The students who participate in the News Media section of Youth and Government are responsible for taking pictures and writing news stories about the events that occur throughout the year at our conferences. Media delegates unite the conferences with news about every aspect of conference life. The Media branch publishes one paper at each district conference, along with a paper every day of State Conference.

 Objectives

• Provide an opportunity for Youth and Government participants to gain knowledge and experience in journalism relative to government.
• Enable program participants to learn the technical and stylistic aspects involved in successful media coverage. This includes accurate reporting, editing and layout.
• Teach program participants that team work and staff coordination are vital ingredients of successful journalism.
• Emphasize the importance of communication skills and new values including the separation of issues from personalities.
• Provide other Youth and Government participants with accurate, reliable and useful information.
• Offer opportunity to learn how the individual works in a safe situation under the stress of deadlines.