Hopi High students raising money to fund journalism trip to Denver
Hopi High School students (from left to right) Anthony Slalazar, Brenda Dacawyma and Tierre Lomabalaquihoia look over the video they shot on Monday. Lomabalaquihoia was the subject of the video where she had 15 seconds to name her favorite woman in history and why. She chose Billie Holiday. (Times photo – Shondiin Silversmith)
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Hopi High teacher Stan Bindell works with student Kristen Russell on her radio script during class on Monday. Bindell said Russell and two other students make up the Hopi High School Native American Teen Show on KUYI 88.1 FM. (Times photo — Shondiin Silversmith)
Students from Hopi High School want to take their journalism skills on the road, and possibly gain a few along the way.
The students from Hopi High’s journalism, radio and video classes want to raise enough funds to make it to the annual National High School Journalism Convention in Denver, Colo. this coming April.
“There’s literally hundreds of breakout sessions led by professionals,” said Teacher Stan Bindell of the conference.
“They get tips on how to do journalism better, whether it’s print or broadcast,” he added, and his students will get a chance to compete for scholarships.
“They get to meet journalism students from other schools and they get to see what some of these other journalism students are doing,” Bindell said, adding that he’s seen the statistics and less than one percent are Native American.
The trip will cost $1,200 per a student.
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