The Details

Student reporters will develop story ideas for their beat, complete feature story assignments and file the story with the Texas A&M Office of News & Information Services for marketing to targeted media sources.

Deadline: one story per month during each long semester

• Fall 2009 - Sept., Oct., Nov.
• Spring 2010 - Feb., Mar., Apr.

You will be paid $50 for each story filed with News & Information Services

Training/mentoring
1. Meetings during first three weeks of the program

• General introduction and program expectations
• Issue oriented: how to succeed as a journalist
• Nut graphs and concepts: how to tell people your story is important and why they should read on

2. "Cookie hour" - monthly story sessions

• Talk only about the positive aspects of the stories you just wrote
• Other professional media will be invited to participate

Application deadlines:

• For spring 2010 - deadline: Friday, November 6, 2009