Apply for free media innovation camp at ASU

The High School Media Innovation Camp, sponsored by azcentral.com and ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is now accepting applications for summer 2018.

The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. April 6. Students will be selected on a competitive basis and notified on or before April 16 for the camp, which runs June 17-29.

Open to aspiring journalists, game developers and other creative high-school students, the free, twoweek camp allows students to learn about and try out new technologies.

They’ll work alongside journalists, professors and more as they dive into new forms of storytelling in a digital media world.

“We are pleased to once again support this effort to nurture the next generation of journalists,” said Stacy Sullivan, community-relations director for The Republic and azcentral. “We can’t predict the ways news will be delivered in the future, but the role of a free press in democracy will be as important as ever.”

Campers will have the opportunity to collaborate with professionals at ASU, azcentral.com and the USA TODAY NETWORK.

Participants will get to live on ASU’s downtown Phoenix campus. They’ll have the chance to experiment with 360-degree video, games and new apps.

There’s no age requirement to apply, but preference will be given to high-school sophomores, juniors and seniors.

The Media in Education fund of The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com cover camp programming costs, food and housing. Media in Education funds are generated by subscribers who donate the value of their subscription during vacations or other temporary stoppages. Donations to the Media in Education fund can be made by texting “JOURNALISM” to 51-555.

Students are responsible for covering incidentals.