After two weeks at The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, a graduate comes out convinced: Journalism is alive and well.
Diary
‘You Have Been Accepted’
Samuel Nemir Olivares’ trip to New York City peaks with a call from The New York Times.
A Desert Trek to Gold Country
Two Institute students go hunting for modern-day prospectors.
An Unexpected Home Away From Home
For one Institute reporter, the sense of community exhibited in Tucson on Jan. 8 brings back memories of her hometown’s rallying response after 9/11.
A Moment of Silence in the Newsroom
At the start of the Institute, students were warned, half jokingly, that there’s no crying in journalism. But during a tribute to Christina-Taylor Green, the...
The Fast and the Curious
A reporter battles a tight deadline in hot pursuit of her toughest story of the night — a fellow student’s life story.
During the Institute, students are working journalists supervised by reporters and editors from The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Opportunities for students include reporting, copy editing, photography, Web production, print and Web design, and video journalism. Institute graduates now work at major news organizations, including The Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The New York Times itself, and dozens of midsize news organizations.