Dr. Myna German Selected for Dow Jones Academy

Dr. Myna German, professor of mass communications, is bringing back the latest in emerging journalism technologies after she was selected to take part in the seventh annual Dow Jones News Fund Multimedia Academy held at the University of Texas in El Paso.

Held May 20-26, Dr. German was among 16 instructors from minority-serving institutions selected from among more than 75 applicants for training. The intense multimedia-journalism academy is geared to help the instructors better prepare their students for the fast-changing future. The participants learned and got hands-on experience in new storytelling skills utilizing the latest multimedia technology.

“I did a lot of radio reporting and fell in love with audio documentary as a form of digital storytelling,” Dr. German said. “I spent a week learning multimedia skills to bring back to fellow faculty and the classroom.”

All of the participants were from Historically Black Colleges and Universities as well as Hispanic-Serving Institutions.