What ?
Spend the week learning about the news business. Participants will write newspaper stories, produce radio news reports and appear in a TV news program.

Where?
University of Idaho, Moscow

Who?
Sophomores and juniors at high schools in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Graduating seniors who plan to attend the UI fall 2009 are eligible to attend. Students from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

When?
June 27-July 2, 2009.

What happens at the workshop?
Students from Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, California and Northwest states spend a week working with media professionals and UI journalism students and faculty. They write news stories for the student radio station and newspaper and participate in the production of a 15-minute television news magazine. The workshop provides a crash course in the news business. Students learn reporting, writing and editing skills that they can take back to their high schools, as well as strategies for including more diverse voices in their stories. Many of the participants work on their high school newspapers, Web sites or yearbooks.

Participants receive free room and board on the UI campus. A media-related field trip. Students must provide their own transportation to and from Moscow.

For more information about this workshop, contact JAMM Director Kenton Bird at 208-885-4947 or kbird@uidaho.edu.