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Left to right: Henry Hodges (Jem), Andrew Shipman (Dill) and Olivia Scott
(Scout) in The Hartford Stage production of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
   Photo provided
Hello loyal readers,
We have two issues <http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/issues.htm> to
tell you about today so you can think of this is a two-for-one deal. And
best of all, the price is free.
A number of our teen writers concentrated on "To Kill a Mockingbird"
recently, including this review
<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/mockingbird-glogowski-200903...>
by
Youth Journalism International <http://www.youthjournalism.org> Associate
Editor Rachel Glogowski of The Hartford Stage production of a play based on
Harper Lee's terrific novel.
But we took another step and talked to the three young stars of the show,
who played Jem<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/mockingbird-jem-20090406nkfd...>
,
Scout<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/mockingbird-scout-20090406bh...>and
Dill.<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/mockingbird-dill-20090406wrr...>
In
addition to telling their own stories to Glogowski, Senior Reporter Wesley
Saxena, Reporter Kiernan Majerus-Collins and Junior Reporter Mary
Majerus-Collins, the young actors also talked about the play itself in this
jointly written
story<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/mockingbird-threekids-200904...>
 .
YJI Reporter Eugenia Durante, who hails from Genoa, Italy, chipped in an
obviously related opinion piece, In Hope That We Kill No More
Mockingbirds.<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/mockingbird-durante-20090406...>

In addition, don't miss Senior Reporter Katie Grosser's report from Germany
about yet another tragic school shooting in our March 16th
issue<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/16march2009-iuwer34529340627...>
 .
Reporter Harsha Mishra included a piece telling about the Hindu holiday of
Holi<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/holi-mishra-20090316rthg7238...>that
marks the start of summer. And Junior Reporter Ramini Ramachandran has
a
story about representing Mauritania
<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/modelUN-2009-316sdafw3485808...>
in
a worldwide Model United Nations recently.
And we could never forget Senior Cartoonist Justin Skaradosky's latest, a
cartoon about the battle between iPods and
Zunes.<http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/justin-zune-ipod-20090316vcd...>

This week's edition marks our 16th issue of The Tattoo so far this year,
with more in the works. All of the previous issues of the world's largest
and best teen-written newspaper, going back 15 years, are online at
ReadTheTattoo.com <http://www.ReadTheTattoo.com>.
For information about Youth Journalism International, the educational
nonprofit (IRS ruling pending) that works with the young journalists, see
its website at youthjournalism.org <http://www.youthjournalism.org>.
We are always eager for constructive criticism, tips and any help anyone can
offer. Let us know how we're doing.
To contact us about The Tattoo, write to thetat...@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading,
Steve Collins and Jackie Majerus
Co-founders, Youth Journalism International and The Tattoo
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