See below for information on a high-powered, expenses-paid, three-day
conference for student journalists sponsored by Investigative Reporters
and Editors.


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>Applications are now being accepted from college students nationwide
>for the 2012 Campus Coverage Project.
>IRE, in partnership with Education Writers Association and the Student
>Press Law Center, is launching the third year of a program that shares
>investigative reporting skills with college and university students
>that they can apply to covering campus issues.
>Seventy-five students from around the country will be selected to
>participate. In the program¹s first two years students from more than
>60 campuses nationwide won scholarships to attend.
>The centerpiece of this program will be a national workshop from Jan.
>5-8, at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass
>Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Sessions at the
>workshop will focus on specific campus-coverage issues and overall
>reporting techniques and skills. Travel and lodging expenses will be
>covered, thanks to a grant from the Lumina Foundation. Additional
>training opportunities will be provided throughout the year.
>We¹re asking your help in getting the word out to qualified students
>-- those with experience reporting for campus-related news outlets who
>have at least one year of coursework remaining. Attached is a flier
>that we hope you can post and distribute. Students can apply online;
>the deadline is Sept. 30.
>For more information and an online application, go to www.ire.org/campus.
>Thanks,
>Mark
>-- 
>Mark Horvit
>Executive Director
>Investigative Reporters and Editors
>573-882-1984
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