Journalism in July is a week intensive workshop at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). It is one of about 20 summer workshops at universities nationwide as part of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund’s high school student journalism program.
The UTEP Department of Communication’s Sam Donaldson Center, along with support from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and many local professionals, provide a unique learning experience for aspiring print, broadcast, and web journalists and photojournalists. The area’s best high school journalists are selected to attend the workshop, live in the Miner Village dormitory, and attend lectures and workshops conducted by UTEP faculty and local news media professionals.
Journalism in July students take field trips to observe the inner workings of local television, news stations, and electronic/print media outlets. We expect them to be the reporters, photographers, layout editors and copy editors for their own online webzine.
Journalism in July 2009
Workshop Staff
Zita Arocha, Co-Director
Michael E. Brooks, Coordinator
Esther Barragan, Administrator
Alejandra Acosta, Resident Counselor
Chris Lechuga, Resident Counselor
Alejandra Matos, Resident Counselor
Lourdes Cueva Chacón, Webmaster
Workshop Contributors
Dr. Barthy Byrd, UTEP, Associate Professor
Lourdes Cárdenas, UTEP, Lecturer
Lisa Degliantoni, EP Media Group
Dr. Gary Edens, UTEP, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Kathy Flores, The Prospector, Director
Lisa Garibay, Founder LARGetc.com
Mark Lambie, El Paso Times, News photographer
Brenda Medina, KFOX
Hema Mullur, KFOX, Evening coanchor
Liz O’Hara, KFOX, Anchor/News director
Louie Saenz, KTEP, News Director
David Smith-Soto, UTEP, Senior Lecturer
Dennis Woo, KTEP, Production & Operations Director
