Twelve journalism instructors from U.S. Hispanic Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges are in the Borderland to the U.S-Mexico border region to participate in the 13th annual Dow Jones News Fund Multimedia Training Academy June 2-8, 2023, at the University of Texas in El Paso. Thanks to a grant provided by the Dow Jones News Fund, Borderzine organizes this annual training program geared to support multimedia journalism instructors who teach in institutions with a large minority population. Here is a list of the 12 instructors who were chosen and their institutions:
Carlton Abernathy – Houston Community College
Dorothy Bland – University of North Texas
Mathew Eichner – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Jenn Erdley – Prairie View A&M
Cheryl Gardner – Fresno State University
Vera Walker-Hawkins – Texas Southern
Rachele Kanigel – San Francisco State University
Lance Liquez – University of Texas at Arlington
Vinicio Sinta Morales – University of Texas at Arlington
David Shabazz – Kentucky State University
Miglena Sternadori – Texas Tech University
Kathe Lehman Meyer – St. Mary’s University
The week-long multimedia journalism academy has a proven track record of helping journalism educators acquire new skills in digital storytelling that they can use to help prepare the next generation of Latino and Black college journalists for a competitive media market. The goal of this experience is to learn and practice news reporting using a variety of digital equipment, software programs, and platforms. Participating instructors are expected to translate this learning into training for their students, making them more competitive in the media industry.