{"id":27964,"date":"2018-09-05T17:59:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T21:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2018\/09\/05\/necc-journalism-instructor-attends-multi-media-training-program\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:24:29","slug":"necc-journalism-instructor-attends-multi-media-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/09\/05\/necc-journalism-instructor-attends-multi-media-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Journalism Instructor Attends Multi-media Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18736\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/09\/Mary-Jo-Shafer-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18736\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18736\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/09\/Mary-Jo-Shafer-008-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Jo Shafer, journalism professor and advisor to the &#8220;Observer.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mary Jo Shafer of Lynn, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> adjunct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/communication-arts\/\">journalism\/communication<\/a> professor and advisor to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/innovative-programs\/beyond-the-classroom\/necc-observer\/\">\u201cObserver,\u201d<\/a> NECC\u2019s student newspaper, attended a week-long Dow Jones multimedia training academy designed for educators teaching in Hispanic-serving institutions.<\/p>\n<p>She was one of 12 journalism instructors from around the country to attend the ninth annual academy, funded by a grant from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dowjonesnewsfund.org\/\">Dow Jones News Fund<\/a>. It was held at the University of Texas in El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>The intent of the program is to assist journalism educators in acquiring new skills in digital storytelling that they can use to prepare the next generation of Latino college journalists to make them more competitive in the media industry. The educators practice news reporting using\u00a0a variety of digital equipment, software programs, and platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that NECC\u2019s journalism program is always seeking up-to-date skills for our students,\u201d said Shafer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trainers at the academy understand what educators need to learn about new and emerging technologies to better prepare their students for the fast-changing future,\u201d said Linda Shockley, deputy director of Dow Jones News Fund. \u201cThis quality of instruction, at absolutely no cost to participants and their universities, is priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The educators were from diverse teaching backgrounds including print, photojournalism, broadcast, as well as other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program was pretty amazing,\u201d said Shafer. \u201cI am already benefiting from the hands-on skills gained.\u00a0It will immediately make a tangible impact on my students. It was truly one of\u00a0the best trainings I have ever attended. I returned feeling energized, equipped, and inspired. I was interested in attending this program because of its experiential nature and its focus on Hispanic Serving Institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers an associate in arts option in journalism\/communication. Students are provided with an opportunity to experience what it is like to work in the communications field. The program provides basic courses and practical experience for careers that could include jobs with newspapers, magazines, publishing, television, or radio.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information contact Shafer at <a href=\"mailto:mshafer@necc.mass.edu\">mshafer@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Jo Shafer of Lynn, a Northern Essex Community College adjunct journalism\/communication professor and advisor to the \u201cObserver,\u201d NECC\u2019s student newspaper, attended a week-long Dow Jones multimedia training academy designed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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