Pros
The students are truly brilliant.
Cons
When working with the Teens In Print team of Write Boston you will be subsidizing the work of a team of no teachers and no journalists as they attempt to teach journalism. For two years the staff member I was paired with was consistently absent and/or unable to perform their duties leaving me to pick up the slack with minimal support.
The staff does not possess a working understanding of journalistic ethics, resulting in being unable to communicate surface-level concepts to students. Plagiarism via A.I. was encouraged. Major aspects of curriculum were finalized on the day. Typos, grammatical inconsistencies, and editorial errors are tolerated and rarely rectified. Sources are sent questions ahead of time to lock in interviews when convenient. Multimedia is pushed despite staff not having backgrounds in the selected platforms (video, radio, podcasting, P.R. one summer for some reason) and the students not being provided with enough know-how to make the most of them. A robust style guide exists. It is scantly referred to.
The unprofessional environment encourages inappropriate dynamics between students and staff, resulting in, on one occasion, a student feeling afraid to report inappropriate behavior from their peers.
If you are interested in a career in journalism this may be a job to pass on. It will exhaust your skill set without opening many doors. If you do not care for journalism, you will be right at home as a Youth Leader for Teens In Print.