MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media is hosting a new weeklong summer camp for rising high school students interested in digital media, design, photography, writing and video storytelling.

Hosted by Katie Foss, director of the journalism school, and Andrea Hall, assistant professor, “Digital Media and Content Creation Camp: Covering the Governor’s School for the Arts” will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 23-27.

Advanced registration is required and is open until May 31. The cost is $250 per student, which includes lunches and a T-shirt.

“It’s important for high school students to have opportunities to learn and apply digital media skills. It’s just as important for high school students to have experiences at universities — getting to see what it’s like to use industry-level equipment, learn and create in and out of the classroom, move around the campus, and eat in the dining hall,” she said.

Perhaps appropriately, this camp will consist of talented high schoolers producing content about other talented contemporaries also participating in a hands-on summer camp. For four decades, MTSU has hosted hundreds of high school students for the Governor’s School for the Arts, a nearly monthlong summer residency program for high school junior and senior students gifted in music, visual art, theatre, dance and filmmaking.

Digital media campers will be taught how to conduct interviews, design for social media and capture and edit audio, photos, and videos by experts from the School of Journalism and Strategic Media.

“Each camp day will consist of hands-on workshops taught by faculty and sessions held around the MTSU campus. Our campers will interview Governor’s School participants and capture photos and videos of dancers, artists, musicians, animators, and filmmakers doing their craft,” explained Foss.

Using professional-level equipment from MTSU’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media, students will practice the skills they’re taught. They will plan and create social media content, shoot behind-the-scenes interviews, and create short-form progress videos of new creative works and promotional graphics.

“They will practice these skills out and about campus as they interact with the Governor’s School participants. In teams, the campers will create polished weeklong media projects, which they will demonstrate at the open showcase on the last day of camp,” said Foss.

Foss said she hopes the collaborative experience with the School of Journalism and Strategic Media and college students will be transformative for the high school campers.

“We hope the campers take away an understanding of how exciting it is to create stories for social media, solid digital skills and a greater appreciation for the process of creating the arts,” said Foss.

To sign up for the weeklong camp, visit https://bit.ly/44KBo6t.

—   DeAnn Hays (deann.hays@mtsu.edu)