Program News

Become a Fall Intern at Wake Forest Magazine

Posted on March 14, 2019

Interested in becoming the fall intern at Wake Forest Magazine? If you are, here’s what the magazine team needs from an applicant: A letter explaining why you want the position of intern for the fall semester and what you would bring to the role A resume 3-5 clips that show us your writing Please send Maria Henson (hensonm@wfu.edu) the information by April 4. Word Documents in an email are fine. We will review and decide whether to contact you aboutRead More→

Prof. Zerwick to teach Wake Washington fall 2020

Posted on March 8, 2019

Prof. Phoebe Zerwick will be teaching Wake Washington, a set of courses and internship work that count toward the journalism minor, in Washington, D.C. in fall of 2020. This program provides 9 out of the 18 hours required for the minor. Start planning ahead now and contact Prof. Zerwick for more information.

Alumna Kasha Patel Featured in Washington Post

Posted on February 25, 2019

Former Journalism minor Kasha Patel was featured in the Washington Post‘s “D.C. Dream Days,” where she describes her Dream Day in the city of Washington, D.C. Patel is a science writer and stand-up comedian, and both of those interests appear in her ideal day. As she tells writer Thomas Floyd, “The premise of my joke is often like the lead or headline of my story — it has to be short, succinct and understandable.” Read more about Patel’s Dream DayRead More→

Journalism Minors Give Senior Orations

Posted on February 8, 2019

We are proud to announce that two journalism minors, David Ajamy and Bri Carney, delivered orations at the 2019 Senior Colloquium. Faculty-nominated student speakers present essays about unusual insights or critiques of culture learned during their time at Wake Forest. Ten of the submissions, including David and Bri, were chosen as finalists to be presented at the colloquium. David’s speech, “Home,” and Bri’s “Love and Spreadsheets” can be found below. “Home,” David Ajamy II Prior to coming to college, noRead More→

Read About Student Experiences in Peru and Apply for Summer 2019

Posted on January 25, 2019

Professor Justin Catanoso is currently recruiting students for his summer course WFU/Peru: Tropical Biodiversity and Environmental Journalism. Read about previous students’ experiences below, and contact Prof. Catanoso at catanojj@wfu.edu to learn more. While journeying down river in the Madre de Dios region of Peru this June, nine Wake Forest students saw Peruvians that looked a lot like them. They were young. They smiled and waved. But the same hands that greeted the students were the ones that sifted through the soilRead More→

Application for Beyond the Classroom

Posted on December 7, 2018

Are you interested in taking your journalism to the next level? Do you have a project you want to pursue? An unpaid internship you’d love to take? Maybe you want to study journalism overseas? The Journalism Program can help, with grants for: ● Scholarships to study journalism overseas. ● Stipends to support you while you work at an unpaid internship in journalism. ● Travel to report a journalism project overseas or in the U.S. ● Fees and travel to aRead More→

NBC Intern Reflects on Journalism Course

Posted on December 4, 2018

Taking Professor Zerwick’s Intro to Journalism class was one of the most instrumental steps in advancing my journalism career. In addition to learning the foundational mechanics of writing, our class was immersed in field reporting both on campus and in the community. We were introduced to professional journalists and exposed to technology-focused reporting tools that are changing the landscape of news. The confidence I gained from this program helped me secure internships with NBC News and provided me with skillsRead More→

Christina Thompson (’18) Reflects on Covering Hurricane Florence

Posted on December 3, 2018

I’ve wanted to work in the news for as long as I can remember. When I was 15 years old, I applied and auditioned for a reporting job on the show Teen Kids News in New York. I ended up getting it, and from there, this path became even more solidified for me. In college, I interned for a sports production company for the Olympics in London, CBS This Morning in New York City, and WGHP Fox 8 in HighRead More→

Amber Burton (’15) at WSJ

Posted on December 3, 2018

The A-hed is WSJ’s daily news feature. Often the funny news of the day, the feature balances the day’s business news with common (and at times, not so common) curiosities and eccentricities. As most stories do, my A-hed grew out of a conversation with a co-worker. We were talking about office plants and I made the statement “succulents are the new chia pet.” This was followed up with a why? Which led me on a fun hunt to find out why so many people are obsessedRead More→

Words Awake!: About Ammons, A Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing

Posted on November 30, 2018

On December 7-8, 2018, Wake Forest is hosting an event celebrating the poetry of A. R. “Archie” Ammons. Maria Henson will discuss the journalistic and book-loving careers with our four latest Wake Forest Writers Hall of Fame inductees: Linda Carter Brinson (WS Sentinel and Journal); Betsy Teter (founder of Hub City Books and Press); Jo DeYoung Thomas (Managing Editor, Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times); and Doug Waller (Washington Editor, Time Magazine, and biographer). We will hear from alumni/ae poets, in a session moderated by Ed Southern (NCRead More→

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