About

Mission

ThreeSixty Journalism brings diverse voices into journalism and related professions by using intense, personal instruction in the practice and principles of journalism. We strengthen the civic literacy, writing skills and college-readiness of Minnesota teens.

You can learn more about ThreeSixty by watching this video by Kevin Featherly of Capitol Report.

And his print story about us is great as well.

History

Since its founding as the Urban Journalism Workshop in 1971, ThreeSixty has provided basic journalism training to high school students of color who are interested in journalism careers. Since moving from the University of Minnesota to the University of St. Thomas in 2001, the program has grown from a two-week summer camp funded and staffed by volunteers to a year-round program with a small professional staff.

At present, ThreeSixty serves more than 400 high school students and teachers each year via after-school classes, weekend workshops, teacher training, career fair and a summer camp. Some 175 students have completed the program’s summer camp since 2001. Dozens have gone on to study journalism in college. Seven have finished college and are working in newsrooms across the country, including the Twin Cities, Arkansas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.