Compassionate Journalism Workshop

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Are you an aspiring young writer in Aotearoa?

Do you feel that it is important for youth voice to be heard?

Create Happy Media does. As part of our journey to make the Aotearoa media scene more inclusive and youth-representative, we're running a 2 weekend-long intensive Compassionate Journalism training, designed by our crew and industry professionals. Free for anyone 12-24 to attend, all we ask is that you are engaged and contributing to making it the best possible workshop.

Entry to the workshop does not automatically mean entry to Create Happy Magazine as a writer. At the end of the workshop, the 30 writers who have shown the most potential, been engaged, contributed, and writes the most interesting article pitches during the workshop, are the rangatahi who will join us at the magazine in the Innovation Edition.

Our workshop is being held over Zoom on weekends, 2nd & 3rd of March and 9th & 10th of March.

"I completed the Create Happy Compassionate Journalism course in March of 2023, and it’s not an understatement for me to say that it changed my life. I met some of my now best friends there, I learned invaluable skills about crafting stories, and in the end, I got to join Create Happy — obviously the best part. Fast forward one year, and I’m the co-editor, helping to organise this years course so that hopefully I can give the next round of young people the same opportunities I’ve been given. I cannot recommend it enough."

- Cassie Taulelei, CJ Course Alumnus, Co-Editor of Create Happy Magazine

Create Happy Magazine is by a teens for teens magazine started by youth participating in a national creative well-being/photography program called Click Happy. After conversations amongst a wide range of teenagers, we discovered that many rangatahi felt unrealistically represented in Aotearoa’s media. Eight under-15-year-olds came together from all over the country in an attempt to fix this through online media.

3 years after Create Happy Magazine was founded, so much has happened. We’ve published 220+ articles, 7 (soon to be 8) online editions, begun preparations for our podcast, have a team of 45+ young people, attended fabulous events, festivals and conferences, been written about in the Education Gazette, and had our Founder & Chief Executive recognised for her efforts by GirlBoss NZ. A semi-finalist in the 2023 Impact Awards for the Wellbeing Category, and was the Arts and Culture category winner at the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards in 2023.

We are seeking young journalists, interviewers, fiction writers, proofreaders, and poets. If you’re interested in joining our crew or just want to learn about our vision of Compassionate Journalism and what makes that different from the current journalism styles, sign up.

Compassionate Journalism Workshop

Updated on 2024-03-04T02:14:31+00:00, by Mandi L.