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The New York Times Student Journalism
Institute
Follow
in the footsteps of the best and brightest young journalists
in America by applying to The New York Times Student
Journalism Institute. This Institute brings together
students and writers, editors, designers and photographers
from The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Times
Company Regional papers.
The Institute is offered in collaboration with two different
groups, the Black College Communications Association
and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
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The next regular session of the Institute will be held from May 18 through 31, 2008,
in collaboration with the BCCA, at Dillard
University in New Orleans.
Students selected to attend the Institute have all their
expenses paid, including transportation, and also receive
a stipend.
Students can expect to spend days and nights reporting,
editing, designing or taking photographs as they cover
real news events in dynamic metropolitan areas. In a
fully functioning newsroom, aspiring journalists will
see how experienced professionals deal with a range
of challenging activities and cover unexpected events.
Students will also learn what is expected at internships
and full-time jobs at news organizations.Throughout
the program, students have opportunities for intense
discussions with award-winning journalists on everything
from the nuts and bolts of the everyday life of journalists
to the larger issues of the profession. Students will
be exposed to the basic principles of journalism and
can concentrate on one or more of five specialties:
Reporting
Editing
Photography
Design/Graphics
Multimedia
During the Institute the students run a daily news Website,
and at the end of the program, a newspaper is published
containing the best of the material created at the Institute.
Copies are available to serve as clips.
All
Expenses Paid
All
travel expenses to and from Tucson or New Orleans are
covered, and the Institute provides each student with
a small stipend. Room and board, including three meals
each day, are also covered. There is no cost for any materials
used.
The Instructors
The
professional staff includes award-winning print and
Web journalists from The New York Times, The Boston
Globe and the Regional Newspapers of The New York Times
Company. Previous participants have included former
New York Times Sports Editor Neil Amdur; Boston Globe
Assistant Managing Editor Paula Bouknight; Globe Senior Deputy Sports Editor
Gregory Lee, Kathleen McElroy, former Times dining editor,
Times senior Web producer Eric Owles, Times Director
of Copy Desks Merrill Perlman; Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Managing Editor Greg Retsinas; Alan Robertazzi, Deputy
Director of News Design for The New York Times; Jodi
Rudoren, Times deputy Metropolitan editor; Times senior
editor Sheila Rule, Times senior Web producer Sylvia
Rupani-Smith; Times national correspondent Susan Saulny,
and Times senior editor Nancy A. Sharkey. The director
is Don R. Hecker, editor for staff editor training at
The Times.
How
to Apply
You
need not be a journalism student to apply for the Institute.
You must complete the application form, submit an essay
of up to 500 words on why you want to be a journalist
and provide six clips from a student newspaper, other
publication or Website. (Applicants who wish to concentrate
on photography or design/graphics may submit a portfolio
of six work samples.)
You should also meet the following qualifications:
- Have worked for at least one semester on your student
newspaper OR have been an intern or employee of a news
media organization.
- Have a letter of recommendation from a member of the
faculty or from an editor at a news media organization.
- Be in good academic standing.
- Be a student member of the National Association of Black Journalists OR a student at an HBCU for the May program, or a student member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists for the January program.
Deadlines
Applications for the program at Dillard University must
be postmarked no later than Feb. 29, 2008.
ALL
applications and related material must be sent to:
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute
PO Box 2690
Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108
Applicants for the program at Dillard University will
be notified no later than March 29, 2008, whether they
have been accepted.
Further information can also be obtained by contacting
the director, Don R. Hecker, at (212) 556-1576 or hecker@nytimes.com.
Download the application form for the program at Dillard
University here.
- Download
the application form for the program at University
of Arizona here.
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