For students
What you’ll do at BLOOM
One free day of environmental journalism workshops on Friday, Feb. 19, 2027, at Indiana University South Bend. No experience needed.
You don’t need to write for a school paper to come. By the end of the day, you’ll have something to show for it, such as a pitch, a written draft, a short film concept or a set of photos.
What’s included
What you get
It’s free
High school students pay nothing to attend.
Lunch is provided
A catered lunch with vegetarian options. List other dietary needs when you register.
Three workshops
One on an environmental issue, one on reporting skills and one in the medium you choose.
A mentor if your pitch is selected
Selected pitches are matched with a YEPT mentor who helps you finish the story.
A chance to publish
Finished stories can run on YEPT.org and in a print magazine that is part of the 89 Percent Project.
Time with professionals
Sit with IU faculty, journalists and environmental professionals at the networking lunch.
After BLOOM
What you take home
- Practice pitching an idea to journalists and professors.
- Experience writing, photographing or filming an environmental story.
- Answers about college and careers in journalism and environmental work, from people in those fields.
- Friends from other high schools in northern Indiana.