Summer Camp Schedule 2009

Verse City Multimedia Camp: Summer in the City June 26-30, 2009, Ryerson School of Journalism
Friday, June 26th
TIME	LEADER	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
11am – 12pm	EMYS + Ryerson Student mentors & volunteers	Registration and Check in	Arrive RCC. Check into Pitman Hall Residence
12 – 12:45	Vinita Srivastava, Paul Knox/John Miller/ Ryerson Student Mentors	Welcome & Orientation	Lawn outside Pitman Hall (RCC 187 if rain or construction)
12:45 – 2:30pm	Last Nerve Productions: Junia Panchita Mason and Zena Lord	Workshop: Team building and equity awareness	RCC 361
2:30-4:30pm	Vinita Srivastava, Lindsay Smith and Colleen Ayup (CitizenShift/NFB).	Workshop: Intro to Summer in the City, Multimedia Field Kit (camera, audio and video) and CitizenShift blog.	RCC 187
4:30-5:30pm	Jeffrey Dvorkin	Workshop: Interviewing for Broadcast	RCC 187
5:30-6:00pm	EMYS	Break & blog Get ready for mixer	Residence
6:30-8:30pm	Omair Quadri and Student Programming Committee	Mixer	RCC Atrium, third floor / Ryerson Campus
8:30-10:00pm	EMYS	Concert Dundas Square: DJ Swami with Guests Swami are a British Indian pop/alt/bhangra band from Birmingham, England credited with bringing British bhangra back to prominence in Indian clubs. (Dundas Square) OR Pride festivities — FunkAsia: A journey of colour and joy through sing-alongs, dance-alongs and a Bollyqueer stage spectacular.  Campy, kitschy and fun. (Church and Wellesley, South Stage)	Dundas Square OR South Stage/Church Street.
11:00p.m.	EMYS	Lights Out	Pitman Hall Residence
Saturday, June 27th
TIME	LEADER	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.	EMYS	Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall Residence
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	EMYS/Ryerson Breakfast Team	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall Cafeteria
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.	Peter McNelly and Janice Neil	Workshop: Digging for gold–focus your story	RCC 187
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.	Peter McNelly and Janice Neil	Break out: Gameplan–focusing II	RCC 187
11am – 12:15	John Miller: REPORTING	Workshop: Reporting	RCC 187
12:15-1:00	John Miller: Lunch and Check in with Mentors	Lunch and Check in with Mentors	Lawn/Toronto Streets
1 – 5	John Miller	Reporting in groups of three with Student mentor	Toronto streets
5 – 5:30	Peter and Janice with J-School Reporting Mentors	Report back on day’s events	RCC 187
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.	EMYS	Break & blog Get ready for dinner	Pitman Hall Residence
6:30 – 8:30	Omair with Student Programming Committee	Keynote Dinner with Omar Sachedina	RCC 361
8:30 – 11:00 p.m.	EMYS	Toronto City Roots festival (Distillery district) OR: The X Circus Project Dance and Deborah Cox (Pride festivities, Wellesley stage)	Historic Distillery district (Trinity stage and Ledge Stage). OR Church Street, Wellesley Stage
11p.m.	EMYS	Lights out	Pitman Hall Residence
Sunday, June 28th
TIME	LEADER	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
8:00-9 a.m.	EMYS	Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall Residence
9:00-9:45	EMYS/Ryerson Breakfast Team	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall Residence Cafeteria
10 – 12 p.m.	Peter McNelly and Janice Neil	Workshop: Writing Voice-overs	RCC 187
12 – 1 p.m.	EMYS	Lunch	RCC 203
1:00 – 3 p.m.	EMYS	Free time: Suggestion – Drumming show on Church street. Pride parade and weekend festivities	Church Street/Downtown Toronto
3 – 6 p.m.	Lindsay Smith	Workshop: Putting it all together – produce and edit story	RCC 187
6 – 6:30 p.m.	EMYS	Pizza Dinner	Pitman Hall
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.	Janice Neil and Vinita Srivastava	Screening of Invisible City with filmmaker Hubert Davis	Eaton Lecture Hall
8:30 – 11 p.m.	EMYS	Blog, break, activity	TBA
11p.m.	EMYS	Lights out	Pitman Hall Residence
Monday, June 29th
TIME	LEADER	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.	EMYS	Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	EMYS/Ryerson Breakfast Team	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall Cafeteria
9:00 – 11:45 a.m.	Don Gibb and Anne McNeilly	Workshop: Writing with style and structure	RCC 187 and RCC 185
12:00 – 1 p.m.	EMYS	Lunch	Campus
1 – 3 p.m.	Jen Moroz, Producer, The Hour, CBC With Industry & faculty mentors: Joan Melanson,  Executive Producer C.B.C. Radio, Vinita Srivastava, Don Gibb, Anne McNeilly	Workshop: Fine tuning	RCC 187
3 – 5 p.m.	EMYS	Blog or Reporting time if needed	Campus OR city
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.	EMYS	Shower/Dress for dinner	Pitman Hall
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.	Arti Patel	Burger Dinner	Gourmet Burger
8:30-11:30	EMYS	Activity for Students	TBA
11:30 p.m.	EMYS	Lights Out	Pitman Hall
Tuesday, June 30th
TIME	LEADER	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	EMYS	Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.	EMYS	Check out	Pitman Hall
9:30-10 a.m.	EMYS/Ryerson Breakfast Team	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.	Vinita Srivastava Expert panel: Royson James, Toronto Star Mathew Ingram, Globe & Mail Amil Niazi, Producer, CBC.ca	Wrap up and with presentations with expert panel.	KHS239
1 p.m.	EMYS	Depart for home

