About the NJC

"To any follower of the media, it is obvious that sensationalism rather than facts dominates news coverage today. Some institutions, thankfully, are working against that trend. One of the most renowned is the National Journalism Center."

Robert Novak

syndicated columnist

and author

The National Journalism Center (NJC) is an unusual venture in journalism education: Devoted to accuracy, balance, and comprehension of the issues, it has trained scores of students every year for over a quarter of a century in the skills of press work, and assigned them internships at cooperating media locations.

Founded by M. Stanton Evans in 1977, more than 1,600 alumni have graduated from NJC's 12-week training sessions, and we estimate some 900 of these have gone on to media and media-related positions. Among the media outlets where NJCers have worked after the completion of the program are the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal; ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and C-SPAN; Time, Newsweek, New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, National Geographic, Readers' Digest, Wired, George, Details, Stuff and Forbes; AP, UPI, Dow Jones Newswire, Bloomberg News Service, Copley News Service, Knight Ridder News Service, and hundreds more. In addition, NJC alumni have written more than 100 books among them, many of which developed from projects at the NJC.

One reason NJCers do well in the outside world is the rigorous training they receive while in the program. This combines hands-on experience at more than four dozen cooperating media locations with in-depth reporting of key topics at the direction of our editors. The NJC has placed interns at more than 50 outside outlets, including ABC, Newsweek, CNN, National Review, C-SPAN, The Washington Times , BBC, Washington Examiner , Roll Call, Fox News, The Sean Hannity Radio Show, NewsMax, and The Michael Reagan Show.

NJC stresses not only the technical skills of journalism but the understanding of the issues reported on in today's media. To this end, the NJC sponsors a series of economic fellowships, seminars and workshops essential to becoming an informed and responsible reporter.

Interns at the NJC additionally hear numerous speakers from the world of public policy and the media -- many of the latter themselves alumni of the program. As in all other facets of our training, the stress in these discussions is on the practice of the trade, not academic theory. Past speakers have included Paul Mirengoff of the Powerline blog , renown economist Dr. Walter Williams, syndicated columnists Robert Novak, Washington Examiner's Mark Tapscott, and a number of NJC alumni that are working at outlets like CNN, Fox News and Human Events.

Our hope is to have still greater impact in the future. The NJC is a project of Young America's Foundation. If you would like more information, we encourage you to get in touch with us by e-mail or by calling our office at (202)-628-1490.

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Snapshots of the 2008
Summer Program

Powerline blogger Paul Mirengoff addresses interns June 27.

Intern Brittany Diggs participates during a Friday training seminar.

NJC alumnus Drew Clark shares with interns on June 20.

Photos by NJC intern

Andrew Dodson

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Snapshots of the 2008 Summer Program

Snapshots of the 2008
Summer Program