a former journalist and war correspondent, now a volunteer for Peace Corps USA, is offering to all students a series of activities that will initiate them in the art of written press.

The art of writing articles, reports, conducting interviews, photography and editing photos, are only a small sample of the things that are going to be included in the workshop.

This “marathon” of journalism is going to take place in two days’ time, on the 10th and 11th of September, between 9.00 am and 16.00 pm, at the headquarters of The Foreign Language Center of the Vrancea County Library. 

The attendance is free, but students will need to enroll on a list, the group for this workshop being set at a maximum of 30 people.

The period in which you can enroll is set until the 7th day of September 2009 at the headquarters of The Foreign Language Center of Vrancea County Library, on Republicii street number 8 (in vicinity with Bălcescu Park). The contact for this event is Anamaria Cătănoiu, center coordinator for the Foreign Language Center, telephone: 0237-231161.

“Zack’s proposal of organizing a workshop with a theme for high school students interested in journalism was very interesting and welcomed by us at the same time. You don’t get the opportunity every day to learn “lessons” from a professional with a high variety of experience in the domain, if we think of the years he spent as a correspondent of war and trainer in the US marines. At this event we will also have the local mass-media, as a participant, for an exchange of experience and open talking that will benefit us, the trainees.” (Anamaria Cătănoiu, coordinator - Foreign Language Center) 

Attend the Journalism Workshop

WHO: High School Students
WHAT: Journalism Workshop
WHERE: Foreign Language Center- Duiliu Zamfirescu County Public Library
WHEN: September 10-11, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
PRICE: Free

This English-language workshop will include classes on news writing, feature writing, interviewing, photography, photo editing, opinion writing and newspaper layout. The courses will be interactive and provide you the information needed to be an effective reporter, photographer or editor at your school newspaper and get a head start in a journalism career.

Zack Baddorf, a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, will teach the two days of classes. Baddorf teaches English at an industrial high school in Barlad, Vaslui. Before arriving in Romania in 2008, he worked as a military and freelance journalist for seven years in more than 25 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Palestine. He has won military and civilian awards for his work in print, photojournalism, radio, and video.

Students will be expected to pay for their lunch during the two days. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Reserve your seat today!

Article written by Anamaria Cătănoiu – coordinator Foreign Language Center
Translated by Constantin Drăgoi - volunteer

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