Announcing News Summer School
Join leaders from across the news business for a free, four-week bootcamp to help you build a career in journalism during these unprecedented times.
As many internships have gone remote or been rescheduled, we’re offering eight hour-long evening “classes” over the month of July, free of charge and open to anyone interested in building a career in news.
You will hear from:
- The editor of Politico Carrie Budoff Brown on covering the White House and the 2020 Election
- New York Times media columnist and former Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith on “reporting in public” in the digital age
- Fast Company editor-in-chief Stephanie Mehta and creative director Mike Schnaidt on digital design, creativity and the future of magazines
- Nicholas Carlson, global editor-in-chief of Insider, on getting a journalism job and finding your beat
- Peter Kafka, the host of Recode Media, and Lydia Polgreen, head of content from Gimlet, on the media business, and how to master podcasting
- Kevin Delaney, Quartz founder and New York Times Senior Editor, on how to innovate at the intersection of news and product
- The Information founder Jessica Lessin and Evan Smith, founder of the Texas Tribune on news entrepreneurship
- And many more…
When: Tuesdays and Thursdays July 7, 2020 through July 30, 2020
Time: 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT
Format: Zoom conference calls and breakout rooms
Cost: None
To sign up, please fill out this brief form and you will be sent the links and other information. If you are a news organization that would like to participate, please email events@theinformation.com.
We are looking forward to meeting you this summer!