Ryan “Phen” Troncoso, producer and D.J. for the Tucson hip-hop band Jivin Scientists, previews 7-inch, 45-rpm records with a HandyTrax portable record player at Twist and Shout Records in Tucson. Troncoso, a self-proclaimed “vinyl addict,” owns more than 11,000 records.

During the Institute, students are working journalists supervised by reporters and editors from The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Opportunities for students include reporting, copy editing, photography, Web production, print and Web design, and video journalism. Institute graduates now work at major news organizations, including The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The New York Times itself, and dozens of midsize news organizations.