Thursday, June 28, 2012

Workshop students featured in West Virginia Public Broadcasting story

 Click to view article or listen to the broadcast on WVPubCast


High school students learn journalism from college professors

Marshall campus

By Clark Davis
June 28, 2012 · High school students visited Marshall University this week to learn about journalism and what it’s like to pursue it as a career.

Twelve students from places like Poca, Charleston and even North Carolina took part in a 4 day journalism workshop that expanded their knowledge on the field. Kristin Chung is from North Carolina and says it was something she/he had to be part of.

“I’ve seen journalism programs where I live and I wanted to be able to see a journalism program farther away, experience West Virginia and I heard they had a good program so I was interested in coming,” Chung said.

The workshop is held each year for students looking to make their local journalism programs better or who are going to enter Marshall University in the fall and is in its 4th year. The students get to stay on campus for free and eat free while also learning from college professors. Chung is interested in print journalism; she said this workshop offered a different experience than others might.

“I think it was definitely great to meet professors because you don’t get to do that at a lot of other places and really see their curriculum and it was great being able to tour the dispatch and see the radio program here, that’s really unique,” Chung said.

Burnis Morris is a journalism professor at Marshall and Director of the High School Journalism Workshop. Morris said he likes working with a small group of kids, from 10-15, to ensure they get proper attention. He said the key is to provide them with a better knowledge of what news is.

“I want them to have a better sense of what journalism is, from reading hundreds of different high school newspapers across the country, I get the feeling that many of them don’t much in the way of news, there is very little in news judgment and we want to help them understand what news is,” Morris said. 

The students took part in lectures focused on digital photography, broadcast journalism, print writing and radio. They also visited and shadowed reporters for the Herald-Dispatch newspaper in Huntington. Morris said in the end he just hopes that the students come away with a new knowledge in many areas of journalism.

“We put them through a rigorous session to help them understand how to one improve their high school publications and two we have a couple of people that are going to be entering Marshall in the fall and this gives them a jump start to their college careers,” Morris said.

Broadcast Journalism Professor Chris Swindell led a discussion on ethics in photojournalism.

“These people are saying they may want to go into journalism so a really good thing is to take them and give them a dose of reality in the summer before they return to school and maybe then they can make better decisions about whether they really want to do this,” Swindell said.

Swindell said the professors hope that students will take away something that will change their impressions of journalism or help shape what they want to do with their life.

“That they find something they’re passionate about, be passionate about it and try to go out and make a change and I’m not particularly interested in what they’re passionate about, just that they be passionate in an apathetic culture,” Swindell said.

Jocelyn Gibson is a student in the workshops, and she’s from Braxton County. She said she’s set to enroll in the Journalism program at Marshall in the fall so the experience was well worth it.

“I thought it would be a good opportunity to network and meet some people from the college and get a little experience in journalism that I didn’t have previously and I enjoy writing and I think that’s what I want to do,” Gibson said.

The workshop was sponsored by the Division of Multicultural Affairs at Marshall, the Herald-Dispatch and the School of Journalism.

Students in Journalism Workshop featured in Herald Dispatch

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High school students attend workshop

June 27, 2012 @ 09:50 PM

HUNTINGTON -- High school students from West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina spent several days at Marshall University this week learning about journalism.
The students arrived on campus Sunday and ended the workshop on Wednesday. The workshop, which is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, also offered the students an opportunity to visit The Herald-Dispatch. They received a tour of the building and also went on story assignments with reporters.

Other sessions included an overview of journalism, including sessions on writing, interviewing, photography and page design. The sessions were led by Marshall faculty and staff, including Dr. Burnis R. Morris, Carter G. Woodson Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications; Sarah McIntyre, the director of United High School Media and assistant director of the high school workshop; Dr. George Arnold, professor emeritus; Dr. Charles Bailey, professor of journalism and mass communications and faculty manager of WMUL-FM; Dan Hollis, associate professor and interim assistant dean; Rebecca Johnson, associate professor; Rob Rabe, assistant professor; Dr. Chris Swindell, associate professor; Sandy York, assistant professor; Tammy Reynolds, office manager; and Ruby Dyer, who recently retired from Wayne High School after 38 years teaching journalism and English.

The students who participated in the workshop are: Morgan Byrne, a junior at Poca High School; Ben Canfield, a senior at Charleston Catholic High School; Kristen Chung, a senior at Green Hope High School in North Carolina; Molly Dixon, senior at Huntington High School; Jocelyn Gibson, recent graduate of Braxton County High School; Ally Lawhon, a junior at Hurricane High School; Kylie Rutherford, a junior at Wayne High School; Shalee Rogney, a recent graduate of Amelia High School in Ohio; Sara Ryan, a senior at Lewis County (W.Va.) HIgh School; Samuel Smith, senior at Huntington High School; Allie White, a junior at Lewis County (W.Va.) High School; and Olivia Zarilla, a junior at Cabell Huntington High School.



Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Note: Changes to housing assignments


Please note the change on the schedule. Due to construction at Gibson Hall, workshop housing has been moved to Wellman Hall. This is located at 1710 Sixth Ave. It is in the same vicinity as Gibson Hall, but is a different building.  

A map can be found at www.marshall.edu/campus (click on printable map on the left side-Wellman Hall is labeled Marshall Commons.) Or, you can visit http://www.marshall.edu/housing/maps.asp to see a different map.

