The 2015 VOICES program will take place August 10 – 16 during the week of the 2015 National Convention in San Francisco, California.
VOICES serves as a multimedia journalism training fellowship for college and graduate students, as well as a leadership program for mid-career journalists. The program is a recruiting tool to increase diversity in newsrooms. The most promising students will be selected and given the opportunity to build skills and develop their published work.
Between 10 and 20 applicants will be selected to cover convention, with travel and hotel accommodations provided.
Students will be paired with professional journalists as their mentors and be expected to produce and complete news assignments in advance of the convention in August.
Students will produce a convention publication based on reporting completed before the convention and on site in San Francisco. Written stories, videos, podcasts and digital content will appear on the VOICES website. Students will also be expected to attend required recruiting events at the convention and have the opportunity to improve their portfolios and interviewing skills.
VOICES will be celebrating its 25th anniversary during the San Francisco convention. The program represents hundreds of successful alumni that have advanced into newsrooms around the globe and outside the media industry. Former VOICES students have become Pulitzer Prize-winners, documentarians, public relations professionals, broadcast anchors and newsroom editors.
The 2015 VOICES program will take place August 10 - 16, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Hotel. All selected participants must be available for travel (from within the U.S.) during those dates.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: Sunday, April 12 at 11:59 PM PST. Questions? Contact Justin Seiter at justins@aaja.org. For more information, visit http://www.aaja.org/voices2015