June 20, 2010
Journalism Workshop Attracts Students From Six States
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Sixteen high school students from six states will be on Marshall University’s Huntington campus next week to take part in the 2010 High School Journalism Workshop sponsored by MU, the Marshall University Office of Multicultural Affairs and The Herald-Dispatch.
The students are from West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina. The workshop will help prepare them for media careers by introducing them to photography, editing, writing and reporting, according to Burnis R. Morris, the Carter G. Woodson Professor and director of the high school journalism workshop at Marshall’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Morris said the students, who also will create their own blogs, will spend a day at The Herald-Dispatch and receive air time on WMUL-FM, MU’s public radio station.
“It is not enough for high school journalism students to regurgitate what Marshall professors and volunteers from The Herald-Dispatch tell them,” Morris said. “Students will be encouraged to go beyond social-network sites and develop the ability to tell interesting stories and explain complex issues in contexts their audiences will comprehend.”
The workshop, most of which will take place in Smith Hall, runs Monday, June 21 through Friday, June 25.
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Journalism Workshop Attracts Students From Six States
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Sixteen high school students from six states will be on Marshall University’s Huntington campus next week to take part in the 2010 High School Journalism Workshop sponsored by MU, the Marshall University Office of Multicultural Affairs and The Herald-Dispatch.
The students are from West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina. The workshop will help prepare them for media careers by introducing them to photography, editing, writing and reporting, according to Burnis R. Morris, the Carter G. Woodson Professor and director of the high school journalism workshop at Marshall’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Morris said the students, who also will create their own blogs, will spend a day at The Herald-Dispatch and receive air time on WMUL-FM, MU’s public radio station.
“It is not enough for high school journalism students to regurgitate what Marshall professors and volunteers from The Herald-Dispatch tell them,” Morris said. “Students will be encouraged to go beyond social-network sites and develop the ability to tell interesting stories and explain complex issues in contexts their audiences will comprehend.”
The workshop, most of which will take place in Smith Hall, runs Monday, June 21 through Friday, June 25.
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