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Summer 2007 Broadcast Workshops for High School Students

Sign-up deadlines for most of these classes may have passed. Call or email the school to see if there still is an opening.

 

 

American University

Washington, DC

Workshops start June 18 through summer

http://soc.american.edu/content.cfm?id=55

American University’s Discover the World of Communication summer workshops for high school students cover broadcasting, news- and sports- writing, filmmaking, digital editing and more. Activities, guest speakers, events, and field trips are planned regularly throughout the summer.

 

 

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Workshops start July 22 through summer

http://www.bsujournalismworkshops.com.

This summer, we're offering summer journalism workshops for both advisers and students. You can check out information about them by going to our Web site at

Information: Adam Maksl, assistant director Journalism Workshops, Department of Journalism, ammaksl@bsu.edu.

Belmont University
New Century Journalism Program
Nashville, TN 37212
Workshop: June 26-29
At Journalism-Camp at Belmont University, you take courses in newswriting, newspaper layout and design; online journalism; blogging, video journalism; telling stories across broadcast, print and online media. Seminars will be hosted by local media professionals from The Tennessean, WKRN, WSMV, WTVF, WZTV and WPLN. Contact Bonnie Wagonfield @wagonfieldb@mail.belmont.edu.

 

Boston University

College of Communication/Institute for Film, Television and Radio Production

Boston, MA

Workshops start July 9

http://www.bu.edu/com/itrp/

Divided into three eight-day sessions, ITRP offers hands-on workshops, seminars and guest lectures. Students choose their top three subjects from television studio, radio, television field, film and nonlinear editing, which run Monday morning through Friday afternoon. Friday afternoons are devoted to single-topic seminars on writing, directing or producing. During the week, late-afternoon guest lectures by industry professionals offer further insight into careers in advertising, broadcast journalism and public relations.

 

 

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

Workshops start July 15 through summer

Example:

July 15-19; July 21-25
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/HSJI/students.html

Television News: For those who want to work on a school community television news program, this limited enrollment workshop will cover the basics of camera operation, TV news assignments, story editing and final packaging of stories.

 

 

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823
Workshop: August 5-9

http://www.mipa.jrn.msu.edu
The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Summer Journalism Workshop offers courses in design, writing, photography, yearbook, newspaper, broadcast, cartooning, information graphics. Contact Cheryl Pell at pell@msu.ed.

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

June 24 – July 27

www.northwestern.edu/nhsi

The National High School Institute is designed for students who wish to become better writers and editors for print or broadcast. More than that, however, you’ll study journalism from a “professional’s perspective,” learning from top-notch practitioners and distinguished college teachers. You’ll sharpen your journalistic skills, including writing news and feature stories, editorials, and television news; participate in seminars covering such subjects as ethics, interviewing techniques, and online media; and enjoy field trips to Chicago’s media and other locations.

 

 

Oxford Film and Media School

Oxford, England

Workshop: Four-week program in July

www.oxfordmediaschool.com

The School brings together a film school, a “newsroom in Europe” for young journalists, a basic course in how to make one’s own documentaries, and drama as a second subject for students. Students work as a team to make a television documentary. Fieldwork is an essential component of the course, and excursions include visits to the news bureaus of ABC News, CBS News, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as visits to the BBC and Independent Television to watch programs in the making. Contact Desmond Smith at the URL provided.

 

 

Penn State University

State College, PA

Workshops: July 15-19 and July 22-26

www.outreach.psu.edu/communicationsinstitutes/

In the Penn State Institute for High School Broadcast Journalists, you will learn and apply interviewing skills, writing and photojournalism tools, and will produce a newscast with professional equipment. The program will be taught by faculty of the College of Communications and by professionals from local television stations. Contact Russell Eshleman at ree4@psu.edu.

During the Penn State Institute for High School Radio Broadcasting, you can learn how to report on real-life events, record live interviews, write your own material, and layer and edit sound digitally. Special tips and events for sports fans. The program will culminate in a live broadcast that will be available on the Internet. Contact Julie Evak at jge@psu.edu.

 

 

Union College

Schenectady, NY

Workshops: Two-week sessions starting in July

www.union.edu/fivepoints

Communications and journalism professionals seek to inform, educate, and entertain their audiences through a wide variety of media, including newspapers, television, and radio. In the Five Points Academic Group, a unique summer program for high schoolers, students study the foundation of skills necessary for success in communications and learn to differentiate factual reporting from sensationalism and editorial content.

 

 

University of Iowa
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Workshop: July 22-26

http://www.uiowa.edu/~journshp

Courses: Yearbook, newspaper-newsmagazine, design and redesign, digital and darkroom photojournalism, broadcast, Web site design. For information, contact Vanessa Shelton at vanesssa-shelton@iowa.edu.

 

 

University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Workshop: July 22-26
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa
The Nebraska High School Press Association NHSPA Summer Journalism Workshop features courses in journalistic writing, yearbook production, photography, newspaper graphics, editorial leadership and broadcast production.  Contact Cathy Davis at nhspaworkshop@gmail.com.


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UNC Chapel Hill is still accepting applications for students - and teachers -- who wish to participate in the TV News portion of the NC Scholastic Media Institute June 18-21. Dr. C.A. Tuggle, director of electronic communication sequence, will be teaching the classes. Students produce a newscast that is aired at the closing awards brunch. The school also offers two $625 cash scholarships to the top two students in the sequence. Cost is $160, which includes lodging, instruction and two meals. Contact Monica Hill at mihill@email.unc.edu.


University of South Carolina
College of Mass Communications and Information Studies
Columbia, SC
Workshop: June 13-17
www.sc.edu/cmcis/so/sipa/cji/index.html
USC’s Carolina Journalism Institute offers courses in advertising-business, adviser, broadcast, desktop publishing, journalistic writing, literary magazine, newspaper, newsmagazine, photojournalism, reporting, yearbook. Contact Karen Flowers at flowersk@gwm.sc.edu.

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Workshop: June 16–21
jackie.bretz@wku.edu

At Rock Your Summer, you’ll find a two-day course InDesign, Photoshop, broadcasting and journalistic writing, and a four-day photography course.

 

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