Final projects for Documentary Film and History students included: "On Line U" – online education "Children of the Diaspora" – the Salvadorian community in LA "Detroit Pulse" – the underground music scene in Detroit "Looking for Hank Williams Junior" The country music and the right wing "Share the Road" – bicycles for the homeless "The …
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 …
Advertising (ADV) graduate students spent six weeks working intensively on two integrated marketing communication projects for their capstone. They worked for two iconic and top clients in New York City: Cosmopolitan magazine and Checkers/Rally’s fast food restaurant chains. At the end of their capstone, the class made breathtaking presentations in the stylish halls of Cosmopolitan magazine, providing their clients …
It can be a little strange coming from a relatively small university to a massive institution like Syracuse. I studied journalism in the third biggest university in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. So coming here was like going from being a small fish in a small pond to a small fish in an ocean. That …
by Ethan Joyce "What was my boot camp experience like? Well, let me tell you this: I walked into Newhouse the first day, and I was absolutely terrified. Here was a group of strangers that I didn't know. And, according to what I had heard about Newhouse, these were the best and brightest of the …
This summer, I got to experience the famed Newhouse “Boot Camp” as a member of the TRF graduate program. Like many others, I had a lot of fear and anxiety about heading into something called “boot camp.” We did not spend six weeks in a physical boot camp, although at times it was physically exhausting. …
If you’re thinking about coming back to school, think long and hard. It’s an investment of time, of energy, of money. It taxes you in unexpected ways, like tunnel vision on a stretch of highway to a new city. You leave small chunks of yourself on the asphalt behind you while you cruise to your …