Auburn University High School Journalism Workshop
High school students gained hands-on experience in the many aspects of journalism during the 10th annual summer workshop hosted by Auburn University’s Department of Communication and Journalism. The workshop was Sunday, June 17, 2012, through Friday, June 22, 2012, on the Auburn University campus for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Participants wrote write news, columns, feature and sports stories, learned the art of photojournalism, and how to shoot and edit video. All participants created their own websites to showcase their work from the workshop.
Three of the very best workshop students were awarded $1,000 journalism scholarships.
In addition, participants visited the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, which is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. While in Montgomery, participants toured a television station, a newspaper and meet with professional journalists.
The cost was $500 per student and included the registration fee, all meals, equipment, field trips and lodging for five days. This fee also covers the cost for the participant and two guests to eat at the closing banquet and keynote address on Friday, June 22.
For one week, participants became reporters and multimedia producers who were ready for any assignment that might arise in a high school environment. Not only did they learn how to report and edit the news, they understood and appreciated the passion journalists have for their work. The participants will spent the week learning about the media from professional journalists and from Auburn University faculty.
Students will stayed in an AU campus residence hall with college-age chaperones. Dr. Jennifer Wood Adams, journalism program director, and Associate Professor Nan Fairley served as co-directors of the 10th annual workshop.
“To get the very best high school students to select journalism as a career, we need to fuel a passion for journalism in those students,” Adams said. “We hope through this journalism workshop that we are able to help spark that passion in the next generation of reporters and media professionals.”
The Alabama Press Association Foundation, PACERS, an Alabama rural community-outreach program, and the Department of Communication and Journalism provided financial support for the workshop.
“Our faculty are eager and excited about this wonderful opportunity to work with top students in the region,” said Fairley, who founded the workshop in 2001. “It will be a fun-filled program that will put students in direct contact with leading professionals in the media.”
For more information, contact Adams at (334) 844-2751 or by email at [email protected]. Join our Facebook group to see the websites and blogs the 2012 participants created, as well as pictures from the workshop. The group Web address is: www.facebook.com/groups/128295373869450/ or type “Auburn University High School Journalism Workshop” into the Facebook search window.
The 2013 High School Journalism workshop will be June 16 to June 21. Check out our website for detailed information about upcoming workshops: www.cla.auburn.edu/cmjn/initiatives/high-school-journalism-workshop/
Participants wrote write news, columns, feature and sports stories, learned the art of photojournalism, and how to shoot and edit video. All participants created their own websites to showcase their work from the workshop.
Three of the very best workshop students were awarded $1,000 journalism scholarships.
In addition, participants visited the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, which is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. While in Montgomery, participants toured a television station, a newspaper and meet with professional journalists.
The cost was $500 per student and included the registration fee, all meals, equipment, field trips and lodging for five days. This fee also covers the cost for the participant and two guests to eat at the closing banquet and keynote address on Friday, June 22.
For one week, participants became reporters and multimedia producers who were ready for any assignment that might arise in a high school environment. Not only did they learn how to report and edit the news, they understood and appreciated the passion journalists have for their work. The participants will spent the week learning about the media from professional journalists and from Auburn University faculty.
Students will stayed in an AU campus residence hall with college-age chaperones. Dr. Jennifer Wood Adams, journalism program director, and Associate Professor Nan Fairley served as co-directors of the 10th annual workshop.
“To get the very best high school students to select journalism as a career, we need to fuel a passion for journalism in those students,” Adams said. “We hope through this journalism workshop that we are able to help spark that passion in the next generation of reporters and media professionals.”
The Alabama Press Association Foundation, PACERS, an Alabama rural community-outreach program, and the Department of Communication and Journalism provided financial support for the workshop.
“Our faculty are eager and excited about this wonderful opportunity to work with top students in the region,” said Fairley, who founded the workshop in 2001. “It will be a fun-filled program that will put students in direct contact with leading professionals in the media.”
For more information, contact Adams at (334) 844-2751 or by email at [email protected]. Join our Facebook group to see the websites and blogs the 2012 participants created, as well as pictures from the workshop. The group Web address is: www.facebook.com/groups/128295373869450/ or type “Auburn University High School Journalism Workshop” into the Facebook search window.
The 2013 High School Journalism workshop will be June 16 to June 21. Check out our website for detailed information about upcoming workshops: www.cla.auburn.edu/cmjn/initiatives/high-school-journalism-workshop/