Five things Newhouse master's students are saying about boot camp… The summer doesn’t last forever! Absolutely get out into Syracuse and enjoy the summer months. The winter can be pretty tough with snow and wind chills; take advantage of the outdoors—even if boot camp has you wiped out—and visit the Finger Lakes, Onondaga Park, and …
First-year Public Diplomacy Program (PD) students spent six weeks in two “boot-camp” classes – Introduction to Public Diplomacy and Visual Communication. Second-year PD students focused on “off-campus” experiences. For example, one student worked on public relations and communications for the San Francisco Film Festival. She even helped select the films to be shown (from the …
BOOT CAMP The incoming 34 Sports Communication Emphasis (SCE) students came from the Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism, Broadcast and Digital Journalism, and Television, Film, and Radio programs. Students worked in a variety of media, including, print, audio, video, still photography and social media, and published their work on a class blog, NewhouseSports SCE 2014. …
BOOT CAMP The incoming Public Relations graduate students spent an intense, six week Boot Camp learning to write a wide variety of public relations materials and mastering AP Style. Each student created and produced a portfolio-quality media kit based on a real company and non-profit organization partnering on a ficticious event. Four of the media …
PHOTOGRAPHY: The photography bootcamp is, in my opinion, a wonderful opportunity for potential students to "warm up" to the coming graduate school experience. It gives them a chance to address some concerns and worries they have about photography ahead of the fall term, and in turn, gives them a jump start on their career at …
BOOT CAMP New Media Management students spend the bootcamp semester in an intensive reading seminar that explore the disruptions taking place across the communications industries. Student read and discussed works such as Dr. Carlota Perez's treatise on the dynamics of economic bubbles and technological revolutions, and Dr. Duncan Watts' explanation of the mathematics of networks …
BOOT CAMP Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism students spent the six weeks of boot camp learning the basics of newswriting and exploring the Syracuse area. The intensive program met 5 days a week, often from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and halfway through the week students were challenged to switch their way of thinking when …
BOOT CAMP Our graduate students in BDJ 611 worked on identifying and writing news for broadcast and the online, digital realm. The course focuses on how to find the news, report it, produce and deliver it, under conditions as close to real life in the broadcast news business as possible. They work on improving skills …
BOOT CAMP We spent the six weeks meeting many of the cultural leaders in Syracuse, including Steve Kern at the Everson; Tim Bond at Syracuse Stage; Marguerite Mitchell at The Redhouse; Douglas Kinney Frost of Syracuse Opera; and many others. We visited Subcat Studios, a leading music recording venue. We spent a day at the …