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December 18th, 2018 • Quill Blog, Quill Archives
It’s not too late to apply for summer gigs

Don’t have an internship lined up for 2019? Don’t fret. Some places still are accepting applications so get working on your cover letter and resume. WSJ. Magazine “The WSJ. Magazine internship program is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students who intend to pursue a career in magazine journalism.


December 18th, 2018 • Featured, Quill Blog
How to (still) land a summer internship

  Application deadlines for spots next summer at many of the largest (and paying) media organizations have come and gone. For students still looking to land an internship, there’s still time, especially at smaller companies and in newsrooms with new programs.


June 13th, 2018 • Quill Blog, Freedom of the Prez
Let’s work together to protect student journalism

One of the best parts of my SPJ presidency has been meeting young people who are interested in journalism. This spring, I was delighted to meet dozens of talented student journalists at our regional conferences in Chicago, Philadelphia and Little Rock, Arkansas.


April 25th, 2018 • Quill Blog, Journalism Education
Student journalists wave a warning flag

Journalism is an ecosystem. Journalists work their way up from internships to paid jobs, from small community publications to big-city papers, from news briefs to investigative reports. And for many professional reporters, their first journalism experience was in their newsroom of their college paper.