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…
By: Maggie English On June 26, 2019, we were writing our stories peacefully. When Nick heard a noise and went out to investigate what it was. We joked that he was going to not come back if there was a fire. Only to discover that the fire alarm had gone off. We sat in that…