Scenes from our Local News Job & Internship Fair on 3/26/22

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Thanks to all who attended UConn Journalism's first Local News Job & Internship Fair on March 26, 2022. The fourth floor of Oak Hall was buzzing with students, faculty, alumni and recruiters from 14 local news organizations: The Connecticut Mirror, CTNewsJunkie, CTExaminer, Hearst Connecticut, Journal Inquirer, The Day, Republican-American, Connecticut Health Investigative Team, Patch, Turley Publications, Willimantic Chronicle, NBC Connecticut, FOX61 and WFSB News. We hope to make this an annual Spring semester event.

 

Local News Job & Internship Fair, March 2022
UConn Journalism alum Kyle Constable of The Connecticut Mirror chats with UConn SPJ members Amy Chen and Jordana Castelli.
Our Oak Hall fourth floor hallway was filled with editors and students during our Local News Job and Internship Fair.
Bonnie Phillips and Lynne Delucia of the Connecticut Health Investigative Team were recruiting for a paid summer intern.
Willimantic Chronicle News Editor Mike Lemanski talked with students about internship opportunities.
David Ward of WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News let students know about summer internships in digital news production.
Fox 61 News Director Richard Washington III and Fox 61 Digital Editor Lucia I Suarez Sang talked with students about paid summer internships and entry level jobs.
NBC Connecticut anchor and UConn Journalism alum Mike Hydeck '92 poses with Department Head Marie Shanahan '94.
UConn Journalism alums Gabby Debendictis '20 of Patch, Dalton Zbierski ‘16 of Turley Publications, and Profs. Marie Shanahan '94 and Julie Serkosky '90.
Republican-American Managing Editor Anne Karolyi was recruiting for two paid summer internships and two full time reporting positions.
Amanda Steffen of NBC Connecticut/Telemundo talked with students about job and internship opportunities.
Catherine “Cate” Hewitt of CT Examiner chats with UConn Journalism senior Ali Cross. Doug Hardy '91 of CT News Junkie is in the background talking with a student.
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