WJI 2022 Experience

WJI 2021 Highlights

Fast Facts

For college students of all majors and recent graduates who want to strengthen their communication and reporting skills. You don’t have to be a journalism major to attend!

Last Year

Last Year

Last year 28 students from 17 states and 3 countries spent two weeks exploring the life of a journalist.

1999

WJI held its first summer training program in 1999.

1999
Young Journalists

Young Journalists

Since then, young journalists have gathered in Asheville, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, California, New York City, Austin, Texas, and now Sioux Center, Iowa to study journalism.

Newsrooms

Graduates of the program have gone on to work in such newsrooms as the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Des Moines Register, and World Magazine.

Newsrooms

Upcoming Courses

The next course for college students will start in May 2023.

This program trains prospective journalists in storytelling through writing, videography, and radio podcasting. Students work individually and in teams to create newspaper and magazine-style written projects, video news profiles, and radio pieces.

Open to those who have completed at least two years of college, the course exposes students to potential internships and job opportunities in addition to instruction. Upon acceptance, they receive a full scholarship covering the cost of tuition, housing, and all lunches and dinners during the program.

APPLY NOW.

Applications open early Fall
Upcoming Courses

Testimonials

Past Student Work

2022 Article: Higher and higher

2022 Article: Higher and higher

  • Peter Biles, Abi Churchill, Bekah Mccallum, Alexandra Presta, Elizabeth Russell, Ava Woodard
  • Jul 2022
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2021 Article The moment the world stopped turning

2021 Article The moment the world stopped turning

  • Caleb Bailey, Lauren Dunn, Katherine Futch, Sam Landstra, Rachel McClamroch, Addison Michaelian, and Zac VanderLey
  • Sep 2021
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Article 2021: Labors of Love

Article 2021: Labors of Love

  • Christina Grube, Katherine Futch, Grace Kenyon, Anna Timmons, Mikaela Wegner, Mikayla Kuckel, Hannah Urban, Jonathan Harbour, Lauren Dunn, Chloe Baker, Lauren Vanden Bosch, Caleb Bailey, and Sam Landstra
  • Aug 2021
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2021 Article: A Summer of Work?

2021 Article: A Summer of Work?

  • Marvin Olasky, Elaina Bals, Jonathan Harbour, Sam Landstra
  • Jul 2021
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2020 Article: The road to reopening

2020 Article: The road to reopening

  • Harrison Watters. Carolina Lumetta, Naomi Balk, Maria Ferraro Addalai Nowlin, Elias Ferenczy, Mhari Reid
  • Jun 2020
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