Spend a Day Among Friends

The Poynter Institute will offer its popular Writers Workshop for Florida high school students and teachers on Saturday, March 13, 2010.  All Florida high school students and teachers are welcome. The workshop  FYI Save your seat TODAY!  Register online here. The 2009 featured speaker was Tom French, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter from the St. Petersburg Times: "Chronicling the Untold Stories of You." Check out the blog from the 2008 workshop, created that day by seven students from high schools across Florida. And this slide show. Click here for a map to Poynter.      You'll find several hotels within     walking distance. costs $35, including lunch.  The program will last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Please plan to arrive by 9:45 a.m. so that we can begin promptly. Register online atwww.poynter.org/hswwtickets.  Watch this space in January for a registration form you can download, if you prefer.   Download the form if you prefer to pay by check or if you want to request financial aid. Enrollment is limited to the first 200 who register and pay their workshop fee.  Workshop presenters in 2009 included members of the Poynter Institute as well as professionals from Tampa Bay area news organizations, including the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune and WTSP Channel 10. Workshop topics range from writing and reporting to ethics and media careers. Between workshops and during lunch, students may browse award-winning student newspapers from across the country and chat with student journalists from across the state. Participants do not need to be involved in journalism at their schools. But those who work on school publications are urged to bring copies to share. Teachers who plan to bring more than 10 students should contact Wendy Wallace, program director, to ensure that space is available. For more information about the workshop, e-mail Wendy Wallace. The workshop will take place at the Institute, 801 Third St. S., St. Petersburg.