 

Lights, camera, action!

 

Student anchors at the Verse City broadcast workshop

 

 

 

Ever wanted to know how to put together a live show? On June 12, 15 students found out how. Gary Gould, a broadcast television lab technician with the Ryerson School of Journalism, walked students through their first live show. From staffing the cameras to sitting in the control room the students got hands on experience putting a show on the air. 

 

 

 

 

Students in the control room at the Verse City broadcast workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students in studio at the Verse City broadcast workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students behind the camera at the Verse City broadcast workshop

Verse City

Verse City is a program aimed at getting racialized and marginalized youth interested in pursuing careers in news media. The program specifically targets youth from Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods who face multiple barriers to education, employment and access to community services.

Our goal is to share the tools and skills necessary to participate in the process of producing journalism.

Through the Verse City program, we hope to break down barriers and develop greater access to university education and participation in the field of journalism for marginalized youth.

Verse City Workshop

The Ryerson School of Journalism is proud to partner with the Violence Intervention Project (VIP) at East Metro Youth Services (EMYS) beginning in 2008 to help build and create the Verse City Workshop – a series of workshops held both at EMYS and at Ryerson culminating in a four day long summer intensive multimedia camp.

The VIP program has so far produced a newspaper (the VIP Voice) and a magazine (Say Word)

Please take a look at the summer camp schedule for a breakdown of activities and events.

