Media tours

Thursday, Nov. 19

Media tours are curated educational experiences for students to visit Orlando landmarks and learn about the city from a media perspective before the convention officially kicks off. Each tour price includes venue admission, guided tour fees and transportation, which are all arranged by the convention team. No meals are included.

Online preregistration is required, as part of our primary registration system, and is offered on a first come, first served basis.

Orlando media tour information will be updated as it becomes available.

Osceola Magic journalism intern for a day

Spend the day at the Silver Spurs Arena as a journalism intern. 

Cost: $250, includes four attendees. Attendees must include one adviser and three students — no exceptions. This tour is limited to one group, for a total of four people, per school.

Event Time: 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m.

• Lunch is included
• Bussing is available and will likely pick up at 8 a.m. and drop off by 3 p.m.  

What’s included: 

• A green room interview with Hans Steinbrenner, president of the Osceola Magic, a press pass to take courtside photos, and an on-floor workspace to design a story module in real time. Every school will select a three-person team of a writer, designer and photographer who will receive pre-game journalism coaching and instruction with creative consultants.
• Reporting teams will need to bring their own camera equipment (or cell phones to be used for photography) and laptops with wifi internet accessibility. 

This opportunity is brought to you by Jostens.

WESH-2 newsroom

Cost: $50, maximum of three people per school
Event time: 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Students will tour the WESH-2 newsroom in Orlando, and they will have the opportunity to watch a noon newscast from both the live studio and the audio booth, rotating between the two locations. They will also have time to ask questions and speak with members of the newsroom team about their careers and daily responsibilities.

University of Central Florida

Cost: $50, maximum of three people per school
Event time: 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Students will tour UCF’s Nicholson School of Communication and Media to learn what print, online and broadcast journalism look like at the college level. They will sit in on the production of a weekly studio show, view a story planning session with a digital media team, and participate in a question and answer session with students and faculty from UCF’s five communication degree programs. Students will eat lunch at the UCF student union before returning to the convention center. Participants should be prepared for walking around the UCF campus.