MEDIA ADVISORY: University of Chicago students cover inauguration week
January 16, 2009
Undergraduate journalists from the University of Chicago have spread out through Chicago and Washington, D.C. this week to capture the historic events surrounding the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Day.
From the inauguration parade route along Pennsylvania Avenue to viewing parties at the University of Chicago’s Reynolds Club, from community service activities on Chicago’s South Side to a panel discussion among campaign insiders in Washington, they will report the sights and sounds of these memorable days, and reflect on their experiences.
Sara Jerome, a fourth-year student, won a writing contest sponsored by the Chicago Careers in Journalism program and the College, which is funding her reporting trip to Washington. Photographer Chris Salata and Laurel Mylonas-Orwig, both fourth-year students, will join her there.
In Chicago, the student-journalists include Supriya Sinhababa, Claire McNeare, Ella Christoph, Michael Lipkin, Rachel Cromidas, Cela Sutton, Tal Kopan, Arieh Smith, Katie Buitrago, Hannah Fine, Kelin Hall and Chase Weldon.
Their stories, photos, videos and essays will be posted beginning Monday and throughout the week at chicagostudies.uchicago.edu. For more information, contact Steve Kloehn at 773-702-8358.