The Global Journalism Residency Program is an optional fifth quarter of study available to Medill graduate students.  

It provides the opportunity for students to build on their subject or technique specializations, working in carefully supervised residencies at one of the dozens of participating news organizations or publications in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Oceana and the Americas. 

It is not unusual for resident students to report and write high-profile stories with widespread international play. Increasingly, these stories are in multiple formats and are prominently displayed on major Web sites worldwide.