<p>Hey noodles:</p>
<p>I’m a fourth year in the College. I’m majoring in English but I’m interested in continuing on to Journalism school (I’m actually applying to graduate programs right now). I’m part of the pre-professional program called Chicago Careers in Journalism that KMad mentioned.
Every student involved with CCIJ on our campus is paired up with a journalism adviser (in addition to their regular faculty adviser) who works with them to tailor the University of Chicago education. This adviser, Kathy Anderson, has done some fantastic work in the field and is really helpful in helping us prepare for the future. She sends dozens of internship opportunities to our emails each week. With her help I was able to line up a journalism internship last winter and spring with a local journalist/author. University of Chicago students also have a unique opportunity for internships through the Metcalf program. This program places students at the College in amazing positions across the globe. This URL will provide you with more information:</p>
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<p>Through the Metcalf program, I was able to intern with ESPN Radio this summer. I am also a publications intern with the Admissions office, and have an internship this fall and winter with FOX News Investigative Unit and their web department. Kathy will be invaluable to you in helping find internships. In addition to the internship opportunities available to CCIJ students, our adviser also brings journalists to campus to meet with us, has held helpful workshops on campus, and alerted me to an opportunity at a news station downtown to meet with journalists in the business, ask them questions, and network. </p>
<p>The University of Chicago also has a lot of extracurricular opportunities for students interest in broadcast or print journalism. We have our own radio station, WHPK, numerous newspapers and magazines like mentioned above. Writing for a newspaper (the Chicago Maroon) and a magazine (I’m currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of our fashion organization) has given me a lot of clips (aka articles) with which I can apply to internships and graduate programs.</p>
<p>My degree in English has prepared me to think and write critically. There are also a number of other majors that would be applicable to a career in journalism (political science, Law Letters and Society, International Studies), although I know someone who was pre-med as an undergraduate and continued on to journalism school. I am confident that any student interested in journalism can come to the University of Chicago and have great experiences within and outside the classroom-- experiences that are directly applicable to a future career in journalism.</p>