Launching journalism careers for students before they finish high school

For students curious about what it means to be a journalist, reporting and producing news that informs communities, the Emerging Journalists Program at Elon University provides the ideal platform to explore their media interests.

This free, educational initiative is meant to inspire high school students to embark on journalism careers. The goal is to engage hundreds of high school students from around the country and provide them hands-on journalism experience. Through the program’s virtual Exposure component, students will participate in four interactive learning sessions and build foundational journalism skills.

The second phase of the program, Immersion, brings high school juniors to Elon for a summer on-campus residential learning workshop.

Additionally, students who complete the Immersion program will be assigned a mentor to help identify, report and produce multimedia stories during their senior year of high school.

If you’re interested in participating in EJP, please consider applying to the program.

Curriculum coordinator

– Oversees academic programming and offerings

Program director

– Oversees program logistics (travel, housing, etc.)