Journalism is an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management of a news medium.
This program will teach students the foundations of journalism through classes in Coppee Hall on journalism ethics, photography, data journalism, reporting, mobile journalism and law. Students will learn the basics of good multimedia reporting and will report stories – with accompanying video and social media posts to be used in a website students will create.
Participants will experience ethical, fact-checked, local journalism presented in context. This program will spark an appreciation for the necessity of journalism in a healthy democracy.
Professor Cummings
Meredith Cummings studies media law and censorship as it relates to censorship on a high school level. Her thesis, Censorship and Scholastic Journalism, examined the censorship actions and intent of administrators, media advisors and students. She is an award-winning freelance multimedia journalist for outlets including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