Summer Workshop 2009 – to post

Friday, June 26th
TIME	LEADER	Volunteers needed	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
9:30-10:00	Arti Patel	Any available for a morning orientation, ALL who are working Friday Morning.	Volunteer Welcome & Orientation	RCC 189
11am – 12pm	EMYS + Ryerson Student mentors and volunteers	Welcome volunteers 1. Arti P. 2. Ronak G. 3. Julianna M. 4. Kevin Y. 5. Fareen Q. 6. Lakshi S. 7. 2 EMYS Volunteers.	-Students arrive by TTC -Check-in	Pitman Hall Residence
12 – 1	Vinita Srivastava, Paul Knox/John Miller/ Ryerson Student Mentors	Ryerson Tours (14 campers per): 1. Paul Knox 2. John Miller	Welcome &  Orientation	Lawn (if rain, RCC 187) mic and speaker booked
1 – 2:30pm	Toronto District School Board with a Ryerson Faculty member	1. Equity	Lunch Workshop: Equity issues and reporting Burrito lunch from Z-teca	RCC 203 send formal invitation letter to TDSB
2:30-4:30pm	Vinita Srivastava and Lindsay Smith	Five multimedia savvy students: 1. Fareen Q. 2. Irene Q. 3. Samuel D 4. 5.	Intro to blogging and to Summer in the City & Multimedia Field Kit (camera, audio and video)	RCC 187
4:30-5:30pm	Jeffrey Dvorkin		Workshop: Interviewing for Broadcast	RCC 187
5:30-6:00pm	EMYS		Break	Residence
6:30-8:30pm	Omair Syed and Student Programming Committee	Welcome and dinner Volunteers: 1. Arti P. 2. Julianna M. 3. Lakshi S. 4. Kevin Y. 5. Sachin S. 6. Michelle O. 7.  Ronak G. 8. James R. 9.  Colleen 10. 3 EMYS PLUS any volunteer who wants to attend the event.	Mixer: Journalism industry insiders, students and faculty: meet & greet (finger food Dinner) with journalists and faculty Meetings with mentors egarding student story ideas. Confirmed Guests: 1. Tor Sandberg, RabbleTV, 2. Sarah Fulford, EIC, Toronto Life 3. Harpreet Dipak, Journalist, OMNI News, 4. Natalie Armstrong, Journalist, Reuters, 5. Corinne Impey, editor, Global Voices – Toronto Star 6. ? Renato Zane, Vice-President, OMNI Television ? 7. Kris Reyes, CITY TV Reporter 8. Lora Grady, former McClungs E-I-C 9. Daniel Lak, CBC.ca	RCC Atrium, third floor / Ryerson Campus Mic and speaker booked FOOD at $12 pp x 75 Thank you letter for St. Louis donation SEND UPDATED INVITE WITH DETAILS PICK UP FOOD ON FRIDAY Decorations, table cloths sponsors: St. Louis Bar and Grill Wings, Caesar Salad, Chicken fingers, fries, veggie/dip platter Pumpernickels? -veggie quiches -veggie springers Subway platter
8:00-10:00pm	Vinita Srivastava/ Zena and Junia OR EMYS	1. Samantha E 2. James R.	Workshop: Team building & creativity DJ Swami with Guests Swami are a British Indian pop/alt/bhangra band from Birmingham, England credited with bringing British bhangra back to prominence in Indian clubs.	Dundas Square  (8:00 PM – 10:00 PM)
11:00p.m.			Lights Out	Pitman Hall Residence
Saturday, June 27th
TIME	LEADER		ACTIVITY	LOCATION & TASK
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.			Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall Residence
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.		1. Sachin S. 2. Omair S. 3. Julianna M. 4. Kevin Y. 5. Michelle O 6. Samantha	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall  Cafeteria Pick up donuts and coffee from Tims (Juliana & Kevin)
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.	Peter McNelly and Janice Neil	1. Irene 2. Lora G. 3. Allison 4. Samantha	Workshop: Story focus session	RCC 187
10 – 11a.m.	Peter McNelly and Janice Neil	J-School Student Reporting Mentors: 1. Sachin S. 2. Arti P. 3. Julianna M. 4. Kevin Y. 5. Lakshine S. 6. Allison 7. Lora G. 8. Michelle O 9. Collen	Break out: focus and group focus	RCC 187
11am – 12	John Miller: REPORTING	J-School Student Reporting Mentors: 1. Sachin S. 2. Arti P. 3. Julianna M. 4. Kevin Y. 5.Lakshine  S. 6. Lora G. 7. Allison 8. Michelle O 9. Collen	Workshop: Reporting	RCC 187
	John Miller: Lunch and Check in with Mentors	J-School Student Reporting Mentors: see 1-9 above	Lunch and Check in with Mentors Packed Subway  lunches	Lawn/Toronto Streets
1 – 5	John Miller	see above, J-School Student Reporting Mentors: 1-9.	Reporting in groups of three (one group of four) with Student mentors	Toronto streets
5 – 5:30	Peter and Janice with J-School Reporting Mentors	see above, J-School Student Reporting Mentors: 1-9.	Report back on day’s events	RCC 187
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.	EMYS		Break	Pitman Hall Residence
6:30 – 8:30	Omair Syed with Student Programming Committee	Welcome Volunteers: 1. Samantha 2. Fareen 3. Allison 4.  Arti P 5. Lakshine S 6. 5 EMYS Volunteers This event is open to all volunteers.	Keynote Dinner with Omar Sachedina, Reporter/Anchor: CP24 – Toronto’s Breaking News	RCC 361 – identify needs for room : tables, chairs, garbage bins. BOOK Dinner and mic and podium. Need Table cloths, plates, napkins etc. Dinner from Ali Baba
8:30 – 11:00 p.m.	Team buliding workshop EMYS	All Volunteers welcome	Team building?	?BOOK RCC 361 confirm Zena and Junia
11p.m.	EMYS		Lights out	Pitman Hall Residence
Sunday, June 28th
TIME	LEADER		ACTIVITY	LOCATION
8:00-9 a.m.			Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall Residence
9:00-9:45		1. Arti P 2. Julianna M 3. Kevin Y 4. Samantha 5. Sachin 6. Lora G.	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall Residence Cafeteria
10 – 12 p.m.	Peter McNelly and Janice Neil		Workshop: Writing Voice-overs	RCC 187
12 – 1 p.m.	EMYS	1. 4 EMYS Volunteers 2. Samantha	Omair’s mom – lunch	RCC 203
1:00 – 3 p.m.	EMYS	Volunteers Welcome *(Morning mentors)	Experience Pride weekend festivities	Downtown Toronto
3 – 6 p.m.	Lindsay Smith	Multimedia savvy J-School mentors: 1. Irene 2. Michelle O 3. Fareen 4. Samuel D. 5. Adrian Ma Lisa B?	EDIT / Work on story	RCC 187
6 – 6:30 p.m.	EMYS		Break	Pitman Hall
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.	Janice Neil and Vinita Srivastava	1. Sachin S. 2. Allison 3. Samantha	Hubert Davis, Invisible City *Pizza dinner *Kernals popcorn take photos for newsletter + a movie	EATON LECTURE HALL booked Rogers talks still in works BOOK ROOM FOR PIZZA
9:30 – 11 p.m.	EMYS		Free time FInd out about Gym	TBA
11p.m.	EMYS		Lights out	Pitman Hall Residence
Monday, June 29th
TIME	LEADER		ACTIVITY	LOCATION
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.			Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.		Researchers: 1. Lisa B. 2. Julianna M. 3. Michelle O. 4. Lora G 5. Omair 6. Kevin Y	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall Cafeteria Pick up donuts and coffee from Tims (Juliana & Kevin)
9:00 – 11:45 a.m.	Don Gibb and Anne McNeilly		Write story with a lesson on style and structure	RCC 187 and RCC 185
12:00 – 1 p.m.	EMYS			Campus
1 – 3 p.m.	Jen Moroz, Producer, The Hour, CBC	Faculty and Industry Mentors: 1. Don Gibb 2. Anne McNeilly 3. 4.Jen Moroz 5. Joan Melanson Executive Producer C.B.C. Radio Toronto 6. Vinita Srivastava 7. 8. 9. PRODUCTION mentors: 1. Lisa B. 2. Irene?	Edit and production – meet with faculty mentor to discuss story – How does it sound and look now? Are edits needed? If so – do them now.	RCC 187
3 – 5 p.m.	EMYS		Blog time/reflection or Reporting time if needed	Downtown Toronto
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.	EMYS		Shower/Dress for dinner	Pitman Hall
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.	Arti Patel	Dinner volunteers	Burger Dinner	Gourmet Burger BOOK room for dinner
8:30 – 11:00 p.m.	EMYS		Activity for students	EMYS/TBA
11:30 p.m.	EMYS		Lights Out	Pitman Hall
Tuesday, June 30th
TIME	LEADER		ACTIVITY	LOCATION & TASKS
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.			Wake up, shower, dress	Pitman Hall
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.			Check out	Pitman Hall
9:30-10 a.m.		1. Arti P 2. Lisa B. 3. Julianna M 4. Kevin Y 5. Omair S 6. Ronak	Breakfast and research interviews	Pitman Hall Pick up donuts and coffee from Tims (Juliana & Kevin)
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.	Vinita Srivastava Expert panel: *Royson James Mathew Ingram Amil N Faculty:	All volunteers welcome to this event. EMYS 3 Volunteers	Wrap up and with presentations with expert panel.	KHS239 Snacks to go/cake
1 p.m.	EMYS		TTC home

