"East Harlem IS" (Short Cut)

"East Harlem Is" (shown here in excerpt) was the culmination of an 11-week apprenticeship for a dozen students at STARS Prep Academy MS45 in East Harlem in the spring of 2009. The students learned about journalism and news literacy, along with how to write a script, use a camera and sound equipment, conduct interviews and edit video.

Five New York Times journalists and former CNN financial editor Myron Kandel — all News Literacy Project fellows — worked with the students in partnership with the nonprofit Citizen Schools to create the video. Citizen Schools is a national model that provides low-income middle-school students with after-school programs that blend real-world learning projects and rigorous academics.

Jane Bornemeier, editor of New York Times Radio, was the project leader.
"I hadn't spent time with middle school students in many years and had no idea what to expect in a New York City school," Bornemeier said. "I was thrilled and challenged by the students enthusiasm, curiosity, intelligence and enormous energy. I'll never forget a single one of them."

The other Times participants were video journalists Kassie Bracken, Emily Hager, Robert Harris and Michele Monteleone. Myron Kandel was CNNs founding financial editor and an economic commentator for 25 years.

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