CJI is designed for students completing 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade by July 1, 2009.
Camp begins early afternoon of Sunday, July 26, finishes by noon, Friday, July 31, 2009.
The cost of the CJI experience is only $299 by/before Dec. 31, 2008, and $349 Jan. 1, 2009 or later, and includes:
- All meals
- Housing
- Study materials
- Use of a Dell laptop computer for the week
- 25 copies of the CJI newspaper, which will include at least one of your stories!
Enrollment limited to 32 students - so apply now!
Here's what others have said about CJI:
- “I really enjoyed the session. I liked it so much. I learned more here at one time than what I did in a high school year. It was great.”
- “It was cool. Thanks for your servanthood. I would like to help next year.”
- “Thank you for the great job you did in directing and assisting us with everything.”
- “I loved it. Thank you!”
Hands-on experience doing:
- Interviewing people
- Writing stories in journalistic style
- News reporting
- Sports reporting
- Human interest story reporting
- Art-culture reporting
- Digital photography
- Opinion writing
- Poetry writing
Other activities during this week:
- Live in a college residence hall
- Eat in the college dining hall
- The use of your own Dell laptop computer for the week
- Organized activities on campus
- Possibility of attending movie at I-MAX theatre
- Talk with newspaper reporters, editors, photographers
- Interact with newsmakers who speak at CJI
*Male and female students will be housed separate from one another. Chaperones, 1 for every 12 students, will accompany students at all times.
