Illapel students get to know the facilities of the School of Journalism

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A tour of the main facilities of the School of Journalism and the Andrés Bello Campus of the University of La Serena was carried out by nearly 60 students from the Ignacio de Loyola School of Illapel after their interest in this and other careers at the house of studies.

The Digital Content Room, the Radio and Television studios, and the Digital Editing Laboratory were the centers visited by the students, who were pleasantly surprised with the infrastructure that the School has.

visit journalism2The Director of the School of Journalism, Mg. Cristian Muñoz Catalán valued the visit and invited other schools. “For us this is important because there is an interaction with the students, where they are shown the School's facilities. And this undoubtedly helps us position ourselves early in future cohorts who may choose the School of Journalism and the University of La Serena as their home of study,” he expressed.

The experience for the group of schoolchildren provoked a high interest and motivation for communications. “This tour was very different from what we have seen before because we have only visited scientific fields, so we had never had the experience of being able to do things in a more didactic way like here in Journalism,” commented Josefa Morales, a 3rd year student at the school. .

Likewise, for Maura Nilo, a student in the same course, her interest in studying this degree increased: “now that we came to see the headquarters, I liked the infrastructure they have in areas such as computing, radio, the informative talks on the degree and, also, “It is a very spacious place,” he said.

For her teacher and graduate of the University of La Serena, Graciela Castillo, these instances are important because they bring students closer to university life, highlighting that “I heard them say, after the exercise that was given to them, that they would like to study Journalism, They were very excited, especially when they understand that the career is not only television, but also has other areas where they can perform.”

The experience allowed the students to know, through experiences, the different aspects that the Journalism career covers and thus get closer to the different technological inputs that allow the comprehensive development between the theoretical and practical aspects of the area.

Written by Consuelo Peña, School of Journalism