Urban Journalism Workshop

The Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) is now accepting applications for their Urban Journalism Workshop 2025. The program has been teaching local high school students the fundamentals of journalism through interactive lectures, hands-on training, and field trips.

The Urban Journalism Workshop is led by professional journalists and educators who provide mentorship and supervision to program participants. Students must attend in-person sessions from early March to late April at American University’s School of Communications, a long-time WABJ partner.

The Urban Journalism Workshop aims to address the under-representation of Black people and other minority groups in newsrooms across the country by building a diverse pipeline of future journalists and leaders that’s critical for equitable representation in news coverage and decision-making. At the end of the program, students use the skills they learned to report and produce their own multimedia stories.

Duration

• It is conducted over eight to 10 Saturdays.
• The 2025 Winter/Spring session is scheduled for March 8 – April 26 2025, with a certificate ceremony in June.

Eligibility Criteria

• The program is free.
• UJW is open to all D.C. area high school students.
• They encourage all students in the DMV area interested in pursuing careers in media and appreciate their mission to consider applying regardless of their identity or background.
• Sessions may be a combination of in person and virtual.

Application guidelines

The deadline for applications is January 8, 2025. For more information and to apply, please click here.