Auburn University High School Journalism Workshop
High school students from across the country gained hands-on experience in journalism during the ninth annual summer workshop hosted by Auburn University’s Department of Communication and Journalism.
The workshop was June 19 through 24 on the Auburn University campus.
During the workshop, participants competed for several $1,000 journalism scholarships to Auburn University.
For one week, participants became print 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 spent the week learning about the media from professional journalists and Auburn University faculty.
Dr. Jennifer Wood Adams, journalism program director, and Associate Professor Nan Fairley are the co-directors of the 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, the AU College of Liberal Arts and The Mobile Press-Register provided financial support for the workshop to offset the cost for participants.
“Our faculty were eager and excited about this wonderful opportunity to work with top students in the region,” said Fairley, who founded the workshop in 2001. “It was a fun-filled program that put students in direct contact with leading professionals in the media.”
Information about the 2012 workshop will be available in January.
Join our Facebook group to see the websites and blogs the participants created, as well as pictures from the workshop. The group Web address is: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=128295373869450 or type “Auburn University Summer Journalism Workshop” into the Facebook search window.
For more information on the Auburn University journalism program, please visit: http://cla-web.auburn.edu/cmjn/
The workshop was June 19 through 24 on the Auburn University campus.
During the workshop, participants competed for several $1,000 journalism scholarships to Auburn University.
For one week, participants became print 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 spent the week learning about the media from professional journalists and Auburn University faculty.
Dr. Jennifer Wood Adams, journalism program director, and Associate Professor Nan Fairley are the co-directors of the 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, the AU College of Liberal Arts and The Mobile Press-Register provided financial support for the workshop to offset the cost for participants.
“Our faculty were eager and excited about this wonderful opportunity to work with top students in the region,” said Fairley, who founded the workshop in 2001. “It was a fun-filled program that put students in direct contact with leading professionals in the media.”
Information about the 2012 workshop will be available in January.
Join our Facebook group to see the websites and blogs the participants created, as well as pictures from the workshop. The group Web address is: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=128295373869450 or type “Auburn University Summer Journalism Workshop” into the Facebook search window.
For more information on the Auburn University journalism program, please visit: http://cla-web.auburn.edu/cmjn/