By Sholnn Freeman Students from the Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications, along with Associate Professor Jennifer Thomas, are participating in the CNN Academy Newsroom Simulation in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from December 8-18. Howard University seniors Kyle Fisher and Donovan McNeal are the only representatives participating from an HBCU. Fisher studies strategic communications and criminology, while McNeal majors in digital journalism and environmental studies. This week, they are among 160 of their peers from around the world attending the Abu Dhabi bootcamp. Professor Thomas, a former CNN executive and veteran news producer, joins them as their faculty advisor. Fisher was a White House Correspondents Association Scholarship recipient this
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