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For the past 39 years, Communication undergrads have been sent to work as interns covering the Olympia Legislature. This year, seven students, under the tutelage of Senior Lecturer Mike Henderson, interned in Olympia reporting for a number of media companies. Read more about the 2012 Olympia interns >>

Five journalism students are working as intern reporters around the world during summer 2012. Thanks to the Foreign Intrigue Scholarship established by a UW Journalism alum, they had the chance to be exposed to another culture while gaining a more thorough understanding of journalism in a foreign country.

Katelin Chow - Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Erin Flemming - Jordan Times, Amman, Jordan
Sandi Halimuddin - Sierra Leone
Katherine McKeon - Reuters, Bogota, Colombia
Azusa Uchikura - CLP, Japan

autumn Events

Nov. 15: Break Through the Noise: Get the Internship, 3-5 p.m., CMU 126

Dec. 5: Honors Poster Session, 11-12 p.m., CMU 126

Dec. 7: Last day of quarter

Full department calendar >>

“Ever since I decided to major in journalism at the UW, I have been interested in political reporting because it really gets to the essence of why journalism is meaningful in democracy."
— Katie Schmidt ('11)

Sheriff's Office PIO offers advice, internship

Sgt. Cindi West—“middle name ‘Wild,’” she joked—stopped by a journalism class earlier this summer to speak about covering police, crime and other beats in the field. West is the public information officer for the King County Sheriff’s Office, a position she has held for eight months. She replaced longtime PIO John Urquhart, who retired. Read more >>

The new scoop on political journalism

Excerpted from Columns Magazine. By Derek Belt (BA, '04; MCDM '11).

Flag dress The UW Election Eye team had a hunch Colorado could be big for Rick Santorum. For 72 hours before the GOP primary, an intrepid crew of six students and two faculty from the UW Department of Communication fanned out across the Centennial State. Read more in Columns >>