MSJ Practicum and Reporting Project

2 units.

MSJ students at Medill can choose either a practicum or reporting project to complete their degree requirements. Either option is worth two units of credit. 

For the practicum option students will secure an opportunity to work at an organization that requires them to use the skills they learned in their previous three quarters at Medill and challenges them to stretch and expand on those skills. The practicum must be full-time and cover the ten weeks of summer quarter. Practicum students will have a Medill faculty adviser and along with their work for the organization they will fulfill Medill requirements including weekly logs and a term paper. 

For the reporting project option students will work on a ten-week reporting project. That project can be in any medium such as a long form written piece, a series of reports, a documentary or a series of newscasts. Students will propose a project to the Master’s Thesis committee and once accepted they will work with a faculty adviser to meet deadlines for reporting, editing and producing their project. Students will also present their reporting project to the committee at the end of summer quarter. 

The overall goal for MSJ students is to complete a reporting project or a practicum that consolidates their Medill training and can be used as a centerpiece for their portfolio or resume.