The TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search - Time for Kids

The TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search
Do you dream of being a reporter or an editor Are you a good
writer who loves the news If so, then you may have what it
takes to be a winner in the TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search.
We’re looking for 10 students from around the nation to be
members of the TFK Kid Reporter Team for the 2013–2014
school year. Next year’s team will continue the tradition of
reporting local and regional news stories for TIME FOR KIDS
magazine and TIME FOR KIDS online.
Professional journalists from TIME magazine and TIME
FOR KIDS will select this exclusive team. In the past, TFK Kid
Reporters have
★ Interviewed national leaders, celebrities and other
newsmakers;
★ Written news stories, reviews and opinion pieces for
TIME FOR KIDS;
★ Learned about the news business from award-winning
journalists who work at TIME; and
★ Appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Today and The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno to talk about their work.
How to Enter
1. Include a report you’ve written about an interesting or
unique event in your school or community. The story
should include a headline plus quotes from people you’ve
interviewed.
2. Complete the official entry form on the next page. You must
be 13 years of age or younger on September 2, 2013, and
entries must be postmarked by June 14, 2013. Be sure to
read the official rules and share them with your parent or
guardian, who must sign your entry form.
Good luck!
TFK Kid
Reporter Brian
Forbes at the
2012 Republican
National
Convention
TFK Kid
Reporter Julia
Horbacewicz with
the band One
Direction
brooks kraft FOR TIME FOR KIDS
don heiny for time for kids
1. HOW TO ENTER: This contest begins 12:01 a.m. EST on
March 1, 2013, and ends 11:59 p.m. EST on June 14, 2013.
To enter, send your entry to TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search,
TIME For Kids, P.O. Box 4817, New York, NY 10185-4817. The
entry must include (a) the completed and signed Official Entry
Form, including your essay of 50 words or less and written
in English, explaining why you would be a good reporter for
TFK; and (b) a news article written by you to demonstrate
your reporting skills. Submit your news article on one side of
a piece of 8½" x 11" paper, or attach a copy of the published
news article. Send us a news report based on interviews
you’ve conducted and/or events you’ve covered. It does not
matter if the news article has been published or not. Use
TIME For Kids articles in the magazine or on the website as
models. The story should include a headline plus quotes
from people you’ve interviewed. Include any journalistic
elements such as photos, editorial cartoons, charts, maps
and graphs, if appropriate. Please do NOT send us computer
disks. Any disks received will not be evaluated as part of
your entry. Entries must be postmarked no later than June
14, 2013, and received no later than June 24, 2013. You do
not have to be a TIME For Kids subscriber to enter. Limit one
entry per person. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible,
incomplete, postage-due mail or entries not received
for any reason. Entries become sole property of Sponsor and
none will be acknowledged or returned. By entering, you
warrant that the entry is original and does not infringe upon
the intellectual property rights of any third party.
2. JUDGING: All entries will be judged by TFK Editors
based equally on the following criteria: creativity, originality,
grammar and spelling, clarity and newsworthiness. The
judges will choose 20 finalists and then choose 10 Winners
who will become TFK Kid Reporters. In the event of a tie,
an additional “tie-breaker” judge will determine the Winner
from among all such tied entries using the judging criteria
above. Sponsor reserves the right to choose fewer than
10 Winners if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, an insufficient
number of eligible and/or qualified entries is received. Incomplete
and/or inaccurate entries and entries not complying
with all rules are subject to disqualification. Decisions
of judges are final and binding. Winners will be notified by
telephone and mail.
3. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United
States of America and the District of Columbia who are
13 years or younger on September 2, 2013 (“Entrant(s)”).
Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor, its
promotional partners and their respective parents, affiliates
and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion
agencies (and members of their immediate families and/or
those living in the same household as each such employee)
are not eligible.
4. PRIZES: Ten (10) TFK Kid Reporters will be selected.
Each Winner may be asked to represent TIME For Kids in
national and/or local media. They will report for TIME For
Kids and TIME For Kids online from September 2013 to
August 2014.
a. Twenty (20) finalists will be selected and notified in July
2013. Each of the finalists will be interviewed by phone and
asked to submit video clips and a final assignment. Finalists
will receive a certificate of recognition.
b. Ten (10) TFK Kid Reporters will be selected from the
finalists, based on evaluations of all entry materials. The
finalists will be judged on poise, articulation and on-camera
presence demonstrated in their video clips and interviews,
and on the quality of their reported and written work. The
10 reporters will be announced in August 2013.
c. TFK Kid Reporters may be given assignments during the
period of September 2013 to August 2014. Though TIME
For Kids will try to give at least one assignment to each
reporter, there is no guarantee that a reporter will be given
any assignments. Article assignments will be distributed at
the discretion of site and magazine editors. Articles will be
edited and may be published in TIME For Kids magazine
and/or at TIME For Kids online. Each reporter will be given
a byline if his/her story is published.
d. Each reporter chosen will receive a TFK Kid Reporter
T-shirt, press credential and letter of congratulations.
e. There will be no compensation for any stories filed for
and/or published in TIME For Kids magazine and/or at TIME
For Kids online. Preapproved expenses incurred while reporting
a story will be reimbursed. All other expenses not
specified herein are the responsibility of the Winner. ALL
TAXES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.
