The selection committee of the Robert W. Greene High School Journalism Institute is pleased to announce its
Class of 2009:

Shaniese Alston - Freeport High School
Tyler Bittner - Rocky Point High School
Lauren Campbell - Huntington High School
Shirley Capron - Roosevelt High School
Isabella Chen - Friends Academy
Kathleen DiMartino - Sachem East High School
Max Grouchevski - Lynbrook High School
Jaclyn Lattanza - Comsewogue High School
William McCabe - Sayville High School
Ashley Moreno - Amityvile High School
Yanique Richards - Baldwin High School
Jacqueline Schrage - Connetquot High School
Grace Seo - Jericho High School
Caroline Smith - Cold Spring Harbor High School
Lauren Staudt - Bellport High School
Jeffrey Stern - Ward Melville High School
Jocelyn Snyder - Mercy High School
Chamise Thompson - Roosevelt High School
Ashley Thompson - Lawrence-Woodmere Academy
Brett Uslaner - Oceanside High School

Congratulations to all.

 

About Bob Greene and the Summer Journalism Institute.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and editor Robert W. Greene had a last request. As his health waned last spring, Greene hoped to complete plans for a “boot camp” for high school journalists at Stony Brook University.

Greene at desk
Veteran newsman and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Bob Greene at work.

“It was the last thing my father told me he desired to see come to fruition,” said Greene’s son, Robert W. Greene Jr. “To him, high school newspapers and the students working their respective ‘beats’ were not only the future of the industry but, more importantly, the safeguard to ensure the true meaning of the First Amendment’s freedom of the press.”

Greene, a pioneering investigative reporter and editor and mentor to thousands, died April 10, 2008. The 2009 Robert W. Greene High School Summer Institute can be added to his legacy.

The intensive, 10-day residential summer workshop will take place July 26-Aug. 5, 2009. The free workshop will introduce 18 students to basic skills in news reporting, writing, editing and using video. Students will live at the university and work in the School of Journalism’s multimedia newsroom under the instruction of professional journalists. As a culminating activity, students will produce original work across several media platforms.

Bob Greene with Bob Woodward From one legend to another: Here Bob Greene interviews "All The President's Men" co-author Bob Woodward at Stony Brook University.
“Bob’s vision was that the best and brightest of the next generation, while still in high school, would get the opportunity to study and work with some of Long Island’s top professional journalists,” said Howard Schneider, founding dean of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism. “I can think of no better way to honor Bob’s memory.”
The institute’s advisory board is chaired by Ron Parr, president of The Parr Organization, in addition to honorary co-chairs Robert R. Greene Jr. and Kathleen Greene.

Board members include John Adams of New York Community Bank, Councilman Robert J. Creighton of Smithtown and John Kominicki, president and publisher of Long Island Business News. Pat Dolan, of Cablevision Systems Corp., is also an advisor.

Click here for an application to the Robert H. Greene High School Journalism Institute. Click here for the teacher recommendation form.
Click here for more information about Bob Greene.