Multimedia Storytelling Package 2
Press Releases
- Grand Opening of Sanford Education Center at National University Marks National Expansion of Programs Benefitting Nonprofit and Education Sectors
- Dr. Allyson Handley, President of University of Maine at Augusta, Appointed Executive Director of National University’s Sanford Education Center
- National University President Talks About Sanford Education Center
- T. Denny Sanford Makes Gift to National University to Create the Sanford Education Center
Outside News Coverage
- National University Opens Ambitious Sanford Education Center
- By Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego, September 18, 2014
- National University’s Sanford Education Center Gets $9.22 Million Anonymous Gift
- KPBS.org
- Sanford Education Center to Focus on Gender Relations, Joy of Learning in La Jolla
- By Pat Sherman, La Jolla Light
Multimedia Practice
Exercise 2
Multimedia Story: Opening of the Sanford Center
Assignment
You are a journalist reporting on the opening of a new education center at a university in La Jolla, California. Use the provided media and links, as well as your own original research, to produce one or more of the following:
- A Web story of around 600 words updating prior coverage
- A photo or graphic to anchor the top of the story
- A 30-second video
- Links to more information and related coverage
- A long-form feature story about a similar event in another part of the United States or the world that references this story