South Africa- Summer Only

For the 2012 application, please click on the "2012 Cue-South Africa Application" link in the left-hand menu for the application, instructions, and deadline. 

 

Program
A new and growing relationship with Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies has allowed USC Annenberg to create an exciting print journalism internship program. Students who are selected for the program will spend a month interning full time for Cue , covering daily the internationally renowned National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa. This will be an outstanding opportunity to gain hands-on, full-time experience working on a daily newspaper covering premier, cutting-edge arts productions in Africa.

Program Dates
June 4 - July 9, 2012
(estimated- to be confirmed soon) 

Background
Grahamstown’s Grocott’s Mail was founded in 1870, and is now owned and managed by Rhodes University as the site for the David Rabkin Project for Experiential Journalism Training, and serves as an outlet for much of the teaching of the Journalism and Media Studies Department. Grocott’s Mail is Grahamstown’s only newspaper with a circulation of 6,400, and is South Africa’s oldest independent newspaper, published twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Cue, incorporating CuePix, CueBlog, CueTV and CueOnline, is the official newspaper of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, and is published every day of the Festival. Sample PDFs of the print edition, going back to 2006, can be found and downloaded here.

Curriculum
Students enroll in a one-unit course, JOUR 090x.

Housing
On-campus housing at Rhodes University will be provided for all students participating in the program.

Admission Requirements
The program is open to only advanced Journalism majors who, at the start of the program, must have completed their junior year or are approaching graduation. Students must have a minimum cumulative USC GPA of 3.0.

Estimated Costs
The estimated costs for the 2012 program is $8,680. Program costs include tuition for JOUR 090x, housing, program fees, airfare, local transportation, health insurance, and personal expenses (food, travel). Cue does pay a small stipend to cover meals during the conference (approximately $175).