Summer 2025

Applications for Summer 2025 overseas reporter internships are due before midnight on Friday, January 31, 2025. Send them to program director John Tomasic at tomasic@uw.edu

The program director and guests will host an information session Friday, January 17, 2025. Details to come.

The Scholarship Programs

The Department of Communication, through the generosity of alumna, places students into journalism internships every summer at overseas English-language news outlets. These programs provide an exceptional opportunity for students to expand their view of the world and to gain professional international journalism experience on the ground with the benefit of personal and editorial support provided by the Communication Department and its partner news outlets:

International Reporting program scholarships have placed students at outlets that include: 

• The Japan Times in Tokyo
• Jordan Times in Amman
• Bangkok Post in Thailand
• Jakarta Globe in Indonesia.
• Citizen Matters online magazine in Bangalore and Chennai, India
• Awoko in Freetown, Sierra Leone

The program is developing relationships with outlets in Vietnam and Taiwan and Singapore.

Journalism North American Scholarships, also available through alumna generosity, have placed students at “CIMAC Noticias” in Mexico City. Please note that students selected for this opportunity must speak and write Spanish well.

Submit your application for the international reporting program to tomasic@uw.edu.

Applications must include:

1. A completed application form.
2. A resume with names and contact info for three references — one of whom should be a Communication Department faculty member.
3. Three examples of published journalistic work.
4. An unofficial UW transcript.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2025. Questions? Contact John Tomasic at tomasic@uw.edu.

Students accepted to the programs must attend orientation and prep sessions during the winter and spring quarters. Students are expected to contact the host news organization they are matched with to learn more about the outlet and the country where they’ll be working.

Graduating seniors participating in the programs delay graduation until after overseas internships conclude. They may walk at graduation in the spring.

Costs paid by the Department of Communication:

• Airfare: The Department will provide up to $1500.
• Housing: The Department will contribute $1500.
• Tuition: Twelve UW credit hours awarded through the Study Abroad Office.

Student costs:

• Housing and food: Depending on location, students may spend between $500 and $2,000.
• Any travel beyond roundtrip to the internship site.
• Health insurance: UW requires students to purchase health insurance. The cost is approximately $2/day.

Application Timeline:

• Info Session: January 17, 2025.
• Application Deadline: January 31.
• Applicant interviews: Early February.
• Final selections: Mid-February
• Orientation sessions for selected applicants: Late winter and early spring quarters.

For applicants accepted into the programs:

• Final interview/initial contact with host organization: February.
• Register with Study Abroad Office: March.
• Submit visa applications: March.
• Make travel arrangements with host organization: March.
• Meet with Foreign Intrigue program funder: Late spring quarter.
• Internship: 10 to 12 weeks between June and September.
• Check-ins: Interns check in weekly during the summer with program director or substitute faculty.
• Reflection essay: Interns complete reflection essays on their experience in September.
• Information sessions: Interns join info sessions for incoming applicants the following year.