The Lemke Journalism Project is an Award-winning winter media training program held annually for high school students interested in multicultural reporting and diversity issues in northwest Arkansas. LJP runs for six weeks in the early spring. Students spend Saturdays in February and March on campus working with faculty in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media, local journalists and public relations professionals, and UofA student mentors. High school students produce podcasts, television news roundtables and a newspaper distributed with the Spanish-language La Prensa Libre.
The Lemke Journalism Project is named for Walter Lemke, the founder of the University of Arkansas School of Journalism and the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association. 
Sponsored by: The School of Journalism and Strategic Media @ the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Funding provided by:
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Northwest Arkansas Newspapers Inc.
Application forms can be downloaded from the LJP Apply page, where key details about the program can be found as well.
Hundreds of students have completed LJP and work in media jobs around the country. Here are just a few…
