over there: study abroad with ieimedia

Don’t just see the world,

cover it !

Rachele KanigelieiMedia

rkanigel@ieimedia.com

What is ieiMedia?• Institute for Education in International

Media• Runs summer study-abroad programs

open to students and recent grads from all schools

• New winter programs in Australia (2017) and Cuba (2018) and spring semester in Italy

ieiMedia’s philosophy• Liberate students from the inhibiting

environment of the classroom• Get beyond the tourist cities and major

tourist sites• Interviewing people is the best way to

see and experience a foreign land

Summer 2017 Programs Kyoto, Japan Valencia, Spain Oslo, Norway Jerusalem, Israel Urbino, Italy Bologna, Italy Armagh, Northern

Ireland Croatia Austral ia/New Zealand

• Courses are team-taught by a mix of journalism professors and top media professionals

• Faculty includes Pulitzer Prize winners and foreign correspondents

Faculty

Students live in dorms, homes or hostels

Housing

• Programs are open to students and recent graduates from all schools

• All majors welcome• Journalism coursework and/or

experience on student or professionalpublications desirable

Students

• University of Illinois• Amherst College• University of Nevada, Reno• Arizona State University• Gonzaga University• Columbia University• Iowa State University• Indiana University• University of Maryland• University of Wisconsin• Carleton University• San Diego State University

Nearly 800 students from 100 public and private schools, have participated since 2002

Students

• Alumni have gone on to jobs with major media outlets, including Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, New York Magazine, The Seattle Times, WBRE TV, Center for Investigative Reporting, CBC.

• At least four went on to work as journalists abroad--in Cairo, Berlin, Israel and Istanbul. Another covered the U.N. for the Jerusalem Post.

Alumni

• Most programs $4,995 plus airfare

• Price includes housing, instruction, travel insurance, activities, interpreters (some programs include meals)

• Applications accepted on a rolling basis through Feb. 15, 2017

• $150 discount for students who pay in full by check by Jan. 1, 2017

Cost

Gilman International Scholarship Program open to Pell Grant recipients:•$3,000-$5,000•Applications due March 7•Early deadline in October for Summer 2018 programs

Crowdfunding

Study-abroad programs make great Christmas, Hanukkah and graduation gifts

Financial Aid

• Focus: International reporting/travel writing

• Get 3 transferable journalism credits from University of Jamestown

Kyoto, Japan June 26-July 21, 2017

• Students will work with bilingual Japanese students who will act as interpreters and guides.

• Together Japanese and American students will hunt for stories and interview local residents.

Kyoto, Japan

Students can work in the medium of their choice – text, photo, video or multimedia – individually or in teams.

Kyoto, Japan

Students will have two weekends free for independent travel to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima

Kyoto, Japan

Students will have two weekends free for independent travel to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima.

Kyoto, Japan

• Participate as a delegate or as a journalist

• Meet Japanese students before ieiMedia program begins

• $300-400 additional cost

Kyoto, Japan Optional program: Japan English Model U.N.

June 23-25, 2017

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