Summer workshops at NAU

The Andy Harvey Native American Broadcast Journalism Workshop invites 25 Native American high school students from across Arizona & the Southwest to the NAU Flagstaff campus for a week each summer for a hands-on broadcast journalism workshop.

Held in June, July, or August, workshop participants live in residence halls on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff and work in the School of Communication’s Media Innovation Center newsroom and HD studio.

Working alongside NAU students, Native American mentors, and broadcast journalism professionals, the students work on media projects, learn how to conduct interviews, write and create multimedia stories, and produce a live-to-tape news broadcast.

This workshop encourages Native American high school students to work together to tell the stories that are important to them and their communities. We give them the tools to take that first step. This was the vision of the late Andy Harvey, NAU Journalism alumnus and multi-media reporter. Andy worked to tell the stories important to him at KPNX 12 News in Phoenix. His dream was that the next generation would take up the torch and be the storytellers of their communities.

The primary goals of the workshop are to enable Native American students to use the tools and the skills learned at the workshop to tell their own stories and promote aspirations to attend college. This workshop empowers indigenous youth to be agents of positive change in their communities by giving voice to Native American experience.

Cost: 2021 tuition is FREE! Students are provided room & all meals during the week. Full scholarships are available.

Travel to/from Flagstaff is not provided.

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For more information please contact Paul Helford.

Applications close June 25, 2021.

Tuition: FREE!

2022 workshop applications will be open in February, 2022.

Please visit our Facebook page for updates.

The Program

Live on campus and participate in a hands-on video workshop producing an original American-style video magazine program about Northern Arizona.

Curriculum

The curriculum for this workshop is designed for students with or without previous video production experience.

In Flagstaff you’ll be living on the Northern Arizona University campus at an altitude of 2,100 meters / 6,900 feet, under sunny skies with average summer temperatures of 23 degrees C / 73 degree F. You will be staying at the base of the magnificent San Francisco Peaks and its summit, Mt. Humphreys, which, at 3,850 meters / 12,660 feet, is the highest peak in Arizona.

For more information please contact Paul Helford.

Discover career opportunities at The Hubbard Radio Talent Institute, a talent incubator at Northern Arizona University and a proud affiliate of the National Radio Talent System. The National Radio Talent System and the Radio Talent Institute is the campus-to-career connection many NAU students will need to begin their media career. It is a connection for broadcasters to discover and hire entry level talent today who can be the leaders in the broadcast industry tomorrow. The Institute brings in broadcast professionals from around the state and country to be the Guest Professional Faculty and to teach all the sessions during this intensive 10-day summer program.

For more information, visit the website for Hubbard Radio Talent Institute.