Stanford Daily's Summer Workshop

Calling All High School Students Apply to The Daily’s All-Remote Summer 2024 Journalism, Multimedia and Tech Workshops!

Join us for our annual all-remote summer workshops! This year, we will be offering three programs: Journalism, Tech and Multimedia. The programs run from June 14, 2024 to Aug. 9, 2024.

Stanford Daily Journalism Program, high school students learn the fundamentals through real-world reporting assignments. Some writers may even get the opportunity to publish their work on The Stanford Daily’s website as they receive one-on-one guidance from Daily editors in weekly check-in meetings and lessons. 

Participants are not limited to writing and will also be able to work with editors experienced in podcasts, graphics, tech and more. Even if you’ve done a program with us before, you’re sure to learn new skills, encounter new challenges, and ultimately level up your journalistic toolkit! We have all-new content and guest speakers with fresh and exciting perspectives to bring to the table.

In the Tech Workshop, no coding experience is required. All you need to participate is access to a computer with Internet connection — any software or tools we will use are freely available.

Over the course of the program, participants will develop an understanding of how web development is integrated into modern-day newsrooms, including: how to set up your own coding environment, how The Daily’s own website and mobile apps are organized and operated, an intro to common web development tools, HTML & CSS, JavaScript, how to create beautiful data visualizations and interactives using Flourish, an overview of basic programming logic and techniques, how programming is being used at publications today, how our data/tech teams work with editorial to enhance coverage, how bias manifests in journalism tech and how it can be addressed, what working in software development can look like and what terms like frontend, backend, React, Express, Mongo, Node, npm, yarn (and many more!) mean.

In our Multimedia Workshop, participants will learn the technical and non-technical components of producing high-quality podcast, photo and video journalism, including how to conduct remote video and audio interviews, editing, scripting and more. Mid-way through the workshop, students will be encouraged to team up on final projects using the skills they’ve learned along the way, building up to a project showcase at the program’s end. This is an introductory-level course led by our top editors in The Daily’s multimedia sections. No equipment is required to participate, besides access to a computer and phone.

Through our multimedia workshop, high school students develop multimedia projects, with the possibility of getting their work published on The Stanford Daily’s website as they receive one-on-one guidance from Daily editors in weekly check-in meetings and lessons. There will also be live weekly webinars with speakers including visiting Stanford journalism professors. We immerse participants in the experience through a dedicated Slack workspace where communication is regular, as editors guide participants through their work individually on a day-to-day basis.

These workshops are open to participants of all skill levels — our editors will work with you at whatever pace you’re comfortable with and get you up to speed regardless of your level of experience.