By: Amelia Smerbeck During Journalism Camp this year, we took a very exciting and informative trip to KDKA’s News Station for the live filming of the June 26th noon news. I had previously been on a live broadcast of a news type station-’Good Morning America’- but this was much different. On this trip, we were…
By: Megan Lukitsch My favorite part of this week was when Andrew and Ashely came in and talked to us about their experiences when the Tree of Life shooting happened. It was cool to hear about where they were that day, especially with Andrew being from Squirrel Hill and hearing the experience for a resident…
By: Melina Tripoli Through this four day journey, we have done many different activities. From going to baseball games to walking for what feels like forever downtown. But, the one thing that I enjoyed more than others was going on all the different tours. I loved seeing all the behind the scenes stuff you wouldn’t…
By: Jacob Kubick So summer camp has come and gone already! But not without leaving some memories right behind it! Here are some of my favorite moments. On Tuesday, the camp traveled to the Washington Wildthings Park in Washington PA to take a tour of the stadium and see the Wildthings in action. During the…
By: Lauren Viviani Throughout the four days, there was a lot of fun things we did although, my favorite was when we went to the Washington Wildthings baseball game. When we got there we had a short tour of the park. After we had found our seats waiting for the game to begin. The game…
By: Chloe Werner As a student interested in someday pursuing a career in journalism, this camp experience was overall an exciting taste of real-world reporting, with opportunities to practice interviews, writing, grooming articles, and producing multimedia pieces. One of the most exciting things for me was getting to spend time interacting with real reporters, news…
By: Sophia Pedigo All it takes is a “4…3…2…” and a simple hand gesture for the room to come to life. With its first airing in 1949, KDKA has over 70 years of experience providing the Pittsburgh area with news all day long. It is a fan favorite, filled with familiar faces and fast news.…
By: Joey Bova To be completely honest I would have to say this years camp was one for the books. From not knowing anyone at the beginning of the week to those of us that stayed overnight and forced Nick to Shave his beard for a Tik Tok at 2 a.m. The memories you make…
By: Maggie Allwein Before coming to Point Park, I was unsure of whether or not journalism was something I definitely wanted to pursue. Now, I not only know that, but I also know that this is my passion. Being in an atmosphere where everyone around you loves the same thing is incredibly welcoming. Everyone here…
By: Catie Hohman I decided to come to the Point Park Journalism workshop because I wanted to further my learning about the field of journalism. I knew I had not learned very much about reporter style writing, communications media, or broadcasting at all but I was interested and wanted to dive into this world. This…