ADV ISER UPDATE
SPRING 2016
Table of Contents
9 START ‘EM YOUNG
Learn how Michael Simons
started a yearbook mentorship
program where his high
schoolers teach elementary
students photography, design
and reporting.
13 BUILDING GLOBAL
CITIZENS
Michael Hernandez explains
how taking his broadcast
students to Cambodia, Cuba
and Vietnam helped to foster
empathy in his students as
they created documentaries.
38 DIRECTORY
OF SUMMER
JOURNALISM
WORKSHOPS
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Browse the directory of over
50 camps from around the
country.
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