Student Programs

March 14 – Student Workshop

Calling all high school and college students interested in journalism! Join AAJA Sacramento for a lively discussion on breaking into the industry and get your work critiqued by a professional. Whether you’re interested in broadcast, print, photography or new media, this is your one-stop shop to get your questions answered.

The event is free to all high school and college students. Remember to bring your work and RSVP to AAJA Student Coordinator Whitney Clark at whitney89@yahoo.com.

Click here for the workshop flier.

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AAJA Journalism Scholarship Deadline

Title: AAJA Journalism Scholarship Deadline
Link out: Click here
Description: Last day to submit AAJA scholarship applications!
Date: 2009-03-14

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AAJA-Sports Journalism Institute Internship – Deadline Extended

AAJA has received a limited number of applications for the AAJA-Sports Journalism Institute Internship. As a result, we have extended the deadline an extra week to this Friday, Dec. 12.

Please help us get the word out to your student members who are college sophomores and juniors during spring 2009. This is a rare opportunity to learn about sports coverage and experience it through a paid internship with a daily newspaper in their local area.

For application, please visit here.

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Boston Globe Summer Internship

This is a message to our student members from Paula Bouknight about the Boston Globe’s summer internship program:

The Globe started its program more than 50 years ago. Through the years, it has continued to be a challenging and rewarding program for those invited to participate. The 12-week program gives young journalists a chance to work for a major metropolitan paper, covering a variety of stories in our Metro, Business, Living/Arts, Health/Science and Sports sections, as well as shooting photos and video, designing section fronts and creating graphics for print and online, and copy editing. While we provide guidance, direction, and editing to the interns, as well as offer another layer of feedback with a writing coach dedicated to the interns, we expect them to work nearly at the level of a beginning reporter. This means our interns produce great work and finely polish their journalism skills every day.

In 2005, The Wall Street Journal published “America’s A-List of Internships,” and the Boston Globe was the only newspaper included on it. To make the final list, the Journal said “internship programs had to receive multiple recommendations from employers” and “stand out from competing programs.”

So, if any student in your chapter is seeking a summer internship next year, please consider our program.
A fuller description of the program as well as an application can also be downloaded from our Web site.

Sincerely,
Paula Bouknight
The Boston Globe
AME/Hiring & Development
Tel: 617-929-3120
Fax: 617-929-2018

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AAJA Sacramento awards $3,000 in scholarships to two local students

Donna Lee and Deur Julie Tcha were selected for AAJA Sacramento scholarships this year.

Tcha, a senior at California State University, Sacramento majoring in government journalism, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. She is an intern at CBS13 and plans to intern in the Office of Assemblymember Dave Jones this fall.

Lee, who will be a graduate student at Columbia this fall, was given a $2,000 scholarship. She is currently interning as an associate producer for ‘Insight’ on Capital Public Radio. Lee interned at The Statesman-Journal in Salem, Ore. as part of the Chips Quinn Scholar program and at the Sacramento News & Review. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cell biology from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Student Workshop Recap

Thank you to all the panelists and volunteers who made the student workshop possible!

AAJA SACRAMENTO STUDENT WORKSHOP

AAJA Sacramento Student Workshop
Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. to noon
Eleanor McClatchy Center (across from The Sacramento Bee’s main office)
2131 Q Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

Meet journalism professionals in this time of change and get advice on breaking into the business. The free workshop is open to all high school and college students. Bring your resume, clips, tapes, or portfolio. Professionals will be on-hand for critiques.
Confirmed panelists include:

Tina Macuha, anchor/reporter for CBS13/CW31
Shane Goldmacher, reporter for The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert
Bret Burkhart, reporter and anchor for KGO Radio
An editor from SacTown magazine
The discussion will be moderated by Pamela Wu, anchor/reporter for KCRA

Download the flyer (pdf) here

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