March 1st, 2026
Extra, Extra! The Joy and Impact of Newspaper Production at Camp
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Writopia Lab, Rebecca Wallace-Segall walks through how she and her team pull off a fun and productive camp newspaper at WriCampia, the writing non-profit's two-week sleepaway camp. Wallace-Segall stresses the importance of a co-created mission with campers, some best practices, and a joyful commitment to journalism's terms and structures.
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- LA Times HS Insider: Writopia at 4th Annual YALLWEST
- Townvibe Bedford: Writopia's Léna Roy Speaks on "A Wrinkle in Time"
- Oakland Magazine: Coolest New Writing Lab for Kids
- The Washington Post: Writopia Lab for Introverted Children
- The Washington Informer: SEED Students Honored at Scholastic Writing Awards
- Broadway World: Writopia Lab's Worldwide Plays Festival
- New York Family: Alternative Summer Camps
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- New Paltz Oracle: Writopia as a Creative Outlet for Kids
- Forward: Rebecca Wallace-Segall, founder of Writopia Lab
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- Book Culture: Writopia Lab Reading
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- Johns Hopkins: Writopia's Younger Students Create at JHUMCC
- Georgetown Patch: DC Students' Plays Produced Off-Broadway
- NPR: 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
- Jersey City Independent: JC 11-Year-Old’s Play ‘9/11’ Showcased in New York Festival
- New York Times: 13-Year-Old Writopia Playwright
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- Voice of America: Program Nurtures Young Writers
- Washington Post: Inside a Writopia D.C. Workshop
- Time Out Kids: Writopia Summer Camps
- The Atlantic: A Plea for Creative Writing in Schools
- NY1: Young Playwrights Get Works Performed At Festival
- Mommy Poppins: Best New NYC Summer Day Camps for Kids
- The Epoch Times: Interview with Rebecca Wallace-Segall, founder of Writopia
- Shelf Awareness: Writopia's Lena Roy Featured at Voracious Reader
- New York Times - Arts Beat: Interview with Writopia Playwright
- Park Slope Patch: Park Slope Teen Grier Montgomery's Play Selected for Writopia's 2011 Worldwide Plays Festival
- New York Times - City Room: Interview With Dan Kitrosser, Artistic Director of Writopia's 2011 Worldwide Plays Festival
- The Arlington Connection: Writopia Lab Brings the Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards to D.C.
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- Huffington Post: 2011 Plays and Workshops
- Time Out New York: 2011 Plays Contest
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- New York Mag: Bryant Park Listing
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