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Memories are made at camp BY RENEE NOVITSKY VILLAGER INTERN
their passion for covering important news and developing creative outputs to share stories. The RMJ camp provided sessions taught by Graphic Designer Carly Lambert and Digital Associate Editor Jerilyn Forsythe from
5280 Magazine to inform the future journalists on how to be successful with creative outputs in print and online. The camp’s theme was “Be Bold”, and the sessions and activities certainly encouraged students
What happens when over 200 journalism students are invited to a summer camp? Absolute chaos. After attending keynotes on graphic design, photography and writing, these passionate students work in the newsroom until one in the morning every night for four days. This year’s Rocky Mountain Journalism Camp was hosted at CU Boulder, July 7 through July 5574 camp S. Prince 5574 StPrince S.• Prince Suite St • Suite 11. The director, Nicole 5574 S. St 11 • Suite 11 11 Littleton,attended COLittleton, 80120 •CO (720) 80120 484-4288 • (720) 484-4288 Arduini, this same camp Littleton, CO 80120 • (720) 484-4288 while she worked on her high yearbook, and took on the Would school you Would delight you in delight feeling in better feeling physically? better physically? Would you delight in feeling better physically? job as director to inspire students Would you Would loveyou toyou connect love with connect kindred with spirits? kindred spirits? Would love to to connect with kindred spirits? to keep telling stories. “Journalism is important beWould you Would warm at being warm at being relaxed more relaxed Would youyou warm atmore being more relaxed cause, you’re telling the stories, and enjoying and true enjoying peace true of mind? peace of mind? and enjoying true peace of mind? you bring relevance to what’s happening the world and you We areinWe doing We exactly doing that exactly in that your that neighborhood in your neighborhood areare doing exactly in your neighborhood educate your readers with real life and invite you invite to join us! andand invite youyou to to joinjoin us!us! stuff,” Arduini said. isBring no secret that BringItBTring his CTard This iCnard a Cnd ard njoy nnd and our Enjoy FyirsT your Clining FirsT or Class $5! For his ijournalism nEia Eynjoy our Flass irsT CFlass For $5!$5! middle, assisted by her fellow Slack Danielle Gordon, is evolving, and students in newsstaffers Reuben Evans, left, and Kylee Ellinger, right. www.mahasoul.com www.mahasoul.com www.mahasoul.com paper and yearbook have not lost to step outside of their comfort zone. Students from high schools across Colorado worked together and challenged each other on their photography, design and writing skills in the newsroom. 5574 S. Prince 5574 S.• Prince Suite • Suite 5574 S.StPrince St 11St • Suite 11 11 By learning from each other, Littleton,Littleton, COLittleton, 80120 (720) 80120 484-4288 • (720) 484-4288 CO•CO 80120 • (720) 484-4288 students developed ideas that will help them immensely with their We are Downtown are Downtown Littleton’s Littleton’s WeWe are Downtown Littleton’s own high school publications. soulful yoga soulful studio, yoga healing studio, healing centercenter center soulful yoga studio, healing “The camp exceeded my exand fun, and funky fun, retail funky store. retail store. and fun, funky retail store. pectations, especially in the workshops and with the entertainment. We offer yoga, offer Qiyoga, Gong, belly Gong, dancing, belly dancing, WeWe offer yoga, QiQi Gong, belly dancing, I learned way more than I thought massage, massage, energy energy work work and work more! and more! massage, energy and more! I would. Interacting with new people gave me great ideas,” said Ardita Dervishi-Anderson, a newsBring BTring his Bring CTard This iCnard a Cnd ard njoy nnd and our Enjoy FyirsT your CFlass FirsT or Class $5! his inEia Eynjoy our irsT CFlass ForFor $5!$5! paper editor. The RMJ Camp allowed stuwww.mahasoul.com www.mahasoul.com www.mahasoul.com
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Feeling the cold, Declan Palmer is hugged by fellow hypnotized participants at the hypnotist show after being convinced the room was in freezing temperatures. All photos courtesy of Lea Wolff, a camper.
dents to participate in press conferences with Arduini, (in her fourth year as camp director), Chelsea Conrad, TA manager, and Kelly Mason, CU conference coordinator. “A good point is asking the question of, ‘have these stories and acts of violence been happening all along or have we gained the ability to cover more events,” Kelly Mason said. The press conference touched on the topic of how journalism is evolving. Student journalists are asking the right questions, and are becoming more and more innovative in how they cover gutwrenching stories. Aside from the informative keynotes and practice with Creative Cloud software, campers participated in team-bonding activities. The entire camp was invited to watch well-known hypnotist Chuck Milligan hypnotize their friends. Campers found themselves crying from laughter with students from different schools. Milligan convinced participants that they were Taylor Swift and Shakira; he persuaded them into stealing their fellow camper’s
shoes, and he relaxed the students so much that he was able to twist a volunteer’s wrist 360 degrees. Arduini organized a barbeque and volleyball tournament, and a Pink Floyd Light Show for campers to attend in the Fiske Planetarium at CU. At the end of this four-day informational journey, camp advisors and Arduini awarded high schools and students across the country for their impeccable performance in scholastic journalism. The winners included: Cherry Creek High School for best twitter coverage in newspaper (by The Villager’s interns Renee Novitsky and Caitlin Gleason), Arapahoe High School for best front cover in newspaper, Brighton High School for best of show in yearbook, Pomona High School for best concept in yearbook, and Cherokee Trail High School for best recurring page in a magazine. When summer comes around, most students do not find themselves thinking about journalism camp, but attending camps like the Rocky Mountain Journalism Camp is essential to connecting with other future storytellers.
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Lighting up the show, Max Gilbraith put on a Pink Floyd Laser Show for the students at Rocky Mountain Journalism camp in the Fiske Planetarium.