The event, which in former years brought hundreds of high school students to the Nevada campus, lapsed a few years ago. More than a dozen student members of SPJ met Wednesday to plan a high-school journalism contest, open to all high schools in Nevada.
Winners are to be invited to a banquet at the university.
The intent is that this project will lay the groundwork for revival of High School Journalism Day. The contest will be open not only to writers for high school newspapers, but also to high school students whose work appears in other newspapers, such as community weeklies. The entries will be judged by RSJ students. High-school students or newspaper advisers are encouraged to contact the president of the student SPJ chapter, Dosia Blackerby , for information or to offer suggestions. Professor Donica Mensing is faculty adviser to the club.