TCU High School Journalism Workshop

TCU High School Journalism Workshop

TCU High School Journalism Workshop

The Lost Summer

2020 has been … unprecedented.

Classrooms went virtual, celebrations got socially distanced and vacations are postponed. But just because things have to change doesn’t mean they have to go away.

Welcome to The Lost Summer, TCU’s first ever all-digital Schieffer Summer Journalism Camp, June 22-26.

Just like previous years, participants from across the U.S. will learn the fundamentals of digital journalism from TCU faculty and staff and from media professionals across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. You’ll generate story ideas, report them out (reaching out to sources via digital means or in person, with precautions in place) and develop them into stories for the website.

Unlike previous years, we’ll just be doing it from our homes, using Zoom to meet with the whole group and for break-out sessions.

Good journalists must be able to adapt to changing situations and pivot at a moment’s notice. While this isn’t the summer any of us envisioned, it can still be a source of growth, learning and fun.

Our stories

An ACT assessment test.
An ACT assessment test. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Has COVID-19 changed the testing system forever? by Nicholas Mollahan

Many colleges have made the ACT and SAT optional due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.

A Confederate flag flies in the infield as cars come out of Turn 1 during a NASCAR auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama
In this Oct. 7, 2007, file photo, a Confederate flag flies in the infield as cars come out of Turn 1 during a NASCAR auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and venues on June 10, 2020, formally severing itself from what for many is a symbol of slavery and racism. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

NASCAR confronts lack of diversity by Nick Utsey

NASCAR is among organizations examining how racism impacts its sport.

A movie theater marquee displays the message The Social Distancing Network.
In this March 18, 2020, photo, a tongue-in-cheek message is displayed on the marquee of the State Theatre in Traverse City, Mich. (AP Photo/John Flesher)

How will the coronavirus effect moviegoing? by Mazzy Smallwood

The coronavirus pandemic has shaken a lot of industries, but the movie theater business has been hit particularly hard.

High school English curriculum lacks diversity by Reya Mosby

Today’s high school students are the most racially and ethnically diverse group the U.S. has ever seen, but the English curriculum many study remains rooted in the 19th century.

This Feb. 23, 2019 photog shows the Confederate soldier monument at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. The Associated Student Body Senate voted 47-0, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, for a resolution asking the university’s administrators to move the statue to the Confederate cemetery, behind the Tad Smith Coliseum, also on campus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Examining history: Colleges and universities consider racism in their pasts by Owen Perry

College students around the country have been in favor of removing names and statues that had any racial circumstance.

Why J.K. Rowling being canceled? by Elizabeth Secor

Critics and some fans of the best-selling author have accused her of being trans-phobic, citing her tweets on the subject.