Gabby Herran-Romero '19 attends Journalism Institute

Arizona State University
Twenty-eight high school students attended Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in June to receive in-depth training in multimedia journalism.
Gabby Herran-Romero '19 joined students from Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico and North Carolina at the Cronkite School as part of the Summer Journalism Institute, an immersive journalism program where students attend classes with Cronkite faculty, tour local media outlets and produce a newscast and a cutting-edge news website.
 
Classes include in-depth lessons on reporting, writing, multimedia journalism, videography and video editing, podcasting, and social media. At the end of the two-week program, students work with Cronkite faculty to produce a professional-level newscast, where they create news packages, write scripts and operate state-of-the-art studio equipment.
 
Additionally, students experience the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus, staying at the Taylor Place residence hall and visiting the Sun Devil Fitness Complex.
The Summer Journalism Institute is led by Anita Luera, the Cronkite School’s director of high school journalism programs and former president of the Arizona Latino Media Association.
 
Classes are taught by Luera and Cronkite faculty and staff, including Associate Professor Craig Allen, Assistant Dean Rebecca Blatt, Cronkite News Executive Editor Christina Leonard, Southwest Borderlands Professor Fernanda Santos and Ethics and Excellence Professor of Practice Jessica Pucci, the director of digital audience programs. Cronkite alumna Megan Thompson, a reporter at ABC15 in Phoenix, also is among the instructors.
 
“Each year, the Summer Journalism Institute gets better and better,” Luera said. “These students are getting a great jump-start on their journalism careers. My greatest hope is to see many of them studying journalism at Cronkite in the next few years.”
 
Program participants receive scholarships to attend the institute from the Arizona Broadcasters Association; Cronkite Endowment Board member Tom Chauncey; RIESTER, a full-service advertising and digital marketing agency; the Dow Jones News Fund; and alumni and friends of the school. Scholarships cover the cost of meals, training and housing on ASU’s downtown Phoenix campus.
 
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