Join our staff
Currently Walnut Hills High School offers four different journalism courses. The complete course descriptions can be found here.
Apply for yearbook, news production, and journalism production by completing this application.
Why Journalism?
A 2008 study mirrored the results of a similar study 21 years earlier, finding, “students with journalism experience in high school did better than non-journalism students in terms of both high school grades and ACT scores.”
Joining the yearbook or news production class at Walnut Hills High School helps you become part of a team of students dedicated to telling the story of our community. You become part of a publication team that is the only organization that can tell the stories of Walnut students and life under the dome in an authentic and accurate way.
You will get the chance to travel to the National High School Journalism Convention each fall. In 2019 the convention was in Washington, D.C. and our teams won 1st and 2nd place in the National High School Journalism Quiz Bowl, and awards in 10 National Media Contests. In 2018 the convention was in Chicago, and we won the quiz bowl and won nine Write-off Awards.
Discover more about our program with the recruiting slide show or the video below.
Can’t fit the yearbook or news production class into your schedule?
Join as a club member. All class members are also club members, but if you are really dedicated it is possible to become a part of our staff as a club member. Apply to join the club at any time.
We recommend aspiring club members complete the Journalism Course found at Checkology.org https://3.checkology.org/join/THESE-SHOOT-JUICE
The club meets during all three lunches and the following dates 3:00: 9/20/2022, 10/11/2022, 10/25/2022, 11/7/2022 , 11/29/2022, 1/17/2023, 1/31/2023, 2/14/2023, 2/28/2023, 3/14/2023, 4/11/2023, 5/9/2023.
Be sure to join our Remind and Schoology groups using this information.
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