Central Times Alumni Network

08/20/2024

https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/14/more-40-student-journalists-illinois-chosen-cover-democratic-national-convention

The Chicago 2024 Host Committee and the Illinois Journalism Education Association worked to identify student journalists across the state to join the Illinois Youth Press Corps, providing them with opportunities to cover the convention.

08/19/2024

The Illinois Youth Press Corps has arrived at United Center! Ready for the reporting assignment of a lifetime. And a little James Taylor, though none of these kids knew who he is. Ugh.

08/19/2024

Central Times is starting Day 1 at Union Park, where we’ll be reporting on a large pro-Palestine rally happening this morning as the DNC begins. You can find coverage on X and I’ll post a bit

08/18/2024

Okay, friends…I’m about to do some shameless networking here. This week, I’ll be serving as the coordinator of the Illinois Youth Press Corps and assisting over 40 high school students from 10 Illinois high schools as fully-credentialed journalists at the Democratic National Convention. This will be a life-changing experience for these determined and talented young journalists, but you can also imagine that it’s a stressful endeavor as well. So I could use your help!

If you happen to know anyone who is attending the DNC at any point who you think might be a contact that one of our student journalists could pursue for interviews and story ideas, you can reach out to me here or send me contact information at [email protected]. Considering the fact that there will be thousands of journalists there competing for interviews and so many attendees, any connections you could provide for us would be greatly appreciated!

Central Times will be at the DNC every day! Follow our work at centraltimes.org and on X and Instagram . And I’ll be posting on X when I can . Check us out!

11/17/2019

Probably far more Central Times alumni operated without censorship than those of you who did, but many of you can likely relate to what happened to this year's staff:

ILLINOIS — A school district censored an article published in a high school newspaper, then locked away the print issues for nearly 24 hours, which students say violated their rights as journalists…

01/29/2019

CT alumni - we need your help! There is a lot of misinformation out there causing current students to avoid signing up for newspaper. For example, counselors are telling kids that newspaper "might not count" toward English credits accepted by colleges.

We believe that being on Central Times helped to get you INTO good colleges more than it kept you out of them. So here's how you can help. Please just participate in a roll call here on this post. Tell us what college or university you attended or are attending. And, if you have any memory of how or whether your newspaper credits were counted (or not) during your admission process, let us know.

We're working on a database to share with students so they have concrete and specific information. We want to stop those who scare them with "maybes."

Thanks for your help! ROLL CALL!

04/17/2018

Naperville Central is hosting an IHSA Journalism Sectional THIS SATURDAY, April 21, and we've had some judges cancel on us. Many of you have competed in the past or have gone on to journalism and publishing-related careers (or are at least studying for them in college). If you're in town and can spare about 4 hours, we could use your help! It IS paid. If you're a CT alum working in any field related to journalism, publishing, public relations, education, etc., and you might be interested, please email CT adviser Keith Carlson for more information at [email protected].

03/23/2017

Naperville Central is hosting an IHSA Journalism Sectional on Saturday, April 22, and we need more qualified judges to help out with the different events. It's about four hours-worth of work and it is paid. If you're a CT alum working in any field related to journalism, publishing, public relations, education, etc., and you might be interested, please email CT adviser Keith Carlson for more information at [email protected].

07/29/2016

From the Student Press Law Center. Illinois is now the 10th state and second largest to kill Hazelwood!

07/29/2016

MONUMENTAL NEWS: Today, Gov. Rauner signed into law a student press freedom bill that will essentially roll Illinois back to the Tinker standard. Details are still forthcoming, but here is the language of the law if you're interested: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=099-0678

HB5902 became law in Illinois today! Governor Rauner’s signature means that student journalists now have the right to report responsibly about issues that matter to them without fear of arbitrary censorship. Thank you to Will Guzzardi and Daniel Biss for helping bring Illinois back to the Tinker st...

05/08/2016

Is this former CT staffer Grace Wong's byline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune?

04/12/2016

Services for Nick Scotti were just released:
Visitation will be Friday, April 15, from 3-8 p.m. At Friedrich-Jones on Mill Street in Naperville. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place the following morning at 10 at St. Raphael Catholic Church.