Program Schedule 2022

The schedule for 2022's virtual program is detailed on this page.

PSJP will run a hybrid program in 2023 that will include virtual workshops during the month of July and will culminate in our traditional 10-day residential journalism institute on the Princeton University campus.

The 2023 Program Schedule will be posted in June.

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The Princeton Summer Journalism Program's summer intensive ran virtually during the summer of 2022. All of the sessions described below took place over Zoom.

The 2023 summer intensive will combine the best of the virtual and in-person experiences and will run as a hybrid from mid-June through the beginning of August.

For a sample of some things to expect on-campus, please review the 2019 Program Schedule.

   

MONDAY, JUNE 27

6:00 PM: PSJP Virtual Orientation


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29

Praxis: "Person on the Street"

5:30 - 7:30 PM:

  • Workshop: What is Journalism? (Speaker: Richard Just of The Washington Post Magazine)
  • Workshop: Reporting 101 (Speaker: Megan Greenwell, formerly of Deadspin)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Discussion Group


THURSDAY, JULY 7

Praxis: Investigative Reporting

6:00 - 7:00 PM: Workshop: Investigative Reporting (Speaker: Andy Kroll of ProPublica)


TUESDAY, JULY 12

Praxis: Features

6:00 - 8:00 PM: 

  • Workshop: Features Reporting (Speaker: Ashley Powers of Global Press Journal)
  • Student Social

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Features Interviews

  • Access to Higher Education for Undocumented Students
  • BookTok
  • College Athletes
  • Post-Lockdown Academic Challenges
  • Post-Lockdown Small Business Recovery
  • Texas Drag Show Ban for Minors

THURSDAY, JULY 14

6:00 PM: Lecture: Covering Gun Violence in America (Speakers: Jennifer Mascia and Mike Spies of The Trace)

7:00 PM: Discussion Group


TUESDAY, JULY 19

Praxis: Press Conference

6:00 PM: Lecture: Disaster & Trauma Reporting (Speaker: Erin Ailworth of The Wall Street Journal)


WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

4:45 PM: Workshop: Press Conference Prep (Speaker: Eliza Gray, Freelance Journalist)

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Press Conference

  • Darius Mayfield, Congressional Candidate for NJ 12th - R

THURSDAY, JULY 21

7:00 PM: Discussion Group

8:30 PM: Lecture: Covering Politics (Speaker: Tim Alberta of The Atlantic)


 

TUESDAY, JULY 26

Praxis: Cultural Criticism

6:00 - 8:00 PM:

  • Workshop: Business & Technology Reporting (Speaker: Naomi Nix of The Washington Post)
  • Workshop: Video Journalism & Filmmaking (Speaker: Dolly Li of Historian's Take and of Plum Studios)

THURSDAY, JULY 28

2:00 PM: Lecture: Poetry (Speaker: Jeff Nunokawa, Professor of English at Princeton University)

6:00 PM: Lecture: Covering War & Politics in Europe (Speaker: Frank Langfitt of NPR)

7:00 PM: Discussion Group


SATURDAY, JULY 30

8:00 PM: Journalism Games


MONDAY, AUGUST 1

12:30: Lecture: Applying for Selective Colleges (Speaker: Kevin Hudson, Associate Director for Diversity & College Opportunity at Princeton University)

2:00 PM: Lecture: Epistemicide (Speaker: Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Professor of Classics at Princeton University)

5:00 PM: Lecture: Politics & Justice (Speaker: Adam Serwer of The Atlantic)

6:00 PM: Lecture: Covering Disability and Other Marginalized Communities (Speaker: Eric Garcia of The Independent)


TUESDAY, AUG 2

2:00 PM:  Lecture: (Speaker: Barbara Demick, formerly of The Los Angeles Times)

6:00 PM: College Case Studies

  • Jared Rivers, Bates College
  • Keily Pacheco, Franklin & Marshall College
  • Fatima Julien, Stanford University

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

1:00 PM: Lecture: Intersection: Fashion, Race, Politics, Art (Speaker: Robin Givhan of The Washington Post)

6:00 PM: Workshop: Journalism & the Law (Speakers: Chanakya Sethi of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP & Adrian Alvarez,
Assistant Professor of Law at St. John's University)

7:00 PM: Lecture: Sports Journalism (Speaker: Mina Kimes of ESPN)


THURSDAY, AUGUST 4

12:00 PM: Workshop: Mental Health & Journalism (Speaker: Abi Rayner, Master of Social Work Candidate at Rutgers University)

6:00 PM: College Information Sessions

  • Jared Rivers, Bates College
  • Keily Pacheco, Franklin & Marshall College
  • Evelyn Trier, Mount Holyoke College
  • Sulgi Lim, Williams College

7:00 PM: Workshop: Applying for College with PSJP (Speakers: Tieisha M. Tift & Megan Greenwell of the Princeton Summer Journalism Program)


FRIDAY, AUGUST

5:00 PM: PSJP Alumni Panel

6:15 PM: Closing Ceremony

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