Publication of Chronicle concludes
high school journalism workshop June 17
Fifteen high school students from around Arizona concluded a 12-day workshop at the UA School of Journalism with publication of a 12-page bilingual newspaper.
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Several print journalists shared their professional experiences with students at the Journalism Diversity Workshop for Arizona High School Students June 16. From left, are reporters Jamar Younger and Ryan Finley, Arizona Daily Star, and Joe Pangburn, Inside Tucson Business. |
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Sal Quijada, a veteran broadcast journalist who teaches in the UA School of Journalism, offers tips to student Leigh Jensen at a journalism workshop June 9. |
The Chronicle, the student-produced newspaper, featured stories in English and Spanish on topics such as the growth of dollar stores in the region, the return of the Tucson Toros, and the impact of budget cuts at the UA.
Teresa Jun, weekend anchor at KOLD-TV, offered the keynote address at a June 17 reception to conclude the workshop. Jun, who is Korean-American, encouraged the students to embrace their ethnicity to enhance their journalism.
When she reported on the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, for example, Jun said she was able to use her Korean language skills to interview Tucson-area Korean-Americans about their reaction to news that the shooter was also Korean-American.
UA journalism professors offered workshops on reporting, interviewing, editing, blogging and computer-assisted reporting, among other topics. They included David Cuillier, the chairman of the national Freedom of Information Committee for the Society of Professional Journalists; Gawain Douglas, former senior editor for presentation at the Tucson Citizen; Sal Quijada, a veteran broadcast journalist; Rhonda Bodfield, education reporter for the Arizona Daily Star; Jeannine Relly, who studies access to public information in various countries; Terry Wimmer, a Pulitzer Prize winner; and Maggy Zanger, who trained Iraqi journalists who want to work for independent news media.
Local journalists taking part in the workshop include Jamar Younger, Ryan Finley and Andrea Rivera of the Arizona Daily Star; Joe Pangburn of Inside Tucson Business; and Iraqi journalist Mudhafar al-Husseini, most recently with The New York Times.
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Students Patricia Franco (foreground) and Antionette Jackson review issues of The Chronicle, the newspaper produced by students in the Journalism Diversity Workshop for Arizona High School Students at a concluding ceremony June 17. |
The program is headed by Lisa Button and John de Dios. At the UA School of Journalism Button teaches an online magazine production class and has taught beginning news writing and the capstone course for a bilingual newspaper. She also heads the school’s internship program. Before joining the UA, Button’s high school journalism students at Tucson’s Green Fields Country Day School won top newspaper awards in statewide competition.
John de Dios has been with the workshop since 2004 and is in his third year as co-director. Most recently he was a mentor at the Unity Student Convergence Project in July 2008 and has been involved with the New York Times Student Journalism Institute, hosted by the School of Journalism in January 2008.
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