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Eye On Michigan Detroit High School Investigative Journalism Workshop
January 30, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Eye on Michigan welcomes Detroit high school students and teachers to a free day-long workshop to introduce you to industry leaders, university officials and students who are studying and practicing journalism. Breakfast snacks and lunch (pizza and salad) will be provided.
Eye On Michigan was established in 2023 to give students an introduction to investigative reporting as well as increase diversity in investigative reporting.
Join us as the MSU Detroit Center, 3408 Woodward Ave. Free and metered street parking is available on side streets surrounding the facility. Validated parking for MSU-Detroit Center guests is available at the SOMA Parking Garage located on Erskine, between John R and Woodward. This structure is open to the public.
The workshop will:
- • Offer opportunities to gain experience as an investigative reporter while still in high school and college
- • Introduce students to leading media professionals
- • Introduce students to college journalism professors
- • Introduce students to college journalism students
- • Explore the role investigative reporters play in our communities
- • Discuss what life is like for college journalism students in Detroit, Dearborn and East Lansing
- • Explore career opportunities
Eye on Michigan Workshop RSVP
Advisers/Teachers: Please register yourself as well as all of your students at the same time, if possible. Include your name, school, email and phone. We encourage you to include information about the students attending, but these fields are not required.
Special Needs & Questions
If you have a special need or a question, please contact M.L. Elrick at misterelrick@yahoo.com or 313-574-6731.
Planned Sessions
- • An introduction to Investigative reporting
- • What you can investigate about your school
- • Journalism as a career and pathway to other professions
- • Meet-and-greet with leading media professionals and college officials and students to learn more about studying journalism and careers in investigative reporting and beyond
Presenters
- To Be Announced
Program Partners
- Detroit Free Press
- The State News (MSU’s independent student newspaper)
- The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan
- Michigan State University Detroit High School Journalism Program
- Michigan State University School of Journalism
- Michigan Press Association
- Michigan Interscholastic Press Association