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2012 UJW Off to Great Start

6/20/2012

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UWJ participants look on as Diederich College multimedia specialist Jennifer Janviere demonstrates camera settings.
One hails from Minnesota, one from North Carolina, the rest from Wisconsin and Illinois. Some know they want to become journalists, having had various levels of experience in class, their school newspapers or yearbook clubs. Others are considering making it a career or getting their first exposure to what it takes and means to be a reporter.

These 18 high school students comprise the 2012 Urban Journalism Workshop (UJW) at the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. The annual two-week summer program focuses on multimedia news gathering and has inspired nearly 400 students to consider the profession since it began more than 25 years ago.

This year’s group came together during an orientation on Sunday. It’s wonderful to see how well they work together and enjoy being with one another. It’s even better how engaged they were during the first two days of instruction. They asked great questions during an interviewing exercise. They produced impressive images from across the university’s campus after a photography lesson yesterday morning. They also acquitted themselves decently during their first live-tweeting assignment, at the Brewers vs. Blue Jays baseball game at Miller Park last night.

I will rejoin the program as an instructor on Monday, after presenting on digital branding at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair today in New Orleans, and attending the Teachapalooza conference for journalism educators this weekend at the Poynter Institute in Florida. By then, the students will be well into producing their multimedia packages after learning plenty more about telling stories using text, images, audio and video.

Assuming they do what was asked of them, I’m eager to read their daily blog posts – each student created his or her own digital portfolio on Monday – and interact with them via Twitter and the #muujw hashtag while away. Something tells me this great group of potential journalists won't let me down.

Fact: the basement is open pretty much all day & it's where everyone goes after class. Fact: it has free wifi #MUUJW twitter.com/BriStubler/sta…

— Brianna Stubler (@BriStubler) June 19, 2012

Preparing for Brewers' game tonight. Hopefully it is fun. #muujw #brewers #millerpark

— Madelynne Miller (@madelynnemiller) June 19, 2012

We are heading back to Marquette on the bus right now. I think I am experiencing some tweeting fatigue! I am ready to go to bed. #muujw

— William Frank Kobin (@williamkobin) June 20, 2012
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Patrick Leary
8/29/2012 02:51:52 pm

As a UJW product myself, I feel obligated to comment here. I love how big and diverse the group looks this year. Shout out to whoever wins the outstanding writing award, following in my footsteps. Shout out also to my roommate Derrick Fuller, who looks like he came back for his senior year.

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Caitlin Miller
9/4/2012 05:29:38 am

I saw a lot about the Urban Journalism Workshop on my Twitter feed this summer. If I had known about the UJW program while still in high school, I would have definitely looked into it. As someone who was on the fence with a journalism major before entering college, this would have been a great opportunity to gain more experience and help me confirm or deny my future plans. Students should take advantage of opportunities like this so that they can gain experience and become skilled in their major.

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Stephanie Graham
9/4/2012 01:50:51 pm

I wish I had known about the UJW while I was still in high school. Journalism was at the top of my list when considering potential colleges, but my high school only had a very small newspaper so I didn't have the knowledge or resources to explore the field more. It's really fantastic that Marquette offers this program; I think it benefits both the students and the Marquette community.

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