GlobalPost launches new section for student journalists
'Study Abroad' section is for next generation of foreign reporters, says site
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GlobalPost , an online-only news agency launched in January this year, has launched a new initiative for US student journalists. The site's Study Abroad section will feature contributions from a team of 70 university students with an interest in journalism, who are studying outside of their home country.
The new channel will carry stories on lifestyle and culture from a student perspective and aims to foster the next generation of foreign correspondents.
Contributors, which were selected from hundreds of applications, will form the GlobalPost Student Correspondent Corps, Charles Sennott, executive editor for the Post, explained in an announcement .
"They will not cover big stories or hard news (...) But these student correspondents will be reporters-in-training who will seek out stories that provide us a student perspective about life and culture in the countries in which they are studying," said Sennott.
"At a time when so many traditional print and television news organizations offer students few opportunities to get started in the craft of journalism, GlobalPost is proud to create what we hope will be a new path for student journalists to become foreign correspondents in the digital age."
The Post, which relies on a freelance network of correspondents in more than 50 countries, was launched to 'fill the enormous void' in foreign news reporting for an American audience, co-founder Philip Balboni told Journalism.co.uk in January .
"These students haven't learned formulas or cliches or conventions they think you want to read or see. They report what they see and hear, often for the first time," said Kathleen Struck, GlobalPost newsroom manager, who has coordinated the project and will edit the section, in the announcement.
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