Student Education Enrichment & Development
Programs (SEED)
As part of its commitment to students
and aspiring journalists, NABJ provides the following as part of
its SEED Program.
Student Membership
All NABJ programs require student membership
to participate. For only $25 per year, students can become a member
of NABJ and receive the "NABJ Journal," information on
career development, members-only access to the web site, NABJobs
Online for employment opportunities across the United States and
participate in the SEED Program.
Internship Program
NABJ is dedicated to expanding job opportunities
for African American journalism students. NABJ annually awards
summer internships to students committed to journalism careers.
Successful candidates are offered paid print, broadcast or on-line
positions at selected news organizations around the country ranging
from small Black-owned weekly newspapers to major market dailies
and broadcast outlets.
Requirements:
All students must have a cumulative 2.5 grade point average at
an accredited four-year college or university. Candidates must
submit a resume, letters of recommendation, an essay, samples
of their work and a copy of their transcript to be eligible.
Sports Journalism Institute
The Sports Journalism Institute is a nine-week
training and internship program for college students interested
in sports journalism careers. The Institute is designed to attract
talented students to print journalism through opportunities in
sports reporting and editing and to enhance racial and gender
diversity in sports departments of newspapers nationwide.
Scholarship Program
NABJ annually awards several non-renewable
$2,500 scholarships to African American college students, and
one $5,000 four-year sustaining scholarship to high school students
who are planning to pursue a career in journalism. Any foreign
or U.S. student currently a senior in high school or attending
an accredited four-year college or university is eligible to compete
for an NABJ scholarship.
Student Career Mentoring Program
The NABJ Career Mentoring Program matches
students and new professionals with dedicated members wanting to
ensure that the next generation of black journalists thrives in
the newsroom. This year-long process will help young journalists
understand the proper protocol and the culture of the newsroom.
It will also give them the chance to listen to people who have already
gone through what they will have to face and that can help guide
them through the proper channels for their professional expectations.
Student Development Program
NABJ offers four student projects during its
annual convention. These projects include: NABJ-TV, a student-produced
nightly half-hour newscast; the NABJ Monitor, a daily convention
newspaper; NABJ Radio, a student-produced radio news program,
and NABJ Online, the NABJ convention Web site.
All NABJ student members majoring in broadcast journalism, communications,
television production, print journalism, or who are pursuing a
career in broadcast journalism, print journalism, or news media
journalism are invited to submit an application to participate
in the NABJ student projects. Space is limited. NABJ interns and
scholarship winners must apply to participate and applications
will be reviewed. Scholarship and internship winners are no longer
automatically guaranteed a space on the projects.
UNITY Student Project Information
Student Short Courses
NABJ offers print and broadcast short courses
through out the real world of newsrooms to journalism students on
the campuses of historically black colleges or on college campuses
with a large African-American student enrollment. All colleges selected
to participate in the short courses have outgoing journalism programs.
NABJ's short courses strengthen the existing programs.
The short courses are taught by teams of professional
journalists who provide students with information about careers
in the industry, training in writing, reporting and editing, and
tips on job interviews and landing the first job or internship.
These are ongoing. Contact the national office for details.
For more information about SEED
Programs, contact Warren Paul at the NABJ national office at (301)
445-7100, ext.108 or
warren@nabj.org.
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