Entering its 13th year, The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program is an all-expenses-paid 10-day summer program for high school student journalists from low-income backgrounds taking place on the campus of Princeton University.
The program's goal is to diversify college and professional newsrooms by encouraging outstanding students pursue careers in journalism.
Classes at the program are taught by reporters and editors from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Daily Beast, Time, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Sports Illustrated, CNN and NPR, among other media outlets.
Students meet with numerous Princeton professors, as well as Princeton's president and dean of admissions. They report an investigative story, cover a professional sports event, produce a TV segment, and publish their own newspaper.
And they receive guidance on the college admissions process not only during the 10 days of the program, but also during the fall of their senior year of high school.
Students selected for the program will have all their costs, including the cost of travel to and from Princeton, paid for by the program.
If you are a teacher, we ask that you encourage your students to apply. If you are an administrator, we ask that you help us spread the word by publishing an announcement for teachers or other administrators who might know students who would be interested in applying.
The program can accept more than one student from the same school. The program normally runs during the first two weeks of August.
The application process will take place in two rounds. The first round of the application-- due Friday, February 21, 2014, at 11:50pm EST-- should be filled out online here.
Students selected to advance to the second round of the application process will be notified in March.
To be eligible for the program, students must meet the following qualifications:
- They must currently be juniors in high school.
- They must live in the continental United States.
- They must have at least an unweighted 3.5 grade point average (out of 4.0).
- They must have an interest in journalism.
- The combined income of their custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000.
Note: This program is for students from low-income backgrounds. If the combined income of the custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and a student still wishes to apply, he or she may attach a letter explaining why his or her family qualifies as financially under-resourced.
Additional information about the program is available at www.princeton.edu/sjp.Please email all questions to: sjp@princeton.edu.