The prize is awarded without warranty, express or implied,
of any kind.

Official Entry Form
NOTE: You must include a news article written by you to demonstrate your reporting skills. Submit your news article on one
side of a piece of 8 1 /2" x 11" paper, or attach a copy of the published news article. The story should include a headline plus
quotes from people you’ve interviewed.
Student Information
School Information
NAME OF STUDENT
NAME OF SCHOOL
HOME ADDRESS
SCHOOL ADDRESS
CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE
CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE
HOME PHONE
NAME OF TEACHER
E-MAIL ADDRESS
GRADE
BIRTH DATE
NAME OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN
HOME ADDRESS, IF NOT THE SAME AS STUDENT’S
CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE
HOME PHONE
E-MAIL ADDRESS
On separate paper, explain why you would
be a good reporter for TFK, in 50 words or less.
SCHOOL PHONE
I understand that
is providing this information as part of the entry process for
the TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search.
SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN
DATE
(NAME OF CHILD)
Entries must be postmarked by June 14, 2013,
and received by June 24, 2013. Mail entries to:
TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search
TIME FOR KIDS
P.O. Box 4817
New York, NY 10185-4817
Request for Photo (optional) Please include a recent school photo of the entrant.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED.
f. Each reporter agrees to have his/her name and likeness
used in conjunction with the TFK Kid Reporter Team.
g. All materials, manuscripts and articles will become the
property of Time Inc.
5. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: No transfer, assignment
or substitution of a prize permitted, although Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute prize (or prize component)
for an item of equal or greater value at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Nothing in these official contest rules shall obligate
Sponsor to publish or otherwise use any entry submitted
in connection with this Contest. All federal, state and local
laws and regulations apply. Entrants agree to be bound
by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions
of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining
to this Contest. By entering, Entrant represents that
any and all entry materials submitted as part of Entrant’s
Contest entry are original and will not constitute defamation
or an invasion of privacy or otherwise infringe upon
the rights of any third party, and that the Entrant owns or
has the rights to convey any and all right and title in such
materials. In addition, by entering, Entrant grants to Sponsor
a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit,
publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and
otherwise use Entrant’s submitted entry, along with Entrant’s
name, likeness, biographical information and any
other information provided by Entrant, in any and all media
for possible editorial, promotional or advertising purposes,
without further permission, notice or compensation (except
where prohibited by law). Potential Winner and parent
or legal guardian where the Potential Winner has not
reached the age of majority in his or her state of residence
at time of entry, as a condition of receiving any prize, also
may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility,
a Liability Release and, where legally permissible, a
Publicity Release and confirmation of a license as set forth
above within 7 days following the date of first attempted
notification, certifying, among other things, the following:
(a) entry does not defame or invade the privacy of any party;
(b) entry does not infringe upon the rights of any third
party; and (c) the entry materials submitted are original.
Failure to comply with this deadline may result in forfeiture
of the prize and selection of an alternate Winner. Return
of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result
in disqualification and selection of an alternate Winner.
Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for Sponsor
and its agencies to use Winner’s name and/or likeness,
biographical information and entry materials for advertising
and promotional purposes without additional compensation,
unless prohibited by law. By entering and/or accepting
prize, Entrants and Winners agree to hold Sponsor and its
promotional partners, its directors, officers, employees and
assigns harmless for liability, damages or claims for injury
or loss to any person or property, including death relating
to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, participation
in this Contest, the acceptance and/or subsequent use or
misuse, or condition of any of the prizes awarded, or claims
based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy.
False or deceptive entries or acts will render the Entrant
ineligible. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the immediate
and unrestricted right to disqualify any Entrant or
prize winner, if he or she either commits or has committed
any act, or has been involved or becomes involved in any
situation or occurrence which the Sponsor deems likely to
subject the Sponsor, Entrant or Winner to ridicule, scandal
or contempt, or which reflects unfavorably upon the Sponsor
in any way. If such information is discovered by Sponsor
after a Winner has received notice of the prize and before
the prize is awarded, Sponsor may rescind the prize in its
entirety. If a portion of the prize has already been awarded,
Sponsor may withdraw the remainder of the prize that has
not been fulfilled. Decisions of the Sponsor are final and
binding in all matters related to this paragraph. Sponsor is
not responsible for any typographical or other error in the
printing of the offer, administration of the contest or in the
announcement of the prize.
6. GOVERNING LAW: This Contest is governed by the internal
laws of the state of New York without regard to principles
of conflict of laws. All cases and claims pertaining
to this Contest must be brought in a court of competent
jurisdiction in the City of New York, without recourse to
class action suits.
7. SEVERABILITY: If any provision of these Rules is found
to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction
or appointed arbitrator, such determination shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision herein.
8. WINNER’S LIST: For name of Winner(s), available after
August 30, 2013, send a separate self-addressed, stamped
envelope to Kid Reporter Results, TIME For Kids, 1271 Avenue
of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10020. Or
log on to timeforkids.com/contest after August 30, 2013,
available for a period of 30 days.
9. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Contest is TIME For Kids,
1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.