Morton lands fellowship, convention reporting assignment
Junior Daion Morton will have a busy summer, thanks to two national honors, both of which provide real-world experience.
First, Morton is one of 16 students from around the nation to be selected as a 2015 International Radio and Television Society Summer Fellow. The program allows fellows to gain full-time experience at a New York-based media corporation for nine weeks May 31 to Aug. 1.
Morton will have just a little time after his fellowship to prepare for his next assignment. He is one of 10 students in the country selected to participate in the annual National Association of Black Journalists Student Multimedia Project. For one week, students work with professional journalists and educators to produce daily television newscasts and newspapers, as well as create and manage a full convention website, nabjconvention.org.
Morton will work on the broadcast team during the convention, which is Aug. 5-9 in Minneapolis.