
Journalism Club
Course option: Asynchronous with live meetings
Grades: 9th-12th (14+)
Course dates: Semester or full year
Course length:
Fall semester: August 17-December 11, 2026
Spring semester: January 4-May 7, 2027
Live sessions: 2nd and 4th Friday of each month | 3 p.m. Eastern
Course size: NA
Faculty Facilitator: Christine Proctor | Editor-in-Chief: TBD | Co-Editor: Position open (interested students should contact Christine Proctor)
Costs: $325 1 semester | $550 full year
Course Details
The Blue Tent Online Journalism Club is a year-long, collaborative course for students interested in reporting, feature writing, editing, and publication design. Students work as a newsroom team to produce original content for the Blue Tent Online student body while learning the fundamentals of journalistic writing, ethics, and publication workflow.
Students contribute to one or more editorial departments, including fashion, film, music, health, science, op-ed, arts and entertainment, sports, book reviews, and student standouts. Each issue may also feature short stories, poetry, and photography submitted by club members or the wider BTO community.
Throughout the year, students pitch ideas, draft and revise articles, collaborate with editors, and prepare content for publication. The club aims to publish four editions per school year, with the scope of each issue determined by enrollment and participation.
Format
Meetings & Collaboration
Bi-weekly meetings on the second and fourth Friday of each month at 3:00 p.m. Eastern.
Between meetings, editors and writers collaborate asynchronously through the dedicated class shell to develop content and prepare each issue.
Publications are released to the Blue Tent Online student body.
![Christine Proctor - Honors English Literature and Composition 1 and 2; AP Language, AP Literature, Creative Writing, Aspiring Authors, Journalism Club, The Zenned Out Student cproctor.bluetent[at]gmail.com](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/370d20_500cab38140f4c449819f2ab41d2b7f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/370d20_500cab38140f4c449819f2ab41d2b7f2~mv2.jpg)