DU students cover Pope’s visit

Among the thousands of TV crews covering last week’s visit to the U.S. by Pope Benedict XVI, the journalists from Duquesne University stood out, reports Ann Rodgers in the Post-Gazette.

The students were the only college media credentialed for the pope’s visit.

A spokeswoman for Washington, D.C., Archbishop Donald Wuerl joked that she could hardly say no to a crew from Duquesne, where Wuerl used to teach.

The 12-person team from DUQ-TV and their faculty adviser are producing a one-hour documentary about Benedict’s visit. It will be available soon on the station’s website.