Carol Reichard and Maxine Wasserstein, Ramaz high school seniors, are interning at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in its editorial department as part of the school’s work-study program.
Ricki Bernstein, senior project coordinator at Ramaz, noted that this is the ninth consecutive year that the school is conducting a community-oriented program for senior class students during April and May. The purpose of the program, she pointed out, is to free the students “from their regular schedule of study to enable them to get first-hand experience on a volunteer basis in community agencies, educational institutions and areas of career interest.”
Wasserstein and Reichard said they chose the JTA as their project because of their interest in journalism, having participated in journalistic activities during their high school years. They said that by working in the JTA they could combine their interest in journalism and the Jewish community. Since the Ramaz program began, a number of its seniors interned at JTA, doing rewrite, covering meetings and news events for the various JTA publications.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
