This is the Internal Resources portal for the Project for Better Journalism, a grassroots effort and not-for-profit organization to save and strengthen journalism programs in schools across the country. This portal provides various resources and is run by the National team — it’s a work in progress. Questions? Let us know.

Making a complaint against a Project chapter website? Find more information here.

Getting started with the Project:

• An introduction to our organization:
  • A brief guide to the Project, tailored for students
  • A brief guide to the Project, tailored for educators
  • Our introductions only take a few minutes to read and cover everything from what we concretely provide to our vision and goals.
• What does our platform look like:
  • Live demonstration of the platform, with bogus data
  • Variation screenshots, demonstrating the platform’s customizability
  • Visit our featured chapter website, Concord High School in NH, to see it live
• Students interested in serving on the National team:
  • Information on opportunities, and learn what your work might entail
  • Contact the National recruitment team, for more information and to apply
  • If you’re interested in joining your school’s Project chapter, you should contact your chapter directly, through your faculty advisor or school director.
• Schools interested in becoming a chapter:
  • Find out what we look for in a potential chapter
  • Contact the chapter relations team, for more information

Resources for Project student members:

• Platform help — Screencasts and video guides:
  • Publishing an article to your chapter website (3 min)
  • Uploading a photograph to an article (4 min)
  • Making advanced customizations to an article (3 min)
  • Customizing the homepage and other website options (4 min)
• Platform help — Tutorials and text guides:
  • Adding new stories to your chapter’s website
  • Uploading photos to articles
  • A quick guide to writing compelling pieces
• More help and assistance:
  • Communicate with your chapter directors and faculty advisors
  • Email your school’s National liaison to get help
  • Contact the chapter relations team, for more information

Resources for chapter directors and faculty advisors:

• Platform help — Screencasts and video guides:
  • In a nutshell, getting started with your website (6 min)
  • Creating new user accounts (1 min)
  • Approving articles created by student contributors (1 min)
• Platform help — Tutorials and text guides:
  • Variation screenshots for the homepage and articles
  • Creating new accounts for teachers, directors, and students
• Policies
  • Advertising policy
• More help and assistance:
  • Email your school’s National liaison to get help
  • Contact the chapter relations team, for more information

Resources for National team members:

• Communicating within the National team
  • Log in to your Project Google account, for email and documents
  • team@ — all National members group (may land in an indirect inbox)
  • team-internal@ — all National members, internal communication only
    (Server will reject email that does not come from a PBJ email address.)
• Deploying new schools:
  • General deployment strategy and steps
  • Initial conversation talking points and questions
  • Technical steps to a deployment