The semester-long program begins on Aug. 27 and runs through Dec. 11. I'll be taking classes and living by Capitol Hill in the historic city of Washington, D.C. What a great experience!
The Best Semester program, which is affiliated with Cornerstone University, is designed to give students journalists a taste of reporting in one of the world's most important cities. I'll be interning three days a week at one of the city's more prominent newspapers (I'll be sure to let you know when I find out which one it is), and taking classes two days a week. The three classes are: 1) Foundations for Media Involvement, 2) Reporting in Washington, and 3) Washington, News & Public Discourse. I'll also be involved with a service project, such as volunteering at a homeless shelter or soup kitchen.
And I'll likely be the first ever sports intern at WJC. They usually have strictly news interns, but the director told me he has been hoping to get a sports intern for the last few years and I will probably be the person to pave the way for future sports interns at WJC.
See the acceptance letter I received on Thursday, April 23, below:
Dear Tim,
Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that you have
been accepted as a participant in the Council for Christian Colleges &
Universities’ Washington Journalism Center (WJC) for the Fall 2009
semester (August 27 – December 11, 2009). Very soon you will be joining a
talented group of student journalists from all over North America in this
unique semester program in the nation's capital city.
We hope the remainder of your spring semester and summer go well, and we are already looking forward to meeting you.
But once again,
congratulations!
Best wishes,
Terry Mattingly
WJC Director
Studying in DC will stretch me for sure, and interning with a newspaper will be even tougher. But I'm up for the challange, and I hope you continue to check my blog for more updates on this program.
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