Photo by: Jason Miccolo Johnson

The Urban Journalism Workshop  (UJW) gives high school students in the Washington, D.C.-area an inside look at careers in journalism.

The workshop is a partnership between the Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) and The Washington Post Young Journalists Development Program.

Professional journalists from The Washington Post, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, The Herald-Mail and other leading media companies train students in the basics of real-time journalism over the course of eight consecutive Saturdays, starting in late February.

The 35 students in this year’s program covered the annual Smithsonian Kite Festival on the National Mall, a joint news conference with a U.S. Postal Inspection Service law enforcement officer and several other news, sports, entertainment, business and cultural issues.

The 2010 class of student journalists marked the 24^th year of the UJW, which has featured mentors and veteran journalists such as Reginald Stuart, George Curry, Sam Ford, Dorothy Gilliam, Lee Ivory, Chuck Johnson, Deborah Mathis, Audie Cornish, and Emilio Ruiz-Garcia.

 This year’s proud UJW Coordinator was Lorrie Grant, a line editor at National Public Radio and a former business correspondent for USA TODAY.

We at WABJ hope you enjoy the great stories and radio and TV segments these young people pulled together this year.

Watch this site for news about the next Urban Journalism Workshop in 2011!!!