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CJI
2016
bit . ly / CJ IatUSC
$225 tuition • $100 housing
Schedule
Wednesday, June 15
Friday, June 17
2 p.m. – check in to dorms
3-3:30 p.m. – tour facilities
3:30-4:30 p.m. – group assignments and meetings
4:30-5:30 p.m. – large group session (interviewing)
5:30-7 p.m. – dinner
7-9:30 p.m. – view “Spotlight” (leads into large
group session)
9:30-10:15 p.m. – large group session (working as a
unit/editorial decisions)
10:15-11:15 p.m. – group work (w/mentor input)
11:30 p.m. – lights out at dorm
7:30-8:30 a.m. – breakfast/wake up
8:30-9:15 a.m. – large group session (tech tools)
9:30-10:15 a.m. – choice of small group sessions #5
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.– group work (w/mentor
input)
12:30-1:30 pm. – lunch
1:45-2:30 p.m. – choice of small group sessions #6
2:30-4 p.m. – group work (w/mentor input)
4:15-5 p.m. – choice of small group sessions #7 –
(specialized content with professionals)
5:15-6 p.m. – choice of small group sessions #8
6:15-7:30 p.m. – dinner
7:30-9 p.m. – large group activity – episode of
“John Oliver” and NPR interview with discussion
on role of journalist in today’s society
9:15-11 p.m. – work with mentor
11:30 p.m. – lights out at dorm
Thursday, June 16
7:30-8:30 a.m. – breakfast/wake up
8:30-9:15 a.m. – large group session (storytelling)
9:30-10:15 a.m. – choice of small group sessions #1
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.– group work (w/mentor
input)
12:30-1:30 pm. – lunch
1:45-2:30 p.m. – choice of small group sessions #2
2:30-4 p.m. – group work (w/mentor input)
4:15-5 p.m. – choice of small group sessions #3
(specialized content with professionals)
5:15-6 p.m. – choice of small group sessions #4
6:15-7:30 p.m. – dinner
7:30-9 p.m. – large group activity – episode
of “Serial” with discussion about alternative
storytelling
9-11 p.m. – work with mentor
11:30 p.m. – lights out at dorm
Saturday, June 18
7:30-8:30 a.m. – breakfast/wake up
8:30-11:30 p.m. – group work (w/mentor input)
11:30-12:30 pm. – lunch
12:30-3:30 p.m. – group work/finalize packages/
check out of dorms
4-5:30 p.m. – pizza party and group presentations
CJI2016 • June 15–18
Assignments
At CJI, you and your group will be assigned a beat to cover for your final project. For that project,
each group member will need to have one written element and at least one visual/multimedia element
(infograph, photograph or gallery, video, digital/social media element) to post to a website. Your
written story can be a review, a profile piece, a column, a feature, a news story or an investigative
story. Below are some of the beats groups will be assigned at CJI. Groups will be notified by June
1 of their assignments so they can prepare and can discuss ideas with other group members.
Arts & Culture
Music
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia Poet Laureate
Koger Center for the Arts
Nickelodeon
Theater Groups (Town, Trustus, Workshop)
USC Theater Department
Local Artists/Bands
Music Farm
New Brooklyn Tavern
USC School of Music
Community
Congaree Riverkeeper
Five Points Association
OneColumbia
Pawmetto Lifeline and Pets, Inc.
Soda City Market
Local Food
City Roots Farm
Local coffee shops (Cool Beans, Drip)
Chefs and restaurants (Nonnah’s, Rise, Oak Table,
The Gourmet Shop)
Media
Politics
Mayor Steve Benjamin
Gov. Nikki Haley
Attorney General Alan Wilson
Rep. Mia McLeod
Social Issues
Domestic Violence Shelters
LGBTQ Organizations (Harriet Hancock Center)
Multicultural Student Organizations
Sports
Columbia Fireflies
Lexington County Blowfish
USC Athletics
USC Intramurals
Local radio (92.1, 99.3)
Local television (WIS-TV, WACH-FOX)
Free Times
ColaDaily.com
The State newspaper
CJI2016 • June 15–18
Faculty
Zac Baker
for USC-Lancaster and as a student newspaper and
literary magazine adviser for Spring Valley High
Zac is a proud alumnus
School in Columbia, South Carolina. David is a favorite
of the University of South
at journalism workshops across the country.
Carolina
(2013,
Visual
Communications). He works
in Saint Paul, Minnesota as
Communications and Graphic
Amy Medlock-Greene, MJE,
Design Coordinator for
is the newspaper, literary
ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans
magazine and broadcast
for Full Participation, a nonadviser at Dutch Fork High
profit advocating for full
School in Irmo, South
inclusion of LGBTQ people in church and society. Zac
Carolina. She has been
believes exceptional visual work can be produced by
involved with the Carolina
following a few foundational principles. Fun facts:
Journalism Institute since
he enjoys ballroom dance, Beyoncé concerts, and
1998 - her daughter even
combining multiple coupons.
took her first steps at CJI.
For the past 15 years, Amy
has served on the executive
boards of both her state and regional scholastic press
Dean Hume advises the
associations. In her free time she enjoys watching
Spark newsmagazine at
classic films, reading historical fiction, planning trips
Lakota East High School
to Disney World and running marathons.
in Liberty Township, Ohio.
Dean is a former sportswriter
and columnist and earned
the Dow Jones Newspaper
Fund Distinguished Adviser
Rachel Rauch, CJE, has
award. Dean, a lifelong
been teaching since 1996 and
Cleveland Indians fan, and
currently advises Highlander
his wife Bobbi live in Monroe, where he coaches their
Publications and teaches
son, Jamison, in Little League during the summer.
English
at
Homestead
High School in Mequon,
Wisconsin. She advises The
Highlander newsmagazine,
The Highlander Online, and
David Knight is the Public
the Tartan Yearbook. She
Information Director for the
was named a Dow Jones News Fund Distinguished
Lancaster County (South
Adviser in 2015. When not in the classroom, Rachel is
Carolina) School District.
traveling with her husband and daughter or running
He also teaches broadcast
with their two rescue dogs.
journalism at Lancaster High
School. He has served as
public information director
Amy Medlock-Greene
Dean Hume
Rachel Rauch
David Knight
CJI2016 • June 15–18
Fund$
Spend four days on the University of South Carolina’s campus and in
the new School of Journalism and Mass Communications. You will have
access to cutting-edge technology and new facilities within the historic
Horseshoe district.
Tuition=$225
On-campus housing=$100 (two-person room)
$150 (single room)
Commuting? No problem! It’s free if you do not park, but if you want to
save yourself the change and hassle of parking on the street, it costs only
$25 for a space one block away from the classroom facilities.
Meals are not provided, but don’t worry. Columbia is home to many
quick and affordable places to eat. We suggest you bring breakfast foods
and snacks so you do not have to wake up early and will have plenty of
supplies while you are here. However, you can eat for less than $25 a day
without a problem!
Meals you need - Wednesday LD, Thursday BLD, Friday BLD and Saturday BL (we have a pizza party
planned Saturday night). *B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner.
Scholarships are available thanks to the SIPA Endowment. Go online to
apply at bit.ly/CJIatUSC. The Endowment Committee is offering three
full scholarships to CJI, which includes full tuition and housing. You
may request a partial scholarship if you do not require full tuition and
housing assistance. Rising juniors and seniors can receive full tuition,
housing and board by applying to the Baldwin Pre-Collegiate Fellowship
in Business and Investigative Journalism. A separate application is
require for the Baldwin Fellowship.
CJI2016 • June 15–18