Adviser Update Spring 2016 | Page 47

MISSOURI URBAN JOURNALISM WORKSHOP Since 1971, the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Mo. and Dow Jones News Fund have provided an intensive, nine-day workshop to immerse high school students from all over the country in the world of professional journalism. Participants will produce print stories for the Urban Pioneer, published online by the Columbia Missourian. Some students will also produce television stories for KOMU, the local NBC affiliate. Workshop participants are funded by scholarship and selected based on a competitive application process. Workshop dates: July 9-17 Application Deadline: April 15 Cost: $25 Application Fee, scholarships available Contact: Anna Romero, Workshop Director (573) 882-6031 [email protected] Camp ASB at Lee’s Summit West High School in Lee’s Summit, Mo. from July 23-28, is a hands-on workshop that teaches students Broadcasting skills. There is a strong focus on storytelling, camera skills, writing and editing. Students will produce a show by the end of the week. Application Deadline: May 15 Cost: $575.00/$350.00 for commuters Contact: Karrie Smythia Lee’s Summit West High School (816) 547-4689 [email protected] N 47 EVADA JEA Advisers Institute at the LINQ Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. from July 11-14, brings journalism teachers from across the country together for a week of adviserspecific training and networking. Application Deadline: July 11 Cost: $155 Session One: July 5-15 at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J Session Two: July 5-15 at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J. Session Three: July 18-29 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Session Four: July 18-29 at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. Application Deadline: June 3 Cost: none Contact: Kelly Furnas, Executive Director Journalism Education Association (785) 532-7822 [email protected] Contact: Shannon Schmitt, Director of Marketing, Write on Sports (973) 330-7674 [email protected] N Princeton Summer Journalism Program August 5- 15 at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. EW JERSEY Boyd Journalism Diversity Workshop July 24-30 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. During the workshop, high school students will live in university housing for a one-week stay; learn about news, feature, and sports writing; learn to write for the web, including blogging; prepare photos, slide shows, and videos for the web; attend editing sessions with professional journalists; and work together to publish a workshop webzine. Application Deadline: May 1 Cost: none Contact: Karyn Collins (973) 748-4245 [email protected] Write on Sports Summer Camps Currently sixth and seventh graders in The Orange (for session one) , Clifton and Hawthorne (for session four), and Newark (for sessions two and three) are invited to join in a fun, two-week day camp. Students will interview athletes, journalists and broadcasters and attend at least one sports event. They will write stories, blog and make videos to report on their activities. The camp is free and transportation and lunch are provided. The 2016 Princeton Summer Journalism Program is an allexpenses-paid journalism and college preparation program at Princeton University for students from lowincome backgrounds. Students learn reporting skills from celebrated journalists, report and write their own newspaper, and are paired with a counselor who oversees their college admissions process. Application Deadline: February 26 Cost: none, including travel Contact: Azza Cohen (847) 280-1783 [email protected] N EW YORK The 2016 High School Summer Academy at The King’s College Beginning July 31, spend a week in New York taking liberal arts coursework in journalism at the Summer Academy of The King’s College. Visit a New York City newsroom and study with Paul Glader, a WSJ journalist and professor. Cost: $1,950 (covers the costs of meals, lodging, site visits, travel in NYC, lectures, and (1) academic credit Visit go.tkc.edu/summer-academy for more information