NABJ Student Projects Application Available Now

 

Deadline: Feb. 18, 2011



Program Description
NABJ offers an expenses-paid fellowship to outstanding students pursuing a career in journalism. For one week, students work on varied news assignments.  Students will produce stories for the NABJ Monitor, our convention newspaper, NABJ TV, NABJ Radio and nabjconvention.org, our daily news web site. They will work alongside professional journalists and journalism educators from across the country. Students will gain hands-on experience using the latest tools to produce both breaking news as they cover NABJ's annual convention, and longer-form multimedia storytelling of broader issues.

Application Format
All applications must be received online. Resumes, cover letters, and clips should be uploaded as Word documents or PDFs. Complete links (where applicable) must be included. Use third-party sites such as Google Docs, YouTube, Flkr, or MyPodcast to provide links to work samples. Please screen your own work to provide the requested number of samples; we are not able to review all the content on an applicant's website. Please have these files ready prior to beginning the online application.

Qualifications
Positions are open to sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduate students attending a four-year college or
university, or an accredited community college. Applicants must have a demonstrated commitment to print or broadcast, and online journalism. At least one previous internship at a daily news organization is preferred, and multimedia experience is a plus.

General Requirements:

• Current college undergraduates and graduate students are eligible, including students who will graduate in May/June 2011.
• NABJ Student members only.
• Must be available to take part in these program during the convention, August 1 - 6, 2011.
  
• Must be 18 years of age.

Reporting Applicants (Print)

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• Links to five samples of your reporting work

Reporting Applicants (Broadcast)< /span>

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• Links to five samples of your audio and/or video work

Television Producer Applicants: 

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• Links to five samples of your TV newscast work.
• Familiarity working closely with assignment desk and producers on coverage, story selection, live coverage, and assignment of reporters and crews.

Copy Editing Applicants:

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• Links to five samples of your copy editing work.
• Applicants must have strong language skills and some editing experience.

Photojournalism Applicants: 

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• No fewer than 10 images, (maximum 20) and at least one photo story, essay or multimedia package (audio slide show, video or combo) with a link to your online portfolio (print) and/or links to five samples of your video work (broadcast).

Graphic/Design Applicants: 

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• 10 web links of infographics, page designs, illustrations or clips. 
•  Applicants must have strong computer and design skills. Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign skills strongly desired.

Multimedia Applicants: 

• Cover letter, including your reasons for entering the news profession 
• Resume 
• Official college transcript (Scanned, saved as JPG)
• List three refe rences from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
• Links to five samples of your audio, video and/or print work
•  Digital video editing skills required, i.e. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere or equivalent. 
• Familiarity with web publishing, social media and other web technologies preferred.

Application Deadline: February 18, 2011
HOW TO APPLY:
https://nabj.site-ym.com/?page=SEEDstudentproject