Twenty students chosen for ThreeSixty summer workshop
Twenty high school students have been chosen to participate in this summer’s ThreeSixty Summer Journalism Workshop at the University of St. Thomas.
The two-week journalism camp will be held June 17-29 at the St. Thomas campus in St. Paul. Six of the students selected are African-American, seven are Asian-American, three are Latino and four are Caucasian. Eight of them will also participate in a one-week broadcasting camp from July 3-7.... Read more >>
Journalism in junior high - from reacting to reporting
Today as I led the class, {{I found myself struggling}} to capture the attention of these 7th and 8th graders. I couldn’t keep them from talking to each other. I couldn’t give them definite answers to their questions. I felt like I was losing ground with them.
I told myself, “Boy, this is going to be hard.”... Read more >>
Getting up early pays off
Summertime is about fun and games. Well, that’s what warm weather and a break from school meant in elementary and high schools. As college graduation moves closer, I realize that {{summer is just an extension of the school year.}} Last summer included setting an alarm for 6:30 a.m., so I could report to WCCO-TV by 9 a.m. for an internship.... Read more >>
Asking tough questions
I cross my fingers and hope it isn’t her. I lift the phone receiver and I listen to the message. Her voice is on the other end. There are few times in my life when I have dreaded checking my voicemail. {{As an intern,}} when I got a new message, my face lit up as much as the new message indicator light on my phone. Whether it was a compliment, a complaint or a story tip, I knew someone was actually reading what I wrote. But I don’t feel that way today.Read more >>
