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Get paid to write for UPI.com!

Are you a journalism student? Do you want to work as a paid freelancer?UPI.com is looking for a few good stories! Every j-student who posts a story on UPIU has a shot at a UPI.com byline, but now UPIU is looking for stories that will be written specifically for UPI.com. Three students who pitch the best story ideas will be paid $100 each to write those stories. Continue reading

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UPIU brings real-world journalism to the classroom

Share Professors: Want to motivate your journalism students? Help them get their work published. UPIU student contributors regularly get published not only at UPI.com, but by other national media as well. Just ask Geri Alumit Zeldes, assistant professor of journalism … Continue reading

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Notes from Juba: “We were there when they became a nation.”

UPIU reporter Suleiman Abdullahi was part of a two-person team who reported on the Sudan referendum for UPIU and UPI.com. Abdullahi has reported from war-ravaged Somalia and isn’t afraid to venture into Eastleigh, one of Nairobi’s rougher neighborhoods, but he didn’t know what to expect when he landed in Juba, southern Sudan’s capital city Continue reading

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Some help from a Chinese j-student

Share[Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI] When a photo gallery from China of a biodegradable urn burial ceremony came in it had one vague cutline for all 16 photos. We knew our viewers would want an explanation as vivid as the gallery … Continue reading

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Going Global Podcast: Australian students cover sports, environment

ShareJournalism students at the University of Wollongong in Australia recently submitted their stories to UPIU. One story, Gary McDonald’s feature on his country’s soccer aspirations, was published on UPI.com. Click on the media player to listen to UPIU International Coordinator … Continue reading

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Aussie j-students discuss opinion in stories

Share Is it ever okay for a journalist to say what he or she really thinks? When can a journalist takes sides on an issue? Journalism students at Australia’s University of Wollongong discussed those questions during an online video chat … Continue reading

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UPIU Featured by the Society of Professional Journalists

ShareUPIU was featured in a column in the Society for Professional Journalists’ Quill magazine. The topic was “sites help students build portfolios.” Jeff South’s article begins with a story about Kate Lewanowicz’s submission to UPIU and deals with a few … Continue reading

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J-students, Malaysia-style

ShareJournalism professors and students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) gathered Tuesday morning for a video conference with UPI staff for an introduction to online journalism and to UPIU.com. Despite the ambition of many of the j-students in attendance to study journalism as part … Continue reading

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VCU Students Save Lives in Haiti

ShareOnce a week BtJF will feature a story from UPIU.com that deserves attention. These stories represent some of the great work that students are doing on UPIU and showcase good journalism. Stephen Ackley has an excellent piece up on UPIU interviewing two … Continue reading

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