Journalism Camp
2024 Update: The Journalism Camp will not be held this summer. Please see our College Application Essay Writing Workshop for writing-related opportunities!
Are you a Detroit high school student interested in expanding your writing, reporting and journalism skills?
Our 2023 Summer Journalism Camp is for you!
Coaching Detroit Forward is partnering with The Detroit Writing Room to offer a free 2-week journalism camp in July. There will be one in-person session at Wayne State University. Detroit high school student can apply for scholarships to attend free of charge.
The Monday through Friday camp is heavily focused on learning and practicing journalism. Coaches from The Detroit Writing Room, who are all award-winning journalists and have worked at publications from The New York Times to Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, will be leading the camps.
Each day, students will learn a different topic from a Detroit Writing Room coach. For example, one day will be focused on breaking news reporting with former New York Times Detroit bureau chief Bill Vlasic. Another day will be sports reporting with Detroit Free Press Pistons reporter Omari Sankofa II. The students will have access to the top editors, journalists and photographers in Metro Detroit and gain mentors as a result. Students will report and write their own news story. At the end, each student will receive editing from coaches and share their stories, and lessons learned, with the group.
See stories written by students in the 2020 Journalism Camp here.
Students’ stories will be published on the Coaching Detroit Forward website and in the fourth edition of Perspectives Magazine, a print publication produced by students in our journalism and photography camps.
Students who attend the camp will receive:
A welcome package with supplies, T-shirt, press pass and “A Newshound’s Guide to Student Journalism”
A certificate of completion
Copies of Perspectives Magazine
Invitations to a virtual Perspectives Magazine launch party in fall 2023
Free tickets to select Detroit Writing Room workshops and events throughout the year
Dates:
July 10-21, 2023
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST
Students will receive a laptop to use during the camp.
To Apply:
The deadline to apply is May 19, 2023.