Teenage Wasteland!
Most of the teen correspondents we're gathering to create our weekly teen page met today with the editors planning the page. Features editor Susan Ladd gave this report after the meeting.
"Wow! The first meeting of the teen page correspondents promises great things to come. Teen page editor Amy Joyner chose 60 teens from the 200 applicants, and virtually all of them came to the first meeting, including one that has a prom tonight, and one who came after taking the SAT. That's dedication.
"After taking some time to get to know each other (and eat some pizza) they got to down the business of naming the page. There was no shortage of ideas (128 in all), and they ranged from "Because I Say So" and "Teenage Wasteland" to "(insert name here)." After a couple of votes to narrow down the choices, they settled on ImPRESSions.
"The next task: decide what features they want to put on the page. Suggestions included a teen advice column written by teens, reviews, a spotlight feature, and a "new rules" list. They're a bright, funny and diverse group, and I know they're going to come up with a page that lots of folks -- not just teens -- will enjoy reading."
We haven't settled on a debut date, but we're certainly looking forward to it. It will be some different content that will shake up things.
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I'm really glad you guys are doing this. I was part of a really great teen-journalism program in Bristol, CT when I was in high school and it...(groan) changed my life. No, really.
A number of the people who were in the program with me are now working journalists or working in some manner of writing or publishing. The skills we learned there were invaluable and I know the kids in this program are going to get more out of it than they can even imagine at this stage.
Posted on April 11, 2005 10:33 PM