{"id":7493,"date":"2011-02-02T17:14:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T22:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=7493"},"modified":"2016-05-09T17:22:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T21:22:40","slug":"falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Miami Dade College journalism students and\u00a0<em>Falcon Times<\/em>\u00a0alumni, Laura C. Morel and Sergio N. Candido, were among 23 students from universities all across the country chosen to participate in\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0Student Journalism Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The program was held in Miami this year at Florida International University\u2019s Biscayne Bay Campus from Jan. 2-16. The program offered instruction in all areas of journalism including reporting, copy editing, video production, web production, layout and photography.<\/p>\n<p>The students produced a newspaper during the rigorous two-week program, which included 15- hour work days for many. Content was also featured on the program\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was treated as a reporter. I did a main project story of 1,100 words on technology and how it benefits disabled people which took a week to complete,\u201d said Morel, who served as editor-in-chief of\u00a0<em>The Falcon Times<\/em>\u00a0during the 2008-09 school year. \u201cI also worked on five other stories, covered breaking news, and learned Final Cut Pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candido, who served as the multimedia editor for\u00a0<em>The Falcon Times<\/em>\u00a0during the 2009-10 school year, wrote four stories, including one about how more students are trying to find gay friendly universities, which was featured on\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Institute I found an inner strength I never thought I had,\u201d Candido said. \u201cIt taught me to keep a cool head despite tight deadlines and I found I could push myself into working a crazy number of hours, sometimes getting six hours of sleep in two days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candido, 22, who has interned at Telemundo, is a junior studying multimedia journalism at Florida Atlantic University. He is currently a staff writer for the\u00a0<em>University Press<\/em>, FAU\u2019s student newspaper. While at MDC he won awards for in-depth reporting and news writing from the Florida Community College Press Association.<\/p>\n<p>Morel, 21, is a senior at Emerson College studying print and multimedia journalism.<\/p>\n<p>She won three awards from the FCCPA including a first-place award for best news story in 2008. She has interned at\u00a0<em>The Boston Globe\u2019<\/em>s website Boston.com and on\u00a0<em>The Miami Herald\u2019<\/em>s metro desk.<\/p>\n<p>Morel is scheduled to intern at\u00a0<em>The Dallas Morning News<\/em>\u00a0this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe place was like an actual newsroom, it was very intense, but I liked it,\u201d Morel said while discussing her experience at\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0Student Journalism Institute. \u201cIt showed me how much I can push myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Mark Overton contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Miami Dade College journalism students and\u00a0Falcon Times\u00a0alumni, Laura C. Morel and Sergio N. Candido, were among 23 students from universities all across the country chosen to participate in\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0Student Journalism Institute. The program was held in Miami this year at Florida International University\u2019s Biscayne Bay Campus from Jan. 2-16. The program offered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Miami Dade College journalism students and\u00a0Falcon Times\u00a0alumni, Laura C. Morel and Sergio N. Candido, were among 23 students from universities all across the country chosen to participate in\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0Student Journalism Institute. The program was held in Miami this year at Florida International University\u2019s Biscayne Bay Campus from Jan. 2-16. The program offered [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-02T22:14:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-09T21:22:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Monica Suarez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Monica Suarez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Monica Suarez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/30bc0359d6b7883a2101c38f6d884f22\"},\"headline\":\"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-02T22:14:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-09T21:22:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-02T22:14:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-09T21:22:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/30bc0359d6b7883a2101c38f6d884f22\",\"name\":\"Monica Suarez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"caption\":\"Monica Suarez\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/monica-suarez\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","og_description":"Former Miami Dade College journalism students and\u00a0Falcon Times\u00a0alumni, Laura C. Morel and Sergio N. Candido, were among 23 students from universities all across the country chosen to participate in\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0Student Journalism Institute. The program was held in Miami this year at Florida International University\u2019s Biscayne Bay Campus from Jan. 2-16. The program offered [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2011-02-02T22:14:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-09T21:22:40+00:00","author":"Monica Suarez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Monica Suarez","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/"},"author":{"name":"Monica Suarez","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/person\/30bc0359d6b7883a2101c38f6d884f22"},"headline":"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop","datePublished":"2011-02-02T22:14:40+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-09T21:22:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/"},"wordCount":409,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/","name":"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-02T22:14:40+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-09T21:22:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/falcon-times-alumni-shine-at-workshop\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Falcon Times Alumni Shine At Workshop"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/person\/30bc0359d6b7883a2101c38f6d884f22","name":"Monica Suarez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","caption":"Monica Suarez"},"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/monica-suarez\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}