Digital Natives — Student Application for 2024

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Through the Digital Natives program, a University of Georgia journalism student with digital news expertise (plus training through our program) will spend one week with a Georgia news organization's newsroom to help its staff accomplish a specific digital goal, such as launching a social media account or email newsletter, creating digital content or experimenting with new technologies, or skills like audience engagement, disinformation savvy, and Trusting News concepts.

Students selected to participate in Digital Natives will receive a $1,000 stipend thanks to a generous gift from Richard T. and Debbie H. Griffiths. Also, transportation, a hotel stay, and food costs will be covered for the week on-site with the community news organization. Digital Natives is part of the Journalism Innovation Lab in the Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership.

See the digital flier below for more details. You can contact Dr. Amanda Bright, Digital Natives director, at amanda.bright@uga.edu with any questions.

If you are interested, please fill out this application by Nov. 10, 2023. We plan to select the 10-15 participating students by mid-November and hold training on Dec. 5, 2023 in preparation for the Jan. 2-5, 2024 program on site with the local newsrooms.

Email *

Name, major (+minors/certificates), and anticipated graduation date: *

Hometown: *

Why are you interested in becoming part of Digital Natives and helping a Georgia news organization achieve digital goals? *

What types of digital expertise do you think you could bring to a Georgia news organization? (Check any that apply.) *

general social media campaigns or strategies

website design or development

email newsletter creation

digital interactives (web-based graphics)

video storytelling (YouTube, social or interactive)

app development

website or social media analytics

creating digital and social graphics/basic animations

mobile journalism

SEO and digital headline writing

Trusting News and transparency techniques

audience engagement strategies

using Facebook (Messenger, posts, groups, stories, etc.) for journalism

using Twitter (threads, hashtags, trending, Tweetdeck) for journalism

using Instagram (posts, stories, reels, content) for journalism

using YouTube (videos, channel development, playlists, growing subscribers) for journalism

using Snapchat/TikTok for journalism

360 or interactive photo storytelling (slideshows, etc.)

locator or interactive map creation

infographics and data visualizations

digital media verification and fact-checking tools and processes

audio journalism (podcasts, inline audio, embedding audio in images, etc.)

augmented and/or virtual reality journalism

combatting misinformation and disinformation

building relationships between community/community leaders and news organization

Other:

Required

Provide a link to one piece of digital media you've created. (Social content, web article, email newsletter, app content, analytics report, etc.) *

List the name and email of one professional journalist or faculty member who can reference your digital news knowledge. *

What concerns do you have about being part of this program? *

What do you hope to gain from the experience of spending a week in a newsroom? *

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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