New issue features everything from jazz to Chinese military showers

In our October 27, 2008 issue, Youth Journalism International reporter Kiernan Majerus-Collins weighs in with a news story about the unique jazz improvisition program that has helped make West Hartford a high school jazz destination and a review of the new musical 'Big River' at the historic Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut.

Zhu Qin Zhe, a Chinese teen and junior reporter for Youth JournalismInternational, writes about life in a military camp for teens in China, including the sweetness of the countryside and the need to take wicked fast showers.
Finally, West Hartford's Leah Igdalsky has a review of singer and musician Andrew Bird's recent gig at the fabulous old Calvin Theater in Northhampton, Massachusetts. 

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Former Tattoo reporter assaulted at Palin rally

Former Tattoo ace Joe (Wilbur) Killian, who is a reporter in Greensboro, N.C., got assaulted by an angry Republican yesterday. Read his account of what happened here.

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What do Johnny Pesky and Prudence Crandall have in common?

They're both featured in The Tattoo's new issue, online now.

Red Sox great Johnny Pesky, left, and Kiernan Majerus-Collins, in 2006. (youthjournalism.org photo)

Reporter Kiernan Majerus-Collins writes about the decision by the Boston Red Sox to retire the number 6, which legendary second baseman Johnny Pesky wore back in the day.

Gabi Smith-Rosario, sculptor Gabriel Koren and Mary Majerus-Collins at the Connecticut State Capitol last week. (youthjournalism.org photo)

Junior reporters Gabi Smith-Rosario and Mary Majerus-Collins, both of Connecticut, wrote a package of stories about a new statue placed in the State Capitol in Hartford -- the first in more than a century. It honors Prudence Crandall, a teacher in the 1830s who integrated her school for girls and got run out of town for it.

Australian junior reporter Alex Patrikios adds a tale of interning at a Melbourne newspaper and getting the chance to sit in media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's very own chair there. He wasn't in it at the time.

Finally, senior cartoonist Justin Skaradosky, also from Connecticut, weighs in with a cartoon about the war on terror.

It's a great issue. Go read it.

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