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AAJA JCamp '14 Now Accepting Applications

  • 2014-02-06 11:17 AM
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    Anonymous

    JCamp is a six-day intensive journalism training for high school students. Students learn from professional journalists and get hands-on training in writing, photography, television broadcasting, online media, and reporting. Sessions and workshops are led by experienced journalists from top media companies. JCamp is an all-expenses-paid program with travel, meals and lodging covered by AAJA’s partners.

    JCamp 2014 will be hosted by Emerson College in Boston Massachusetts.

    Eligibility & Required Materials: Applicants of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to apply. JCamp is open to high school students currently in their freshman, sophomore or junior year. Before you begin, please make sure you gather all of the information you will need.

    Required Materials

    • Your most recent high school transcript (PDF or JPG)
    • A letter of recommendation from a teacher (PDF or JPG)
    • Two essays answering the two questions below, each approximately 250 words in length.
      • A) If you could interview any living person, who would it be and why? What would you ask that person?
      • B) Why do you think you should be selected for JCamp?
    • Work samples are optional and should be submitted as links in the space provided on the application.

    Eligibility

    • Be a high school student currently in your freshman, sophomore or junior year.
    • Be a citizen, national or legal permanent resident of the U.S.

     

    Click here to apply online.

     

    MORE ABOUT JCAMP

    AAJA’s JCamp is a national multicultural journalism program for high school students. The six-day training camp brings together a culturally diverse group of students from across the nation to learn from veteran journalists and leading media executives. JCamp participants will receive hands-on training and produce multiplatform news packages for the program’s news site, JCamp Live.

    JCamp’s goal is to develop the next generation of journalists. This six-day training camp brings together a multicultural group of high school students from across the nation to sharpen their journalism skills and work together in a unique learning environment. The curriculum consists of interactive workshops, hands-on training and field trips.

    The selected students demonstrate a keen interest in broadcasting, newspaper, magazine, photojournalism or online media. This program is not limited to Asian American students and is open to all high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors. There is no fee to apply and all costs are covered  undefined including airfare, lodging and meals. Students stay in university housing during the camp week.

    JCamp strives to ensure excellence in the profession for decades to come by confronting the lack of diversity in journalism, not just in race but in factors including socioeconomics, geography and religion. With diverse media teams, future readers, viewers and listeners will get different views on government, human interest, entertainment, recreation, science, medicine, national and international news.

    The curriculum focuses on teaching and ingraining the following core principles:

    • The Value of Cross-Cultural Communication Skills – This heightened awareness comes from interactions with peers and mentors from completely different environments and backgrounds, along with training in the basics of effective interpersonal skills and the importance of creating inclusive environments as colleagues and journalists.
    • The Fundamentals of Leadership – Faculty work with students on persuasive communication skills, teamwork, professionalism, project management, developing a personal identity and accountability.
    • The Importance of Diversity in the Newsroom and in Media Coverage – JCamp fosters an appreciation for diverse viewpoints and reporting in diverse communities. Students also learn why it is important that media outlets reflect the communities they cover.
    • Strong Ethics in Journalism Practice – Students gain an understanding of the universal ethics of good journalism and the responsibilities of the media to cover communities with sensitivity and high standards.
    • The Value of Networking & Career Mapping – Regardless of a student’s eventual career choice, each will go home with an understanding of how to pursue a profession and an appreciation for the importance of networking and building relationships with mentors and peers.

    JCamp speakers have included Madhulika Sikka, executive editor of NPR News; Brian Williams, “NBC Nightly News” anchor and managing editor; Jill Abramson, executive editor of the New York Times; Toure, co-host of “The Cycle” and author of “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?”; Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning Watergate reporter; Damon Winter, Pulitzer Prize-winning staff photographer at the New York Times; Hoda Kotb, co-anchor of the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today”; Soledad O’Brien, CNN anchor; Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer; and Raju Narisetti, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Digital Network.

    Since the first JCamp in 2001, more than 500 of the nation’s brightest young people have graduated from JCamp. Some of the graduates of JCamp have gone on to become professional journalists. A few of these alumni include:

    • Terrell Brown, JCamp 2002: After attending JCamp, Brown was awarded a full scholarship for broadcasting excellence by the National Press Club. In 2009, at age 22, Brown was named a CBS News correspondent undefined the youngest in that network’s history.
    • Jessica Carballo, JCamp 2004: Carballo won the Sun-Sentinel Correspondent of the Year Award, the Sun-Sentinel scholarship upon high school graduation, and she was the Miami Herald Silver Knight Winner in Journalism. She worked as a ABC production intern at WPLG-TV in Miami and is a 2010 graduate of Yale University.
    • Arelis Hernandez, JCamp 2004: Hernandez graduated in 2009 from the University of Maryland, majoring in broadcast journalism. During her senior year at the university, Hernandez was named to the select list of the Top 100 Student Journalists in the country. She is a breaking-news reporter for the Orlando Sentinel.
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