Shannon Cox REX PUTNAM HIGH SCHOOL Oregon State University PRESENTS The Newspaper Institute for Minority High School Students ‘WHEN I WAS AT CAMP, I felt such a bond to the other people who were there. June 19-27, 2010 It was this really big family connection, and working in the newsroom was a lot of fun. When I went to camp, I wasn’t sure if journalism was the way for me. But after working with all the writers, I realized that journalism is how I work, and it’s the way I look at things, and it’s the way I write.’ A C O O P E R A T I V E EFFORT WITH Past instructors have included: Arainnia Brown DAVID AUSTIN GRANT HIGH SCHOOL former high school journalism coordinator The Oregonian JOANY CARLIN Editor, Arts and Sunday O! section The Oregonian NANCY CASEY staff designer The Oregonian R A N DY C O X Visuals editor The Oregonian BRUCE ELY, STEPHANIE YAO, RANDY RASMUSSEN staff photographers The Oregonian NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES Multnomah County reporter The Oregonian J A N I E H A R politics reporter The Oregonian NANCY HARTLEY former journalism adviser and English teacher South Albany High School JOHN KILLEN breaking news/online editor The Oregonian K AT E M O O R E journalism adviser ‘JOURNALISM CAMP helped me prepare Franklin High School, Portland for the work environment. We had strict MELISSA NAVAS deadlines, multiple edits, and many late education reporter The Oregonian nights at the computer desk. But in the end, INARA VERZEMNIEKS the hard work was all worth it. To see our former arts and culture reporter newspapers on the last night at camp was The Oregonian amazing.’ GOSIA WOZNIACKA immigration reporter The Oregonian YUXING ZHENG news reporter The Oregonian PORTRAITS BY STEPHANIE YAO NAME: AGE: [ ] MALE [ ] FEMALE PARENT/GUARDIAN: James Chavez MADISON HIGH SCHOOL HOME ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP: HOME PHONE: CELL: E-MAIL ADDRESS: [ ] AFRICAN AMERICAN [ ] HISPANIC/LATINO [ ] ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER [ ] AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE HIGH SCHOOL: YEAR IN SCHOOL (for ’09-’10) [ ] FR [ ] SO [ ] JR [ ] SR JOURNALISM OR PUBLICATIONS TEACHER: SCHOOL PHONE NUMBER: WORK FOR YOUR SCHOOL PAPER? [ ] YES [ ] NO IF SO, PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR ROLE: ARE YOU INVOLVED IN OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES? PLEASE LIST THEM: T-SHIRT SIZE (S-XXL): ‘I’VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES to go to ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER, type a personal statement about other camps, but no camp like this. It was yourself and tell us why you want to participate in the institute. definitely one of the greatest experiences I’ve PART OF BEING A GOOD JOURNALIST is keeping up on current events had. When we were doing the first drafts for that affect your community. Please type a one-page essay about something our stories, it was really difficult, but (my that happened in your school or community that you felt was of significance. What happened? How did it affect you? editor) helped us. Now, whenever I do a rough draft for all my stories, I think of the PLEASE INCLUDE ANY STORIES, photographs or other work that you’ve done for your school paper. way he outlined it and it’s way easier. Being a journalist is my main goal now.’ BOTH ESSAYS ARE REQUIRED PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE PARENT/GUARDIAN CELL PHONE: Spreading the news Ariel Barrientos The Newspaper Institute for Minority High School Students is a SOUTH ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL unique opportunity for you to get actual hands-on experience in the field of newspapers. The nine-day, no-cost institute runs from June 19 to June 27 at the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis. Students stay in residential dorms on campus, work with professionals from The Oregonian and use state-of-the-art facilities in the OSU Student Media Department. With guidance, the participants use real journalism skills to report, photograph and design a 40-page newspaper as well as blog and produce multimedia pieces for The Oregonian’s website. Students also will get a chance to explore the campus and meet members of the award-winning university newspaper, “The Daily Barometer.” We hope to hold an all-day training session ahead of the camp June 12, 2010 at The Oregonian’s newsroom in downtown Portland. If accepted for the institute, students will be expected to attend and will receive further details. For students outside the Portland metro area, travel vouchers may be available as well as overnight housing with an Oregonian staffer. In the months following the camp, students will visit The Oregonian newsroom and work with staffers on potential stories. Students also will be appointed a mentor to help them navigate through high school, college and beyond. The experience at the institute will help show you that journalism is an important career that might be the right choice for you. APPLICATION DEADLINE (POSTMARK): April 19, 2010 For more information, contact: Kami Hammerschmith Assistant Director, Student Media Oregon State University ‘JOURNALISM CAMP WAS one of those 118 Memorial Union East Corvallis, Oregon 97331 life-changing experiences that I will honestly 541-737-6379 never forget. I never thought anyone could [email protected] push me worse than my mom. I never knew I OR could make a best friend in less than a week. Yuxing Zheng I never came to think I would be able to The Oregonian 1320 SW Broadway write a story in a few hours after reporting. Portland, Oregon 97201 Put whatever that’s scheduled for the camp 971-344-2207 dates aside and go to camp.’ [email protected] APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO YUXING ZHENG AT THE OREGONIAN.