Summer Journalism Institute

Summer 2012

Program Description

The Summer Journalism Institute for High School Students is a two-week program that provides students with basic journalistic techniques and approaches to produce journalism in a variety of formats.

The Summer Journalism Institute allows students to channel their interest in news, storytelling, and communicating. Whether it is with words, pictures, and/or sound, this program will explore the capacity to report news and feature stories in print, broadcast, online, and over mobile technology.

Students will move beyond the traditional methods of communicating news and explore the formats of blogs, texting, such microblogs as Twitter, and using their mobile devices to take and edit pictures, and to shoot and edit video. The Summer Journalism Institute will also focus on helping students develop a greater sense of news literacy and journalistic ethics.

The Summer Journalism Institute will be taught at Emerson College's state-of-the-art journalism labs to give students the ultimate multimedia learning experience.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending the Summer Journalism Institute, students will:

• Work in pairs to conduct "man-on-the-street" interviews
• Shoot and edit video for class news packages
• Compose, shoot, and format pictures for news; write headlines; and post stories on the Journalism Institute website
• Produce feature stories on parallel Pre-College Summer Programs for the multimedia blog
• Co-anchor television news studio presentations and compile video story clips
• Gain a greater sense of news literacy and ethics
• Develop materials to demonstrate writing and communication skills for a college entrance portfolio, by producing news and feature stories

Program Schedule

Schedule is subject to change.

You may apply to participate in one of two Summer Journalism Institute sessions. The sessions offer the same academic information and housing; and the cost of the sessions is the same.

Session I will begin Sunday, July 8 and end Saturday, July 21.

Session II will begin Sunday, July 29 and end Saturday, August 11.

Who Should Apply

High school students entering grades 10, 11, and 12 during the 2012–2013 academic school year are eligible to apply. The program is suited for the high school student who has an intense interest in reporting the news and wants to gain knowledge and skills to either join or start his/her high school newspaper or television station. Current high school journalists looking to improve upon their skills for print or broadcast and who want to expand their projects to the web are also welcome to apply.

How to Apply

Applying is easy. In addition to submitting a Summer Journalism Institute Application, students will need to choose either Session I or Session II, and provide the following:

• A one-page Student Statement of Purpose describing what type of skills the student is bringing to the program and what skills the student hopes to develop during this program
• A completed Teacher Recommendation Form in a sealed envelope with the teacher's signature across the back seal
• Any web links that offer further information about the student's ability and recent work, including Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, or online school newspaper, if relevant

Admission to the Emerson College Summer Journalism Institute for High School Students is on a rolling basis. Students should apply early. Space is limited and students should not delay mailing in their materials. Once accepted, students will be mailed a complete information packet.

Application deadline: June 14, 2012

General Academic Policies

Emerson College Summer Journalism Institute students are expected to attend all lectures, participate fully in all labs, and complete all in-class and out-of-class assignments as outlined by their instructors. All students who actively participate and finish assignments and final projects will earn a Summer Journalism Institute Certificate of Completion from the College.

The Residence Hall

Emerson College Summer Journalism Institute for High School Students offers on-campus housing in a supervised, air-conditioned, and secured residence hall. Students are often housed in four- and six-person suites with two- and three-person rooms. Each suite consists of a common area and bathroom. Each resident is provided with a bed frame, mattress, desk, desk chair, closet or wardrobe unit, dresser, and individual Internet port. Every room is equipped with a cable jack.

Housing assignments are based on gender, age, and similar interests. Students who cause damage to their rooms or common areas or who lose their room keys will be subject to additional fees.

Supervision

Students will be supervised by professional staff and student staff members who live on campus, explain College policy, refer residents to College services and offices, respond to emergency situations, and act as a general source of support for student residents.

Program Costs

The Emerson College Summer Journalism Institute for High School Students is designed as a residential program. The cost of the program is $2,695 per student and includes room and board (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

Arts and Communication Pre-College Studio Programs

Emerson College offers five-week summer programs for high school students. If you are interested in pre-college non-credit programs in filmmaking, studio television production, stage acting, musical theatre performance, stage design, or creative writing, please visit Arts and Communication Pre-College Studio Programs.

The College also offers five-week summer programs for credit. If you are interested in a credit program in film production, film writing, or college writing, please visit Arts and Communication Pre-College Credit Programs.

EMERSON COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY PROVISION OF THIS PROGRAM AT ANY TIME. THE COLLEGE SPECIFICALLY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ITS TUITION RATES AND ANY OTHER FINANCIAL CHARGES. THE COLLEGE ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REARRANGE ITS COURSES AND CLASS HOURS, TO DROP COURSES FOR WHICH REGISTRATION FALLS BELOW THE MINIMUM ENROLLMENT, AND TO CHANGE INSTRUCTOR ASSIGNMENTS.