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  • "The Rest of History" featured overlooked stories of history at Virginia Beach museum

    2019 students
    August 21, 2019
    by Parish Thompson
    "The Rest of History" exhibit that recently closed at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach allowed artists to tell the stories of those who have been traditionally ...
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  • Local students share why taking a gap year was - and will be - the ...

    2019 students
    August 20, 2019
    by Grace Altman
    Coral Mapp was set to attend Old Dominion University to study dance after graduating from Salem High School in Virginia Beach in 2015. However, Mapp remembered all the times her ...
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  • Mystic Moon, a local haven for pagans

    2019 students
    August 19, 2019
    by Jarrett Connolly
    The summer horror flick “Midsommar” portrays horrific events happening to a group of Americans visiting a Swedish Pagan commune. This is the typical Hollywood portrayal of pagans, but a realistic ...
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  • Oscar Smith High School Student Organizes a Chesapeake Charity Run for this Saturday

    2019 students
    August 8, 2019
    by Dajah Daniel
    Ever since Kiera Cleveland was a freshman at Oscar Smith High School In Chesapeake she's wanted to have an impact on her community. “I just felt the need to help ...
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  • Slover Library hosting live chat with Space Station

    2019 students
    August 5, 2019
    by Alyssa Kennett
    About 200 young space fanatics from schools and youth centers all over Hampton Roads will chat with NASA Astronauts Christina H. Koch and Drew Morgan at the Slover Library this ...
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  • Traffic backs up on I-64

    How to get your drivers license: a guide for Virginia teens

    2019 students
    August 4, 2019
    by Bella Coulter
    Ocean Lakes High School senior Elijah Bell stared at his computer screen as he tried to decipher the symbol in front of him. A road sign was waiting to be ...
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  • Smoking

    Virginia law changes legal age to buy tobacco to 21

    2019 students
    July 31, 2019
    by LaVicha Wilson
    Everyone needs a quick break: from work; from school; for lunch or a snack; sometimes to smoke. But for some, that smoke break is not illegal. On July 1, a ...
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  • Strive: A National Exhibition Highlighting American Immigration and the American Dream

    Politics, art and religion collide in d’Art Center exhibit

    2019 students
    July 29, 2019
    by Faith Handley
    In a Duke Street gallery lit by the sunset, a collection of paintings, drawings, and quilts hang on display. Small groups in front of the artworks, discussing the message each ...
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  • 6 students share advice, experiences about college

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
    by Claire Belesimo
    For Grace Kaupas, transitioning from Grassfield High School in Chesapeake to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville was a shock. “It was nothing like what I had expected it to ...
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  • How changing marijuana laws across the country are affecting the conversation in Virginia

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
    by Maia Stanley
    In January 2017, two bills were proposed in a Virginia Senate Committee that would have made possessing small amounts of marijuana punishable with a civil fine. Neither proposal was accepted. ...
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  • @ericasmith: @LHRubama: "Whatever you do when you grow up, whatever you do make sure you have a passion for it." #vpjschool #goodadvice
    Jul 14, 2017
  • @Denisewrites: @EditorReece schooling #vpjschool about spotting fake news. If someone says the sky is blue, verify it. https://t.co/XBzk…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @rose_stanphill: Day one at the Virginian Pilot Journalism Workshop! Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Ryes says to become an expert in what yo…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @MAMcreate: Eric Eyre talked about how you need to have a passion in what you write, actually care in your work. #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @noahdaboul23: I learned today that it is okay to badger the mayor #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017

Latest posts

  • 6 students share advice, experiences about college

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
  • How changing marijuana laws across the country are affecting the conversation in Virginia

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
  • Homeless teens find shelter at The Crow's Nest

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
  • Teens are getting more involved in politics, especially around gun control issue

    2018 students
    July 30, 2018
  • Chrysler Museum exhibitions continue to wow. But how do they all come together?

    2018 students
    July 30, 2018

Latest tweets

  • @ericasmith: @LHRubama: "Whatever you do when you grow up, whatever you do make sure you have a passion for it." #vpjschool #goodadvice
    Jul 14, 2017
  • @Denisewrites: @EditorReece schooling #vpjschool about spotting fake news. If someone says the sky is blue, verify it. https://t.co/XBzk…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @rose_stanphill: Day one at the Virginian Pilot Journalism Workshop! Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Ryes says to become an expert in what yo…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @MAMcreate: Eric Eyre talked about how you need to have a passion in what you write, actually care in your work. #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @noahdaboul23: I learned today that it is okay to badger the mayor #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017

Latest workshop posts

  • "The Rest of History" featured overlooked stories of history at Virginia Beach museum

    2019 students
    August 21, 2019
  • Local students share why taking a gap year was - and will be - the right choice for them

    2019 students
    August 20, 2019
  • Mystic Moon, a local haven for pagans

    2019 students
    August 19, 2019

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The Virginian-Pilot Journalism Workshop offers high school and college students a chance to learn about journalism from the pros, to meet others who share their interests in news, and to have fun.

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