Professional Student Projects

To be part of the changing media landscape, students have to understand what is expected in the real world. SIWJ students conclude their time in Washington by completing a project for a professional media organization. In the past, these organizations have included:

• Public Radio’s Capital News Connection
• The Salt Lake Tribune
• The Georgetowner Newspaper
• Radio-Television News Directors Foundation
• The DC Department of Health

The projects are then showcased on the professional organization’s website, giving students more resume credit beyond a simple class assignment. Students leave with extra professional experience, resume material, and the experience of professional level of production.

Student Comission: Salt Lake Tribune from SIWJournalism on Vimeo.

Every semester students work with a professional client to create and produce content or videos. The Spring 2009 students worked with The Salt Lake Tribune’s Washington office to create a video about interns from Utah.