Ryerson Mentors:
Vinita Srivastava
John Miller
Anne McNeil
Janice Neil
Peter McNelly
Don Gibb

Ryerson Tech Staff:
Lindsay Smith

IT director:
Mike Hemsworth

Ryerson Student Reporting Mentors:
Irene Quarcoo
Julianna
Omair
Ronak
Arti
Lakshine

Ryerson Student multimedia mentors:
Adrian Ma
Irene Quarcoo
Michelle Owusu
Colleen

Funders:
Youth Challenge Fund
United Way
Blue Jays Way

Additional Sponsors:
St. Louis Bar and Grill
Pizza Pizza
Cineplex Odeon

Journalism Students + Computer Science Majors = Better News Apps for All

Hey Verse City Guys,

(Check out the article below which highlights how new technology is changing the face of journalism.)

Students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism are coming up with new and creative ways of  making a journalists job a lot easier by introducing new technological tools that will  not only save them time but money as well.

Some of these new gadgets include:  (1) sport story generators that write coverage all by itself,  (2) Microsoft plug-ins, which allow journalists to research/fact check stories at the same time and (3) iPhone applications that provide daily news in 10 minute increments.

Read more about what these students are working on at:  http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/journalism_students_computer_science_majors_better.php

This article is courtesy of Read, Write and Web  a blog that discusses upcoming web technology and techno-news.

Changing Scarborough’s violent image

Once nicknamed “Scarlem,” this community finds itself at the forefront of a change.

Matthew Gutwillig│April 13, 2009

The media portrayal of Scarborough as a violent-ridden community escalated during the “Year of the Gun” in 2005. Don Gillmor’s 2007 article in Toronto Life, “The Scarborough Curse” put the nail in the coffin for the area by describing it as “a mess of street gangs, firebombings and stabbings.”

Through this turbulent time, local social agencies continue to work on reducing violence and restoring the community’s tainted reputation.

East Metro Youth Services (EMYS) has been at the forefront of this effort and is a Scarborough-run mental-health centre for children that fosters two separate anti-violence programs for youth called the Respect in Schools Everywhere (RISE) program and the Violence Intervention Project (VIP).

Read the whole story…