By SHIVANI KHANNA J Camp Live! Staff Writer Pierre Thomas chooses his words carefully, articulating his words easily, and allowing his voice to emphasize his words. It’s the kind of voice, filled with professionalism and serious air, that’s directed him towards covering the Justice Department for ABC news. Thomas’ true passion, however, lies in covering [...]
Two hours ago I walked into a lecture hall and saw a 59 year old guy wearing a tropical tee-shirt, slacks, long socks, and his grandmother’s wedding ring tossing around a football with another J Camp student. I walked out of that lecture hall with a newly acquired set of skills for writing. Roy Peter [...]
by NATALIE KING J Camp Live! Staff Writer For a journalist, writing objectively easily rivals Aristotle’s chief virtues as the prime goal in life. Unfortunately, it just cannot be done. Reporting the facts as straight and clear from their respective sources is already obstructed enough, nonetheless extremely frustrating and troublesome. Doing so in a politically [...]
by AYEESHIK KOLE J Camp Live! Staff Writer Forty-two students from across the nation ventured to the University of Miami campus to begin an intensive six-day high school journalism program sponsored by the Asian American Journalists Association. Some were native to the Miami-Dade County area, while others flew as far away as Hawaii to be [...]
It was back in early February when I vaguely remember filling out an application and writing an essay about a maid in my grandparents house who had witnessed the economic revolution in India and in whom I had taken a keen interest in wanting to interview. What I do clearly recall is a sense of [...]