The German Academic Exchange Service summer internship
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is pleased to inform you of the launch of a new summer internship program in Berlin for American journalism students. The program especially encourages applications from undergraduates and graduating seniors, but graduate student applicants will be accepted as well. We would be delighted and very grateful if you could help us spread the word about this exciting new opportunity among your journalism students and fellow faculty/staff.
Scholarships will be awarded to 20 students enrolled in a school of journalism or majoring in a journalism-related field and have at least "advanced intermediate" German language skills to take part in this structured 11-week study/internship program in Germany. The program consists of two complementary segments. For the first six weeks, participants will expand their academic understanding of the politics, society and culture of Germany, and the country's current social conditions and media scene. With these theoretical building blocks in place, participants will do a week of project work with journalism students from the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and subsequently embark on an intensive four-week internship with a German newspaper, magazine or radio station. A complete program schedule is available on the program website given below.
The application deadline is February 15, 2008. The 40 applicants who are invited to a selection interview in New York City (around early March) will receive up to $300 toward the cost of their flight to the interview location.
The 20 applicants who are finally selected for the program will be awarded a monthly stipend of 650 Euros for the duration of their stay in Germany. DAAD will also provide participants a partial travel subsidy of approximately 350 Euros towards the cost of international transportation to Germany; travel costs not covered by the partial subsidy must be paid by the individual program participants themselves. DAAD will also provide health and accident insurance.
To find out about eligibility and the application requirements, please visit: http://www.daad.org/?p=internxchange
