Come learn the art of using comics to share newsworthy information and perspectives. Taught by graphic novelist and former political cartoonist Jonathan Todd.
The MetroWest Teen Comics Journalism Workshop runs Monday, July 31, through Friday, August 4, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Southborough Library, 25 Main St., Southborough, Mass.
Applications are due by Monday, May 22, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Participants will be notified by Friday, May 26, 2023.
For more information, email Jonathan Todd at jonathantoddbooks@gmail.com or visit https://www.teencomics.org/.
Funded by the New England High School Journalism Collaborative.



Kevin Landrigan is the State House Bureau chief with the New Hampshire Union Leader. He has nearly 45 years of experience covering politics and public policy for print and broadcast media, having continuously covered the Legislature since 1988 and every presidential primary since 1980. Kevin won a 2022 Publick Occurrences award for his story about sexual molestation charges against the late Union Leader Publisher William Loeb, an honor he shared with colleague Shawne Wickham. In 2020, he won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Hampshire Press Association, which recognized his coverage of politics and public policy.


Jill Harmacinski, is a staff reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Mass., and covers breaking news, crime and court issues, and local government. She writes a column called “Connections” which focuses on unsung heroes in the Merrimack Valley. Jill won a 2002 Publick Occurrences award for her coverage of the arrest of Marvin “Skip” McClendon Jr., who was charged on April 27, 2022, with the 1988 murder of an 11-year-old girl in Lawrence, Mass. Jill and named the 2022 Sevellon Brown Journalist of the Year.
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David Karpf is an Associate Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, where he has taught since joining the department as an Assistant Professor in 2012. He previously spent two years as an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information. His research explores the internet’s impact on political associations — both in the formation of novel organizational structures seen in MoveOn and DailyKos, and also tracing implications for more traditional advocacy organizations. His first book, The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy was published in May 2012 by Oxford University Press. His second book, Analytic Activism: Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy was published in December 2016 by Oxford University Press.
Kristen Oliveri is the vice president of communications and marketing at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. She leads all aspects of the Foundation’s communications and marketing strategies including brand strategy and awareness, public relations and digital and print media.
Gabriela Lozada is a Report for America corps member. Her focus is on Latinx community with original reporting done in Spanish for ¿Qué hay de Nuevo NH?.