EDUCATION
Earl Hopkins
Along with his work as a features reporter, Earl is a digital journalism instructor and frequent digital humanities lecturer at West Chester University.
As a guest lecturer and digital media instructor, Earl has connected with rising media professionals nationwide. Along with his daily tasks as a journalist, he’s a digital journalism instructor for West Chester University’s iCamp Summer Academy and mentor for the Acel Moore High School Journalism Program.
RECENT LECTURES:
West Chester University – The History of Video Game Journalism
Community College of Philadelphia – The Origins of Hip-Hop Journalism (CMS Takeover Week)
National High School Journalism Conference – The Age of New Media
Temple University – The Digital Journalism Tools Needed to Succeed
Belmont University – Unmasking the New Media Professional
iCAMP MEDIA ACADEMY (WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY)
iCamp is a week-long residential summer media camp for Philadelphia high school students at West Chester University. For the past two years, Earl has served as the Digital Journalism Track instructor. He’s taught 11th and 12th graders the fundamentals of news and feature writing, photojournalism, social video, and print design.
Their assigned stories, logo and photography exercises, social video challenges, and other content have been used to build online news sites and physical newspapers – a first since the program’s founding in 2016.
CONTACT EARL
If you would like more information or to set up a free consultation for a future speaking engagement, please email hopkinsearl97@gmail.com or fill out the form below.