Hi all! I am looking for summer 2018 internships and just stumbled upon the NYU Urban Journalism Workshop…Can anyone tell me basically what it is? How selective is it? Was it a good experience? Thanks so much!
I was part of the class of 2017 and LOVED it. There was so much exposure and networking and I got a true sense of what the journalism world is like. Basically, you go to NYU for ten days and “find a story” and then it becomes a part the program’s newspaper. But, alongside that experience, you take trips to several journalism agencies like HuffPost and CNN (we saw Anderson Cooper doing a live broadcast). It’s definitely worth applying to. It is very selective, I think there were around 240 applicants last year and only 20 were accepted. Still, give it a shot. Let me know if there are any other questions 
Hi! Reopening this thread because I just found this program and am very interested! Is anyone else applying for this year?
Hey! I’m also applying this year, any luck on finding your letter of recommendation yet?
I applied this year, good luck to anyone else who does as well!
I applied as well. I’m assuming results come out in a two weeks?
I applied as well. I’m assuming results come out in a two weeks?
I’m assuming so, I’m not sure many applied but I applied a day before the application was due and my submission has the number 102. I would guess that means 101 people applied before I had, but I’m unsure how many others could have sent in their application right before it was due.
I also applied!! Freaking out while waiting to see if I get in
Just out of curiosity, how did you guys find the program?
I had received a little booklet in the mail regarding NYU’s summer programs for high school students so I went online to do my own research to find a program specifically for what I wanted to study and ended up finding NYU Urban Journalism Workshop.
i was wondering! It is almost impossible to find any extra info about it, this is the only website I’ve been able to find any students who applied on
Btw, last year people got their acceptances on May 16th
Yeah, I couldn’t really find much information from the NYU website in general, even on the Summer Journalism Workshop page itself. I couldn’t find recent stuff about the workshop except in this thread, all the others were from 2015 or 2016.
Does anyone know the estimate of how many people applied this year?
I applied on the 24th and my submission number was 137
Yeah, I applied on the 23rd and mine was 102. It’s likely that about 150-200 people applied but that’s just my guess.
I emailed an alum and were going to get assignments before the program
Ahh I’m hearing back from this and getting my SAT results on like the exact same day. That is either gonna be a great or miserable day
What did you guys put for your previous experience/prerequisites