June 27-July 4, 2010
Do you have the courage to speak truth to power? Journalists in Washington have the power to spotlight the needs of the poor and oppressed, to hold government officials accountable, or to bring down a presidency. Georgetown has a rich tradition of educating journalists to aggressively follow a well-grounded ethical compass in the drive to bring truth to the surface.
If you have an eye and a nose for news and if you have the courage to ask questions of those in power and dig to find out the truth, The Georgetown University Summer Journalism Workshop will show you what it takes to be a journalist in the nation’s capital.
This one-week workshop will focus on The Presidency and the Press. You will read articles by top political journalists and meet them in person to quiz them about their craft. They will tell you what it’s like to interview the President, and they will discuss the special challenges they face when reporting from the corridors of power. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to cover presidential news conferences and speeches and how to turn a White House press release into a reported news story. You’ll debate ethical issues like whether journalists should report on the private lives of public figures. In break out sessions, you will develop your interviewing, researching and writing skills and learn how to file a Freedom of Information Act request – an essential tool for reporters covering government. A special session will train you to use the online resources available at Georgetown’s prestigious Lauinger Library. A field trip to the Newseum, the nation’s foremost museum of journalism, will engage you in interactive exhibits exploring the earliest days of newspapers to the latest multimedia reporting. The workshop Capstone experience will culminate in students taping stories using a teleprompter in the state-of-the-art broadcast booth at the National Press Club [hyperlink to www.press.org].
Pre-departure readings will include writings by White House veterans like Helen Thomas, top national political journalists like Matt Bai of
The New York Times Magazine and media critics like Howard Kurtz.
2010 Tuition:
$1,900 includes tuition, room, and board.
Program Application.pdf
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For more information, please contact scsspecialprograms@georgetown.edu
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Sample Day
| Thursday, July 1* |
| 7:00-8:30 am |
Breakfast in the Dining Hall
|
| 8:45-9:45 am |
Today’s News: Students read and discuss articles from the Washington Post
focusing on breaking news
|
| 10:00-12:00 pm |
Training a lens on Washington: A look at how photojournalists get the story with
a camera. Paul Morse, former White House and LA Times photographer
|
| 12:00-1:00 pm |
Lunch
|
| 1:15-4:00 pm |
Fieldtrip to National Public Radio headquarters
|
| 4:30-6:30pm |
How to research a news story: Students will break into groups to explore online
resources and utilize Lauinger Library to gather background for their news
projects
|
| 6:30-7:30 pm |
Dinner in Dining Hall
|
| 8:00-9:30 pm |
Reporting on international humanitarian crises
Pamela Fierst, U.S. Department of State
Emily Holland, International Red Cross
|
| 9:30-10:30 pm |
Ice Cream Social |
*Program Sample Days are tentative
Journalist's Toolkit
Students will maintain a Journalist's "Toolkit" containing the following items that should be purchased prior to arriving at Georgetown:
Guest Speakers
Andrea Stone
Andrea Stone is a national correspondent for USA TODAY who recently returned from her second reporting trip to Iraq. Stone has traveled to more than two dozen countries and nearly every state in 22 years at the nation's largest newspaper. She is currently a general assignment reporter whose recent stories have taken her from the Virginia Tech massacre to Mitt Romney's campaign plane and from such diverse topics as gay marriage to Iraqi refugees living in Boise, Idaho. She has covered Congress, national politics and the Pentagon. Besides Iraq, she has reported on the Kosovo War, the 9/11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Prior to USA TODAY, Stone reported for Gannett News Service and newspapers in New York, Florida and Illinois. She has an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. from Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York. Stone is married and has a son in college.
Pre-Departure Readings
Prior to their arrival at Georgetown, Journalism students should read the following:
Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times
By Helen Thomas
Paperback (Simon & Schuster 2000)
ISBN-13: 9780684868097
Spin Cycle: How The White House And The Media Manipulate The News
By Howard Kurtz
Paperback (Simon & Schuster 1998)
ISBN-13: 9780684857152
“The McCain Doctrines"
By Matt Bai, May 18, 2008, The New York Times Magazine
“Working for the Working-Class Vote”
By Matt Bai, Oct. 15, 2008, The New York Times Magazine
