MURFREESBORO — High school journalists have a great opportunity to tackle hands-on
assignments in the field by attending the 2016 “Innovation J-Camp” July 11-15
at the Center for Innovation in Media in MTSU’s College of Media and
Entertainment.
Now in its second year, the weeklong
workshop will teach young journalists to become innovative digital storytellers
who are able to produce stories for multiple platforms, including video, Web,
mobile and print.
Participants who’ll be in ninth through 12th
grades this fall are eligible to attend. They’ll learn daily about news basics
and new media platforms, then tackle assignments in the field with camp
instructors.
By week’s end, each camper will post stories
— complete with photos and videos — on a special website the group will build
and manage to showcase their multimedia project.
The cost of the five-day camp is $150
person, which covers all materials, equipment and lunches. The Center for
Innovation in Media is located inside the Bragg Media and Entertainment
Building on campus; a searchable
campus map of MTSU, complete with parking details, is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
The center, also known as the CIM, opened in
2012 and combines
the newsrooms for Sidelines, MTSU’s student news site; WMTS-FM, the student
radio station; Match Records, the student record label; and MT10 News, the
student-operated cable television station. WMOT-FM, MTSU’s 100,000-watt National
Public Radio affiliate, also is housed in the center.
The CIM enables students from all media
disciplines to hone their skills under the same roof in a state-of-the-art
facility. Center Director Val Hoeppner, who’s worked in digital, mobile and
multiplatform journalism for more than 15 years, will serve as lead instructor for
Innovation J-Camp.
You can see the 2015 J-campers’ projects at http://innovationjcamp.org/category/stories-from-2015-j-camp.
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