J-Day 2023

Central Carolina J-Day

24th High School Journalism Day Registration

Sponsors: The News & Observer and North Carolina Scholastic Media Association

When:  8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19

Where:  Carroll Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill

Cost:  $20 each for students and adults; fee includes lunch. Participants must pay the $20 fee regardless of whether they go off campus for lunch. Preregistration is REQUIRED; on-site registrations will NOT be accepted. No refunds will be issued. No cancellations. Schools will be billed for the number of students and advisers registered for the event. Make checks payable to NCSMA or North Carolina Scholastic Media Association.

Number of Students, Teachers and Advisers ___ x $20  =  Total Amount of School Check: __________

Registration fee: To mail a check, the office address is NC Scholastic Media Association, CB#3365, Hussman School of Journalism and Media, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365. If you need a payment link for a school credit card payment, contact ncsma@unc.edu and request the payment link.

(Note: Need a W9 for processing payment? Contact ncsma@unc.edu.)

How to Register:  Teachers and advisers should complete this online registration process and mail payment to be received by Oct. 12. Indicate session choices for each student. While the tentative list of session topics includes broad interests, workshop topics may be more specific. Students will be registered in the order in which registration materials are received. We will make every effort to accommodate preferences, but workshop sessions will fill up. We reserve the right to assign students to other workshop sessions if their requested ones are full. (Please note: Registration is not confirmed until payment is received.) Registration limit: 250 participants. Please be aware that registrations received on or near the deadline date may not be accepted, if workshop capacity has been reached. Notify NCSMA of accommodation requests 14 days prior to the workshop. Parking passes for buses are free. Each school is allowed up to four free car passes. (Schools bringing more than four cars must pay parking deck fees for each additional car.)

Sessions to Choose From:

Keynote Speaker

Session 3 Options

Broadcast News Production

Column Writing

Feature Writing

40 Story Ideas in 40 Minutes

Photojournalism: Videography

Yearbook: Trends in Graphic Design

Lunch

Closing Session