Today was my first day at the Robert W. Greene Summer Institute for High School Journalists! The day started off with a talk from Stephanie Brumsey, a former Stony Brook student who went into journalism. She gave us journalistic advice whilst sharing her experiences and answering our questions.
We then learned about ledes and how to structure writing pieces, using the example of “Red Riding Hood” to try and make possible ledes. We had a half-hour break for lunch before continuing on to assembling the Padcaster we had received in the mail. During this, we met the founder of Padcaster, Josh Apter, who helped with any problems that came up.
We had a break before meeting with our teams that we will be working with on an assignment topic. My team will cover Kara Hahn and Bridget Fleming, who are both running for Congress as well as voting during the pandemic. I’m so excited!!