The Poynter Institute will offer its popular Writers Workshop for Florida high school students and teachers on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. 

All Florida high school students and teachers are welcome. The workshop

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Check out the blog from the 2008 workshop, created that day by seven students from high schools across Florida. And this slide show. Workshop presenters in 2008 included: Kelly McBride, Al Tompkins and Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tom French, St. Petersburg Times Preston Rudie, reporter, WTSP-TV.  Click here for a map to Poynter.     You'll find several hotels within     walking distance.

costs $30, including lunch.  Price for early registraions is $25.  The program will last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Please plan to arrive by 9:45 a.m. so that we can begin promptly.

Watch this space in January 2008 to download a registration form.

Enrollment is limited to the first 200 who register and pay their workshop fee.  We expect to reach capacity EARLY for this program.  When we do, we will contact anyone whose registrations we cannot accept and refund their tuition.  (If you do not hear from us, plan to join us!  We'll be expecting you!)

Workshop presenters in 2008 included members of the Poynter Institute as well as professionals from Tampa Bay area news organizations, including the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune and WTSP Channel 10.

Workshop topics range from writing and reporting to ethics and media careers. Between workshops and during lunch, students may browse award-winning student newspapers from across the country and chat with student journalists from across the state. Participants do not need to be involved in journalism at their schools. But those who work on school publications are urged to bring copies to share.

Teachers who plan to bring more than 10 students should contact Wendy Wallace, program director, to ensure that space is available.

For more information about the workshop, e-mail Wendy Wallace. The workshop will take place at the Institute, 801 Third St. S., St. Petersburg.