Special Events
Small Group Activities
Emmy Usera ('10) on the set of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption.”
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In addition to the guest lectures and site briefings, IPJ students
will also be invited to attend small group activities with professionals
in the journalism field.
Such opportunities have included viewing live tapings of political shows such as Meet The Press, This Week, The McLaughlin Group and MSNBC's Hardball. Print students have sat in on editorial board meetings at USA Today, had lunch with reporters and editors from Time, The Washington Post, Newsweek as well as public relations executives.
2010 Small Group Activities
- Lunch with reporters from Politico
- Lunch with USA Today Executive Editor, Bob Dubill (ret)
- NBC Meet the Press taping
- ESPN taping of Pardon the Interruption
- Private briefing with Peter Cherukuri, The Huffington Post
- Fox News Broadcast “Inside Report with Bret Baier”
- Inside the U.S. Senate with Jeff Phillips
- Tour of the NEWSEUM
- Lunch with New Republic Executive Editor Richard Just
- How to Become a DC Journalist with Supreme Court journalist Jennifer Koons
“I rubbed shoulders with big name reporters from places like the Associated Press and Reuters, and I’ve made several contacts that have helped me immensely in my job search. Networking is essential, and TFAS expanded my network exponentially.”
Chelsea Hackney
Abilene Christian University
Intern, Hearst Newspapers
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