Want to Write for Student Union? | Voice of America - English
We're recruiting writers for the 2016-2017 school year! If you are an international student in the U.S., or arriving in the next year, we'd like to hear your experiences.
As a regular blogger, you will share your experiences, challenges, triumphs and lessons learned with other international students. You will have a lot of freedom to write about what is important or interesting to you, and will have an opportunity to help shape the blog?s direction and to experiment with multimedia journalism and innovative forms of storytelling. You will also build a portfolio of professional writing, and we will help you perfect your writing and storytelling skills. You must: We?re looking for people from a range of backgrounds, majors and degree levels (grad and PhD students included). Last year?s writers included a high-school exchange student, a community college student, and undergraduate and graduate students in everything from biology to classics to journalism. We are in Washington, D.C., but you can be anywhere on the planet. We are looking for people from around the country who can provide a variety of perspectives. To apply: Submit a cover letter and a writing (or multimedia) sample to kstruck@voanews.com. Please be sure that your cover letter or writing samples tells us a bit about who you are ? where you?re from, where you go to school, what you study, etc. Application deadline: Rolling admissions. Questions? Contact Kathleen Struck at kstruck@voanews.com