OUTREACH 2016 Participants: Michelle Ailport, Phoenix Vanessa Ambrocio, Lawrenceville, Ga. Maddie Armentrout, Chandler, Ariz. Mackenzie Belley, Gilbert, Ariz. Sofia Blanco, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Kaleb Clyde, Winslow, Ariz. Kylie Cochrane, Phoenix Sarah Cowherd, Phoenix Carson Field, Austin, Texas Victor Garcia, Tucson, Ariz. Ethan Gilchrist, Phoenix Shandiin Gorman, Mesa, Ariz. Alejandro Hernandez, Avondale, Ariz. Kelleigh Hogan, Phoenix Troy Jansen, Gilbert, Ariz. Sean Longley, Phoenix Megan Marples, Tempe, Ariz. Sophie-Marushka Miniconi, Monaco Noel Mulunehl , Tucson, Ariz. Julen Omaechevarria, Oradell, N.J. Skyler Rivera, Claremont, Calif. Jesus Rodriguez, Avondale, Ariz. Carmela Rubino, Glendale, Ariz. Kiarra Spottsville, Phoenix Paul Stanton, Mesa, Ariz. Cora Tanner, Mesa, Ariz. Keli Vincente, Mesa, Ariz. Calista White, Safford, Ariz.
Clockwise from top: Institute participants and student advisers gather outside the Cronkite School. Noel Mulunehl works on an assignment. Sean Longley edits in Adobe Audition. Instructor Dave Cornelius works with student Paul Stanton. Photos by Paula Maturana
2016 when Riester, owner and CEO of RIESTER marketing and advertising in Phoenix, made a gift to encourage Native American students to participate. Five Native American students from Arizona — Gorman; Kaleb Clyde of Winslow High School in Winslow; Jennifer Huma of Hopi Junior/Senior High School in Keams Canyon; Cora Tanner of Westwood High School in Mesa; and Keli Vicente of Mountain View High School in Mesa — completed the program.
Many of the students go on to study journalism in college, Luera said, and many of those enroll at the Cronkite School. Among them: Paulina Verbera, who was part of the 2015 institute. “We had online digital content we had to produce; we heard from the radio station, which I thought was interesting; and we got to go to the TV stations,” Verbera said. The institute “gave me a two-week taste of everything Cronkite has to offer.”
Support for the Summer Journalism Institute comes from: Arizona Broadcasters Association Dow Jones News Fund Scripps Howard Foundation Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees members Tom Chauncey and Tim Riester The Cronkite Journal
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