We will meet at Wellman Hall on Sunday, June 24 at 10 a.m. to sign in/register and receive your housing assignments. If you have any questions about how to get to Wellman Hall or campus, please contact me at 304-696-2363 or sarah.mcintyre@marshall.edu, or contact professor Morris at 304-696-4635 or morrisb@marshall.edu. We look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday.

Campus Map


Registration and sign-in/housing assignments are in Wellman Hall Sunday, June 24 at 10 a.m. On this map, it is labeled #42, Marshall Commons. To view a more specific map, you can visit www.marshall.edu/housing/maps.asp

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

2012 High School Journalism Workshop Schedule


Daily Course Schedule*
Marshall University School of Journalism and Mass Communications
High School Journalism Workshop
June 24-27, 2012

Sunday, June 24
Hour
Topic
Instructor and/or Staff
Comments
10 a.m.
REGISTRATION
Residence Hall check-in.
Sarah McIntyre, Burnis Morris, Meghann Ferguson, Adam Rogers, Hunter Morrison
Meet in lobby of Wellman Hall. 1710 Sixth Ave. See campus map.
11 a.m.
TOUR
Meghann Ferguson, counselor
Please conclude the tour by 11:29 a.m. and bring students to Shawkey Room, Memorial Student Center.
11:30 a.m.
WELCOME -- LUNCH
Introductions, review of rules.
Interim Dean Janet Dooley, Professor Morris
Workshop rules; Introductions. Location: second floor, Memorial Student Center – Shawkey Room.
12:30
BREAK

Counselors
Students escorted to Smith Hall by counselors.
12:45-2 p.m.
WRITING I
Dr. George Arnold, professor emeritus
331 Smith Hall
2 p.m.
BREAK
Counselors

2:15-3:15 p.m.
RESEARCH METHODS FOR REPORTERS
Professor Rob Rabe
Smith Hall 331
3:15 p.m.
BREAK
Counselors
Students escorted by counselors to Smith Hall.
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
USING COMPUTERS, BLOGGING
Sarah McIntyre, Morris
Smith Hall 331.
4:30 p.m.-5 p.m. dinner;
5 p.m.-6 p.m. Lecture

PROFESSOR DAN HOLLIS lectures promptly  at 5 p.m.
Speaker, Professor Dan Hollis, interim assistant dean.
w /counselors, faculty. Gross Room.
Break



6:15 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
INTERVIEWING, WRITING
Professor Morris; other faculty encouraged to assist.
Smith Hall 331. Students will interview, write stories for their blogs.
Break



7:45 p.m.-9 p.m.
WMUL – On the air
Spanky Rogers
2nd floor, Communications Building.

Break
FREE TIME -- GETTING ACQUAINTED
w/counselors

counselors

10 p.m.
LOCKDOWN!
w/counselors

11 p.m.
LIGHTS OUT!
w/counselors


Monday, June 25
Hour
Topic
Instructor and/or Staff
Comments
7 a.m.-8 a.m.
Breakfast
Counselors
Harless. Students will be escorted to Smith Hall for 8:10 session.
8:10 a.m.
Reading Dispatch: News Quiz
Professor Morris
Smith 331
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Professor Rebecca Johnson
Smith 331
Break



10:45 a.m.-11:59 a.m.
WRITING II
Dr. Arnold
Smith 331
Noon-1 p.m.
LUNCH
w/counselors, available  faculty
Students will be escorted to Harless.
Break


Students will be escorted to Smith Hall
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
LAW
Professor Dan Hollis
Smith 331
Break



3 p.m.-4:15
DESIGN I
Professor Sandy Savage
Smith 331
Break



4:30
DINNER
w/ counselors, Morris
Gross Room/Harless
6:30 p.m.-9:59 p.m.
EVENING ACTIVITIES
w/Counselors
TBA
10 p.m.
LOCKDOWN!
w/counselors

11 p.m.
LIGHTS OUT!
w/counselors




 Tuesday, June 26
THE HERALD-DISPATCH
Hour
Topic
Instructor and/or Staff
Comments
7 a.m.-8 a.m.
Breakfast
counselors
Harless. Students will be escorted to Smith Hall for 8:10 a.m. session.
8:10 a.m.
Reading Dispatch: News Quiz/Roundtable Discussion
Professor Morris
Smith 331
9 a.m.
Walk to Dispatch

Counselors will escort students to H-D.
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sessions at Dispatch, lunch

Herald-Dispatch
4-4:29 p.m.
Return to campus


Break



5-9 p.m.
EVENING ACTIVITIES
Dinner
Counselors
TBA
10 p.m.
LOCKDOWN!
w/counselors

11 p.m.
LIGHTS OUT!
w/counselors



Wednesday, June 27
Hour
Topic
Instructor and/or Staff
Comments
7 a.m.-7:30 a.m.
BREAKFAST
counselors
Harless
7:45 -8:30 a.m.
MU Online, Financial Aid
TBA
Smith Hall 331
8:45-9:45 a.m.
ETHICS &PHOTO MANIPULATION
Dr. Chris Swindell
CB 135
9:45 a.m.-11 a.m.
COVERING SPORTS
Dr. Chuck Bailey
 WMUL studio
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
EVALUATION; COMMENCEMENT
Counselors, faculty
WMUL studio



Dorm eviction – Noon


*Schedule is tentative and subject to change