{"id":62012,"date":"2017-06-28T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T02:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=62012"},"modified":"2020-01-16T16:13:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T02:13:57","slug":"training-next-generation-of-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/28\/training-next-generation-of-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Social Sciences training next generation of journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youtube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZOQwnr3Fpo\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s next generation of journalists is getting real world experience in disaster preparedness. The new initiative launched, by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communications.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Communications<\/a> in the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> M\u0101noa <a href=\"http:\/\/socialsciences.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Social Sciences<\/a> aims to help students learn how to deal with a crisis situation in a safe classroom environment.<\/p>\n<p>Journalism capstone students recently participated in an interactive mock tsunami crisis exercise designed to hone their reporting and investigative skills.<\/p>\n<p>This new approach takes simulation to a whole new level. Student journalists are tasked to respond to a mock emergency and present a broadcast breaking news report under-pressure and on deadline.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 15px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_62015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62015\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-css-communications-filming-260x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-css-communications-filming-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-css-communications-filming.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students film 30-second breaking news segment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 15px 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_62013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62013\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-css-communications-camera-260x152.jpg\" alt=\"students lined up with cameras and lights ready\" width=\"260\" height=\"152\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-css-communications-camera-260x152.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-css-communications-camera.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Journalism students prepare for mock press conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;In these kind of times, when news tends to be so fast moving and fluid, we&#8217;re trying to give our students a different type of preparation. It&#8217;s that kind of preparation they&#8217;ll need if they&#8217;re going to be at the frontline in the case of disasters, or other kinds of news breaking events of our time,&rdquo; said <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialsciences.hawaii.edu\/about\/about-the-dean.html\">Denise Eby Konan<\/a><\/strong>, dean of the College of Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<h2>Simulation challenges student journalists in crisis situation<\/h2>\n<p>Students were divided into groups of four&#8212;each representing a major news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Students were challenged to see which station could create the most informative and compelling breaking news block.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Professional journalists know how to spring into action and what to do once they&#8217;re in action. It was very challenging, but it was very fun at the same time,&rdquo; said <strong>Dillon Ancheta<\/strong>, a journalism student in the School of Communications and a tsumani crisis exercise participant.<\/p>\n<p>But what they learned from the experience was even more rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it was one of the most valuable aspects to my collegiate learning experience,&rdquo; added Ancheta.<\/p>\n<p>With this kind of prep, the College of Social Sciences hopes young journalists will graduate ready for the real world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The public can be assured that the students coming out of our program, are going to be well prepared to be those leaders in the field of journalism,&rdquo; said Konan.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=8684\">College of Social Sciences news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Best news block team<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youtube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WmrxFbJO7Q\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa juniors <strong>Dillon Ancheta<\/strong> and <strong>Victoria Cuba<\/strong>, along with seniors <strong>Arthel Lizada<\/strong> and <strong>Kristen Wong<\/strong>, won the competition for best news block. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Lisa Shirota<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalism students participated in an interactive mock tsunami crisis exercise designed to hone their reporting and investigative skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[301,692,741,9,56],"class_list":["post-62012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-journalism","tag-school-of-communications","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62012"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109616,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62012\/revisions\/109616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}