Welcome to the Northern Sentry’s Junior Journalism Program

Submit your story to get published in the paper and online

RULES: Please tell us all about you and your story! Younger journalists may need a parent’s help to fil in all the blanks Specifications for Submissions: Please write a story about an event, experience or person. You will need to get facts about the event as well as interview at least 1 or 2 people that were there or that know about it. If you are doing a story about a person, please interview the person and ask them questions about something interesting about them. The story can be about anything you think the people of Minot AFB and Minot would be interested in. It could be about a cool game that you and the neighborhood kids play or it could be about a teacher that you admire and wanted to write about. This is your story to tell. *Minot AFB Dependents Ages 7-17 are eligible *Stories should be around 300 words *Should include 1-2 photos Every complete* submission will be considered for publication into the Northern Sentry. If published, applicants will be notified ahead of time. Maximum of 3 submissions per calendar year per child.


Jr Journalism: Visit South Dakota

Jr Journalism: Visit South Dakota

You should go to South Dakota to go to Mount Rushmore, the Wind Caves and the Black Hills.My dad and mom and my sisters went to Mount Rushmore. We saw presidents on the mountain. We saw flags of the United States. It was cool. We walked underground in the Wind Caves....

Jr. Journalism: My Spelling Bee Experience

Jr. Journalism: My Spelling Bee Experience

On February 22nd, I competed in the Ward County Spelling Bee after winning my school Spelling Bee at North Plains Elementary. I had a busy day, and here is how it went.I had to go to Minot State University, where the Spelling Bee was. While I was driving from base, I...

Jr. Journalism: Skiing in Bottineau

Jr. Journalism: Skiing in Bottineau

Bottineau is a fun place. One day, I went tubing and in the middle of the day I asked my mom if I could try skiing. She said yes. I took one lesson with an instructor. In one hour, I WAS SKIING!!! Then I went down the big hills. That was some time ago. And this past...

Jr. Journalism: The Reasons I Enjoy Winnipeg, Canada

Jr. Journalism: The Reasons I Enjoy Winnipeg, Canada

Eating breakfast at the Delta Hotel. Winnipeg is a city in Manitoba, Canada and is about four hours away from Minot Air Force Base by car. In this essay, I will discuss why I enjoy Winnipeg. The reasons I enjoy Winnipeg are the yummy foods, Pirates Cove, The...

Jr. Journalism: North Plains Elementary School

Jr. Journalism: North Plains Elementary School

North Plains is a great school! It has LOTS of people to play with. Gym is a LOT OF FUN, it is half an hour long! At Music, we make/play songs! At Library, you get 1-3 books, it is SO FUN! At Counselor, we read a book, it is GOOOOOOOOOOD! In Kindergarten, your teacher...

Ten Tips for When You Find Out You’re Moving

Ten Tips for When You Find Out You’re Moving

This is what I like to do when we get a new assignment. I hope it will help some of you plan your next adventure. Plan out the drive:It is always great to know where you are going and how you will get there. You have fun opportunities to see attractions, amusement...

Go to the Prairie Village

Go to the Prairie Village

These are all the building in the museum. This is the olden day General Store. Families should go to the Prairie Village. There are old buildings that show how people in the olden day lived. The Prairie Village is in Rugby, North Dakota and you have to drive an hour...

Jr. Journalism: Winter Storm

Jr. Journalism: Winter Storm

The first winter storm of December 2022 is named Winter Storm Diaz. The day started out with cloudy skies and then it became foggy. Around 1:30 am on Tuesday, the snow started falling lightly. Around 2:00 pm it started to get much heavier. After the wind started to...

Jr. Journalism: In Loving Memory of My Guinea Pig

Jr. Journalism: In Loving Memory of My Guinea Pig

Pig and our cat Theo, 2020. When me and my family lived in Colorado, we had a Hermit Crab – our first pet - but then he died and I was very sad, so we decided to get 2 hamsters. When we went to the pet store, we were told that hamsters could bite and are not ideal for...

Jr. Journalism: Bismarck Museum

Jr. Journalism: Bismarck Museum

Have you ever been to Bismarck Museum? If you haven’t, then you should go! Your whole family can go to this exciting museum. There are lots of rooms with cool things in them like history, clothes that people wore in the past, dinosaurs, a gift shop, a tree house and...