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INF CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR FUTURE JOURNALISTS

The Iowa Newspaper Foundation is a strong proponent of recruiting younger people to the newspaper industry to ensure the health and vitality of the industry’s future. One of the many ways it does this is by sponsoring five Iowa students to participate in Media Now! The program is a three-night, four-day camp experience with hands on projects, field trips and field work for students entering 9th-graduating 12th grade.

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‘Our love for journalism bonds us together.'

Article by Levi Foster

From July 7th to July 10th, students from across the country traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, where Drake University hosted a special event: a journalism camp held by Media Now.

All students are welcome, whether they are from Iowa or not, or if they aren’t planning on being a journalist in the future.

One of those students is Maddie Lehman, a rising junior at Johnston High School. Although she serves for The Black and White, Johnston’s student-run newspaper, Lehman was not planning on pursuing journalism in the long run or even attending Media Now.

“I was invited by this girl in the communications track, [because] we’re both doing newspaper together,” Lehman states. “I’m going to be a civil engineer. Why would I go to a Drake camp for journalism? [I] eventually applied for it, and she was 100% right, this camp is phenomenal.”