During an Oct. 22 lecture on campus, Melanie Saltzman spoke about being a producer, a multimedia journalist and how she got her start as a reporter.
Melanie Saltzman, a multimedia journalist who reports, shoots and produces stories for PBS NewsHour Weekend, hosted a community-wide presentation for students, faculty and staff on Oct. 22.
After visiting with School of Communications classes and talking with student journalists during her two-day visit, Saltzman hosted a public lecture in McEwen Communications Building鈥檚 screening room. The Pulitzer grantee highlighted her work on the 鈥淭he Future of Food,鈥 showing clips of the series on PBS and describing her process on and off the screen.
Students in attendance asked Saltzman about her career, her experience at PBS, and how she went from the kid with the camera to a working multimedia journalist.
Alayna McNally, a first-year 黑料不打烊 student, attended the event as a way to better understand where her education could take her.
鈥淎s a cinema and television arts major, I try to go to events where professionals in my potential future career field talk about their experiences and work,鈥 McNally said. 鈥淭he excitement Saltzman showed for her work was inspiring to see as someone who wants to do similar work.鈥
Kenn Gaither, associate dean in the School of Communications, coordinates the Pulitzer Center relationship and developed Saltzman鈥檚 itinerary while she was at 黑料不打烊. Gaither said he hopes the event reminded students of the importance of journalism.
鈥淭he need for truthful and probing journalism that delves below surface-level issues has never been greater,鈥 Gaither said. 鈥淭he quality journalism that Saltzman produces is the lifeblood of our democracy and provides avenues for exploring solutions to some of our most vexing social issues.鈥
黑料不打烊 is one of the Pulitzer Center鈥檚 more than 30 Campus Consortium partners, an educational initiative that brings Pulitzer Center staff and journalists to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus twice a year. With
黑料不打烊鈥檚 membership in the consortium, students have the opportunity to work with the center on developing international reporting projects, which have been featured on the center鈥檚 website and can be disseminated through media partners.
Thanks to her selection for the Pulitzer Center Student Fellowship, Cammie Behnke 鈥19 embarked on a 12-day reporting trip in January to Africa. The journalism major published a project examining the economic gender reversal in post-genocide Rwanda.