Great turnout for our UConn Journalism Internship and Involvement Fair in Oak Hall. Thanks to all our presenters including The Connecticut Examiner, The Daily Campus, WHUS Radio, UConn Nutmeg Publishing, UCTV, The Connecticut Mirror, UConn Sports Business Association, Long River Review and The Writing Minor.
UConn Journalism faculty members Christine Woodside, Steven G. Smith and Amanda Crawford talked with students about memberships in professional organizations such as SEJ, NPPA and JAWS.
Grace McFadden of WHUS Radio recruited students to join UConn's student run radio station.
The UConn Journalism Department hosted a Journalism Involvement and Internship Fair on Wednesday October 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the 4th Floor of Oak Hall (outside Oak 439).
Students from any major could learn about paid and for-credit internships in TV, radio, digital & print news, multimedia production, social media and audience engagement.
Students discovered media-related experiential activities on and off campus, including opportunities in writing, reporting, photography, audio and video production, design and social media.
Participating organizations included: The Daily Campus, UCTV, WHUS, Nutmeg Publishing, Planet Forward, The Connecticut Mirror's Student Voices Project, Connecticut Public, The CT Examiner, The Writing Minor, UConn Sports Business Association, UConn Championship Labs and Society of Professional Journalists.
Sign up here: http://s.uconn.edu/journalismfair
Questions? Email journalism@uconn.edu
UConn Journalism students chatted with Kyle Constable '16, membership director at The Connecticut Mirror, about Spring and Summer internships.