The Local, the New York Times' hyperlocal news blog in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, is looking for some teen contributors this summer. The blog, which you can see here — http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/ — is run by the New York Times and by CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. We are offering a free training session in journalistic and multimedia skills, plus the opportunity to produce blog posts for our website (which make great clips for aspiring writers or for your college applications). For examples of recent published posts produced by teens, click here http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/the-parade-begins-class-of-2010-graduates/ or here http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/high-school-students-experience-sat-hangover/.

To participate, you must be able to get to Fort Greene and Clinton regularly to report stories. We ask teen participants to commit to a three-day training on July 18th, 19th and 20th, followed by regular mentoring, editing, and story meetings with our professional news editors over the rest of the summer. To take advantage of this free summer journalism opportunity, Blogging for Broolyn Teens, please email Indrani Sen, who is an editor at the Local, at indrani.sen@journalism.cuny.edu.