United High School Media will be held on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University.
Information on judging, guidelines and entry forms will be posted in the coming weeks.
For more information or to be added to the mailing list, please contact Sarah McIntyre at sarah.mcintyre@marshall.edu or 304-696-2363.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Workshop students featured in West Virginia Public Broadcasting story
Click to view article or listen to the broadcast on WVPubCast
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.
High school students learn journalism from college professors
 |
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
Click here to view article and photo gallery on Herald Dispatch or see below.
High school students attend workshop
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
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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
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331 Smith Hall
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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.
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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.
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Break
|
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6:15 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
|
INTERVIEWING, WRITING
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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
|
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3 p.m.-4:15
|
DESIGN I
|
Professor Sandy Savage
|
Smith 331
|
Break
|
|||
4:30
|
DINNER
|
w/ counselors, Morris
|
Gross Room/Harless
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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
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