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Earn $200 and in-depth mentoring!
Hey, UPIU! It’s time for another Freelance Reporting Contest! Here’s the scoop: Pitch a solid story (text, video, audio, photo – whatever your specialty!) on a topic we choose, and you could win intensive mentoring from one of UPIU’s professional journalists, a UPI.com byline, and a $200 paycheck. Continue reading
Posted in Journalism contest
Tagged contest, freelance, journalism, mentoring, reporting, students, upi.com, UPIU
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$1,000 could be yours!
It’s almost time – just one week to the Sept. 26 deadline to pitch a story for our $1,000 reporting grant. Check out all the details, and good luck! Continue reading
Posted in Journalism contest, UPIU Special Projects
Tagged contest, grant, journalism, reporting, student
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Need money to report a big story? Get $1,000 here!
UPI and UPIU are offering j-students $1,000 to report and produce a major story. Apply by Sept. 26. Continue reading
Posted in Journalism contest
Tagged audio, grant, journalism, money, multimedia, photography, reporting, stories, students, text, Video
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Stories that count: Localizing global issues
Want to write a story that counts? Focus on a local angle of a global issue. Continue reading
Posted in Reporting, Story development, Tips, UPIU users, Writing
Tagged divers, environment, global, Julia Bodwell, localizing, reporting, scuba
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Calling overseas for a story? One Ohio U. student offers tips
What makes a good story idea? That’s what Ohio University student Adam Liebendorfer asked himself before he tackled his recent piece on an innovative program in Taiwanese schools to encourage students to discuss LGBT issues. Liebendorfer’s early thoughtfulness paid off with a UPI.com byline – the first from his international reporting class. Continue reading
Posted in International Journalism, Interviews, Reporting, Tips, UPIU users
Tagged international, journalism, LGBT, Ohio University, reporting, Scripps School, Taiwan
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1 to 1,500 in 3.0 Weeks: Writing from Start to Finish
ShareI’m Anna, the UPIU intern. When I started out here this summer, Senior Mentor Krista Kapralos and International Coordinator Harumi Gondo said they wanted me to write an article on autism. “OK,” I thought, “What about autism?” Three weeks later, … Continue reading
