High School Journalism Institute

Congratulations to these talented IU journalists!

Media School students, organizations win Indiana Pro SPJ awards Media School students, organizations win big at SPJ Indiana Pro chapter 2025 Best in Indiana Journalism Awards.

Happy IU Day from your friends at HSJI! IU Day turns 10 this year... and HSJI turns 80!

Bravo!

IDS reporters win 2026 Investigative Reporting on Intercollegiate Athletics prize The Drake Group Education Fund annually recognizes the print, video, or multimedia work of a graduate or undergraduate college student journalist or team of student journalists for investigative reporting on intercollegiate athletics.

Happy Flashback Friday (to 2003) and last day of Scholastic Journalism Week 2026!

A shining example of student journalists using their first amendment rights to advocate for positive change. This is editorial leadership that demonstrates the value of staff editorials and creating public forum space. Bravo, Trojaneer staff!

The protest was peaceful. The community was not. This was never about a walkout. This should be a story about kids organizing a protest. This should have been a First Amendment story. Or a school safety story. This could have been about students who are passionate about immigration and the work of ICE. Or maybe about high school students being politically engaged in their commun...

Free and open to the public. What a great opportunity for student journalists!

Marty Baron, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, will headline the 2026 Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism Symposium on Feb. 26. Baron’s 6 p.m. speech in Presidents Hall will wrap up an afternoon of panels featuring journalists from the Associated Press, Washington Post, New York Times, ESPN, Bloomberg News, The Athletic and WTHR.

The full schedule and a link for a free registration is on the center’s website: https://arnoltcenter.org/events/

Indiana Football are National Champs! 🏈🏆

Each July, HSJI students in our 'Sports Reporting & Writing' and 'Sportscasting' courses visit Memorial Stadium (where the Hoosiers play at home).

Now that IU Football is famous, will they let HSJI students in? Register for HSJI and find out.

Bask in the glory with us! (Link in comments)

Another amazing year with HSJI! Here are a few special moments that made it unforgettable. 📸

Audio Storytellers record their reflection podcast at the end of a successful week cranking out FOUR new episodes of the podcast Activate!

HSJI Sportscasting students hit the court with ! 🎥 They had the exciting opportunity to capture content during a women’s basketball team practice and interview the player featured in their project.