Backpack Journalism at Creighton University is a collaboration between the Theology Department and the Journalism, Media, & Computing Department. It came about because of a theologian interested in social justice and filmmaking and a journalist and an artist interested in filmmaking and social justice.
Each summer, a small group of students travels to a community in search of a story. Led by professors Dr. John O’Keefe, Tim Guthrie, and Carol Zuegner, the students immerse themselves in the communities, interviewing, filming, recording, and writing. When they return to Creighton, they take the stories they have collected and develop them into a short documentary film. The Backpack Journalism documentaries have been accepted at several film festivals, including the Omaha Film Festival. The class has traveled to such far-flung places as the Dominican Republic and Uganda, Bethel Alaska and Nogales Arizona/Sonora. The next project is tentatively planned for Northern Uganda in 2018.
For more information or to apply to participate in the Uganda 2018 project, contact Dr. John O’Keefe (jokeefe@creighton.edu) or Dr. Carol Zuegner (carolzuegner@creighton.edu).
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Well… I don’t know who screams for eskimo ice cream. But hey, I had to try it. It’s a traditional Yup’ik dessert. It’s actually really good. It’s not the taste that is throwing me off. It’s the ingredients…
So Stephanie, don’t leave your readers in suspense! What ingredients are in Eskimo Ice Cream???? What does it taste like??
Kathy and everyone, it’s made from Crisco, sugar and blueberries picked from the tundra. Everyone eats it here. It’s called Akutaq in Yup’ik.
A-goo-duck
Yum. I like it best when they put instant mashed potatoes in it.