About
Jacob Spori Building. Photo credit: Isabelle Justice.
Scroll is BYU-Idaho's student-led news organization that informs, inspires and entertains the Rexburg community through daily multimedia storytelling. At Scroll, staff members and student reporters become proficient in AP style writing and gain real-world experience in a newsroom.
Scroll is BYU-Idaho’s oldest campus organization, and it is excited to continue its legacy by adapting to an online landscape. With its five priorities in mind, Scroll can make a positive difference in the local and Latter-day Saint community.
Our Priorities
1. Audience
Scroll reaches the BYUI student body, employees, alumni and the Eastern Idaho community through multiple channels. Each topic Scroll covers is chosen for its relevance.
2. Faith
BYUI comprises a unique religious environment. Scroll supports that environment. The news organization publishes content that builds faith in Jesus Christ.
3. Production
Scroll publishes daily content that is engaging, useful, newsworthy and that adds value to its readers’ lives.
4. Students
Scroll trains effective researchers, journalists, editors, communicators, multimedia storytellers, writers and leaders in a hands-on environment.
5. Values
Scroll values excellence, innovation, truth, humility, freedom, timeliness and fun.
How Scroll works
Scroll is among the more unique programs at BYU-Idaho. Scroll is an independent news organization that's simultaneously student-led and part of the curriculum of the Department of Communication.
Scroll is run by a team of paid student staff, with faculty advisors and a general manager to advise and mentor students in their efforts. This means every decision about what and how to publish our stories is made by student staff, while faculty provide industry expertise to support student's independent efforts.
Each semester, students enroll in COMM 397A, a practicum class where every enrolled student serves as a reporter. This class functions like a real newsroom, with major news coverage, staff trainings, tight deadlines and a published portfolio at the end of the semester.
As a lab modeled after real news organizations, Scroll students are constantly experimenting with new media to better reach the BYU-Idaho audience through intentional, creative storytelling.
