This is my favorite time of the year! Each summer the Journalism Department at the University of Alabama has the pleasure of welcoming high school journalism students to our beautiful campus. Students apply to be part of the Multicultural Journalism Workshop and come to campus for ten days. High schoolers enter our program with varying degrees of skill. some have worked for years with their high school media, while others have never written a news story or picked up a camera. I am so proud of what these students have accomplished in the short time they were with us.
This year, students represented eight states, and traveled to four cities in beautiful Northeast Alabama, the gateway to the Appalachians. They visited Fort Payne, Mentone, Scottsboro, and Sand Mountain, and met interesting people along the way.
We hope you enjoy the great stories on these pages and the accompanying website.
This year, students represented eight states, and traveled to four cities in beautiful Northeast Alabama, the gateway to the Appalachians. They visited Fort Payne, Mentone, Scottsboro, and Sand Mountain, and met interesting people along the way.
We hope you enjoy the great stories on these pages and the accompanying website.
The Alabama Scholastic Press Association and the Multicultural Journalism Workshop would like to say thank you to...
the financial supporters:
Alabama Broadcasters Association
Boone Newspapers, Inc. UA Center for Community Based Partnerships UA College of Communication and Information Sciences |
Alabama Press Association
Dow Jones News Fund UA Department of Journalism Selma Times Journal |
and board members
President: Melissa Dixon, Oak Mountain High School
Vice President: Connie Nolen, Pelham High School
Secretary: Renee Quaife, Sparkman High School
Past President: Erin Coggins, Sparkman High School
ASPA Director Emerita: Marie Parsons
Thank you to the contributors of the Multicultural Journalism Program endowment
The Estate of John Brooken Gaines and Marci and Louis Henna Jr.
And a special thanks to those who made MJW possible:
al.com
Deanne Winslett and The Crimson White Dr. Jennifer Greer, Dean, CIS Dr. Wilson Lowrey, Chair, Department of Journalism Paul Wright and the Office of Student Media Diane Shaddix and the C&IS Graduate Program Department of Communication Studies Department of Telecommunication and Film Department of Advertising and Public Relations Pat Duggins and Alabama Public Radio Steve Diorio and the Digital Media Center Greg Goldstein Andrea Matei Laura Owens |
The Birmingham News
Birmingham Magazine The Tuscaloosa News Crechale Stevens Cecilia Hammond Holley Mabury Taylor Armer Tara Bullock Alex Hale Morgan Smith Kendall Mays Blair Peavy Shweta Gamble Kirsten Barnes |