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NABJ STUDENT MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
For over two decades, NABJ has supported its student members and the future of journalism by offering students an opportunity to cover our annual convention. These former students affectingly call themselves "NABJ Babies" because they believe that the association "raised" them as they started their careers.
The NABJ Student Multimedia Project offers a cross-platform training experience for full-time undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in pursuing journalism as a career.
If chosen for the program, students will work as a team alongside experienced professionals who work for newspapers, TV, Radio and online news organizations across the country.
Students will gain hands-on experience in using the latest tools to produce both breaking news as they cover NABJ's annual convention, and longer-form multimedia storytelling to cover broader issues.
Program Description
As part of the NABJ Multimedia Project, converged news teams will produce stories for the NABJ Monitor, our convention newspaper, NABJ TV, NABJ Radio and nabjconvention.org, our daily news web site. Students will have an opportunity to write for print and online as well as produce packages for broadcast and online using the latest digital editing and multimedia production software. Students interested in areas such as design and copy editing will learn to design for print and the web and edit copy for print on the web.
Students may be assigned to one or more of the following roles:
- Multimedia Reporter (print, online, radio, TV)
- Photographer (still and video)
- Designer (print, online)
- Producer
- Multimedia Producer (online)
General Requirements:
- Current college undergraduates and graduate students are eligible to take part in theNABJ Student Multimedia Project. This includes students who currently attend community colleges and students who will graduate in May/June 2009.
- NABJ Student members only. If you are not a NABJ member, please click here to join.
- Must be available to take part in these programs from at least August 2 – August 9, 2009.
- Must be 18 years of age by July 31, 2009.
Application Requirements:
- A one-page resume (Microsoft Word or PDF)
- A cover letter that answers the following questions: (Microsoft Word of PDF)
- Why do you want to become a journalist?
- What are your journalism career goals?
- What multimedia skills do you possess and/or wish to learn.
- Why should you be selected to take part in the 2009 Student Projects?
- Describe your definition of teamwork, including a specific example of your participation in a successful team effort
- Official college transcript (Scanned)
- Required work samples for consideration:
List three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work.
Please submit five samples of your best work in your specialty and/or your multi-media work. Areas of specialty include:
(Microsoft Word, PDF, JPG formats , and/or web links to third party sties of your work)
Web:Copy edit and proofread articles focusing on style and format issues; write short articles; submit articles, video and photos to the site through our content management systems and learn Web software and basic HTML
Radio: Conceive, develop, report and produce stories for traditional radio segments made available online. Students serve as on-air reporters, producers, editors and engineers. Students will learn how to produce all of their work using the latest digital editing and producing software.
Newspaper: Write, edit, layout and produce a print edition while also contributing stories, photos, video and/or audio for the website in this new converged production of news. Student staff includes reporters, photographers, copy editors and graphic artists.
Design (Web) -
Television: Conduct field work, edit and produce video packages that are distributed to the Student Projects Web site and closed-circuit television. Participants will work with editing gear and learn broadcast writing and storytelling techniques.
Photo:Work on photo stories as well as daily photojournalism; capture and edit audio and video, create slideshows
Video:Includes field work, editing and producing video packages; learn writing and storytelling techniquesfor video.
Edit Desk:Check written material for grammar, spelling, usage and style for print and online; knowledge of AP Style helpful
Application Deadline: February 2, 2009
For more information, contact Irving Washington, Program Manager at 301.445.7100 Ext. 108 or iwashington@nabj.org.
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For more information, contact Irving Washington, Program Manager at 301.445.7100 Ext. 108 or iwashington@nabj.org.
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