Media in Ghana: Six Weeks in Six Minutes
A great video by Ghana alum Cassidy Scott offers a short glimpse into the Media in Ghana program. Media in Ghana: Six Weeks in Six Minutes
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Dr. Michael Stern, Associate Professor Dept. of German and Scandinavian
The trip to Ghana has resonated strongly with many aspects of my life. I was moved by the gentility and openness of the people, the beautiful forrest preserves and the stormy seas, the striving of the youth culture, and the profound connections with American history. But nothing hit me like the visit to the slave fort, Elmina Read More …
Kathryn Owen
In 2012 I traveled to Ghana with 14 Journalism students from the University of Oregon. The students were participating in a 6 week Media in Ghana program. I accompanied them as part chaperone, part observer, and part researcher. At the time, I was a Development Officer for the UO and volunteered to help raise money Read More …
Louise M Bishop | Associate Professor Emerita | Clark Honors College
My husband Jim Earl and I traveled with Leslie Steeves to Ghana in the summer of 2011. Leslie’s expert guidance helped us learn about Ghana’s history, Leslie’s program, and the meaning and power of journalism in the country. Leslie’s contacts run throughout the country’s many levels – political, academic, and personal. Leslie was unfailingly generous Read More …
Anais Keenon, Ghana alumni 2011
It’s been years since I last stepped foot in Ghana, but I can still recall it vividly. A crocodile’s scaly skin and toothy smile. Intricate kaleidoscopes of colored fabric in the sprawling market of Kumasi. The aromatic, savory smells of spiced meats and peppery jollof rice for lunch. For two sweltering summer months in 2011, Read More …
Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda
I’ve been in more than 36 countries in my academic career, but fortunately this was my first trip to the African Continent. I can’t think about a better first trip to this unique part of the world that through the gates of a friendly and hospitable nation and the guidance of an expert scholar and Read More …
Oliver Hagan
In the summer of 2004, I lived in Accra, Ghana as a participant of Professor Steeves’ SOJC journalism internship program. I worked as a news editorial intern at the Accra Daily Mail and wrote a regular column called the “American Obroni in Accra.” I devoted my column to the exploration of Ghanaian culture and spent my Read More …
Cassie DeFillipo
My decision to participate in the Media in Ghana program was somewhat arbitrary, made to satisfy an internship requirement in my program, yet it has made a long-lasting impact. It veered my life and career in new and unexpected directions. I arrived in Ghana for the last term of my bachelor’s degree, planning to enter Read More …
Tahira Hayes
Doing the media in Ghana program was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Living in Ghana challenged me and changed me. I came home a much more patient and understanding person. It gave me a better appreciation for the different ways in which people live and it altered my value system — Read More …
Josh Gordon
I was a participant in the Ghana program in the summer of 2008, as a senior who only needed a few credits to graduate and no idea what I was going to do with my life after school. This was the beginning of the great recession, and my entire graduating class was terrified about finding Read More …
Taylor Grimes
I will never forget the first email. I think it was sent to every SOJC student, and the subject line – “Want to study abroad in Ghana?” – was basically click-bait before click-bait was a thing. It was fall 2003 and that email outlined a new summer internship abroad in a place I’d never really Read More …
Ghana Social Marketing Foundation
I had the unforgettable opportunity to intern with the Ghana Social Marketing Foundation during the Media in Ghana Program in the summer of 2013. While there, I supported the development of demand-generation campaigns designed to educate Ghanaians about the importance of HIV testing. On one particular day my colleagues and I had the opportunity to Read More …
Ghana influence — To be continued
It has been more than 20 days since I came back from the Ghana trip. The influence I brought back still keeps impacting my family. They ask all kinds of questions whenever they can, over and over again. Sometimes, I feel like they just want to confirm with me that the images of Africa in Read More …
A Hard Goodbye
I’ve been having trouble processing this trip, knowing that it is now coming to a close. It has become especially hard as the first wave of our group left and everyone has had to say their goodbyes. The house is quiet now, leaving a space for me to reflect on my last 6 weeks in Read More …
An eye opening and humbling experience
Coming into this program, I really didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know what the country would be like. I knew it was going to be hot though. I had no clue what any of it would look like, smell like, feel like. I didn’t expect the landscape to be so green or for Read More …