826LA Good Times

At our last journalism workshop, the budding newshounds learned about photos and captions. They each took turns staging photos and writing captions to accompany the photos. Check out the creations below. (Note: No one was harmed during the set up and execution of the photo taking.)

The three boys that were in the principal’s office got in trouble. Alex one of the boys got in trouble because he was throwing rubber bands to the principal. Oscar also another boy got in trouble by saying bad words to his teacher. And then Johnny was tagging in the table. / Photo by Alanis.

Manuel and Max got into a fight. / Photo by Miguel.

Julius, 26, is working on his mailing list. It’s little stuff to keep 826LA working. It is is to not let the company down. / Photo by Alex.

Alanis is 10 years old. She was fighting in the classroom with Oscar and Alex and in the principals’ office. Alex is 15 years old. He was fighting in the classroom and principal’s office. He was pushed by Oscar and kicked by Alanis. Oscar is 14 years old. He was fighting with Alanis and Alex. He got suspended because he kicked Alex and punched Alanis in the face while in the principal’s office. / Photo by Oscar

For this edition of the 826LA Journalism workshop, we learned about press conferences: what they are, how to ask questions at one, and how to write a story after attending one.

Of course, this required a little acting on the part of the volunteers. We played the police chief, suspect, lawyer and store clerk in a purported robbery of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, in which some cans of Mammoth Chunks were stolen by someone in a Viking helmet.

The students not only wrote stories based on the questions they asked at the conference, but also put their best voices on to record the story for radio. Take a listen with the player, below!