Hyperlocal Newsroom Summer Academy

Precollege

WHO: Pre-college students (rising juniors and seniors) with interest in learning journalism skills against a backdrop of the wonders of New York City's East Village and the professional newsroom atmosphere created by The New York Times-NYU Journalism's The Local East Village.

WHAT: A program for pre-college students available for four or eight college credits during the second summer term. Housing is available for students 16 and older. If you require summer housing in an NYU dorm, here are those details.   

WHERE: The NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, 20 Cooper Square, East Village, New York City

WHEN IN 2012: Summer Session II only (July 2-August 10, 2012).

WHY: What better way to be exposed to a professional newsroom environment and learn basic skills from editors/instructors at a top university level?

HOW: Information and the application for 2012 can be found here. Please note that there is a separate application for 2012 housing, due by late March, and we will post that link as soon as it is live, too.

2012 Course Offerings

All courses are for college credits and run from July 2 through August 10.
Please note: Use of the Institute's multimedia equipment will require a deposit. There is a $175 program activities fee for the Hyperlocal Newsroom Summer Academy. 

JOUR-UA 21 Hyperlocal Reporting for Pre-College.

Tuesday, Thursday | 10AM - 1PM

Four college credits. For pre-college students only. 

A course in gathering and writing the news, including news evaluation, reporting and writing techniques, and specialized beats, with New York City, especially the East Village, as the lab. Designed to give the journalism student extensive practice. Covers how reporters are assigned stories, how stories are planned and written, and journalism ethics and responsibilities. Students write stories under newsroom conditions.

JOUR_UA 22 The Multimedia Toolkit.

Tuesday, Thursday | 2PM - 5PM

Four college credits. 

This intensive multimedia course is designed to introduce the basic skills required to report, shoot and edit a short story that can be incorporated in a TV broadcast/webcast, a podcast, or a website. Students will learn how to shoot video and stills using small-format digital video cameras and how to edit a 3- to 5-minute long package/slideshow using Final Cut Xpress. Hard work and fun guaranteed, with New York City's East Village as your lab.

JOUR-UA 504 The Personal Essay.

Monday, Wednesday | 2PM - 5PM

Four college credits. 

Do you have something to say? A story to tell? An original voice? This course will nurture that voice, help shape the stories, sharpen your skills. The personal essay is a popular form of nonfiction writing, cherished by both writers and readers, but crafting a successful essay is a difficult skill. How can we be self-revealing without being self-indulgent? How can we make our own experiences powerful for others? In this course students will read some of the best essays around, from Langston Hughes to Joan Didion to Oliver Sacks to Marjorie Williams, and write their own, taking each one through several drafts. The heart of the course will be close reading and editing of students' work.

JOUR-UA 202 Dateline NYC.

Monday, Wednesday | 10AM - 1PM

Four college credits. 

This seminar introduces students to some of the best reportage and nonfiction literature of the last two centuries, with a particular focus on work produced in and about New York City. We analyze the reporting, sources, background, structure, and language in a wide range of genres, including social/cultural criticism, travel writing, profiles, essays, and autobiography. We look for Downtown New York City in these works as a place, a character, an idea. Good writing deserves good readers; good reading, one of life's enduring pleasures, is the purpose and promise of this course.