How to Apply

REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION

Clip together (no notebooks or binders) and send:

• Completed application form (click on the icon below to download the form).
• Resumé.
• One-page essay analyzing a print or online story reported from Washington and why the story works or doesn't. Details are on the application form.
• One or two recommendation letters from professors or advisers.
• Name, telephone number and e-mail address for one or two other references, including internship supervisors or student newspaper advisers.
• Five clips or multimedia stories copied on 8½ by 11 inch paper or on a CD. Must include publication name and date and the URL for online projects.

E-mailed or faxed recommendation letters are accepted. They must arrive no later than one week after the application postmark deadline. E-mailed or faxed applications are not accepted.

The application form for the 2011 programs will be posted soon.

2011 program and application deadline dates:

* Spring 2011 (Jan. 10 to April 15). Stipend $2,520, plus free housing.

Application deadline postmark: Nov. 1, 2010

* Summer 2011 (June 7 to Aug. 12) Stipend $1,800, plus free housing.

Application deadline postmark: Nov. 1, 2010

* Fall 2011 (Sept. 12 to Dec. 16) Stipend $2,520, plus free housing.

Application deadline postmark: March 15, 2011

* 2011 Short Course (May 9 to June 3), open only to students from Hampton University and Florida International University. Stipend $720, plus free housing.