S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Programs
Photo: Newhouse and Maxwell students pose with Newhouse alumnus, Mike Tirico ‘88 at the grand opening of the Syracuse University Washington, DC center. Tirico is currently the voice of NBC Sports’ biggest events, handling play-by-play for Sunday Night Football and serving as the primetime host for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Olympics, the Kentucky Derby, and the U.S. Open amongst other major events.
Newhouse DC
Newhouse DC is a one-semester professional development program that provides undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to gain hands on experience working as an intern within our nation’s capital and building a network by engaging with accomplished professionals while taking Newhouse classes at our beautiful new D.C. campus.
Students can also participate in lunch and learns and field trips to media companies such as Politico, Wall Street Journal, Capital One Arena, CNN, Edelman PR, CBS News, NBCUniversal and much more.
Additionally, as a Newhouse DC student, you will be paired with a mentor—typically a Syracuse University alumnus working in your field of interest. Your mentor will meet with you a few times during the semester to offer career advice and help you adjust to life in the city. You will get to see firsthand how the “Newhouse Network”—the Newhouse School’s famed group of highly successful alumni—is a very real and powerful resource.
The program is open to all Newhouse majors and public communication minors. Non-Newhouse majors and visiting students that have home college approval are welcome to apply and are accepted on a space available basis. Learn more about the Newhouse DC program including how to apply.
Broadcast Digital Journalism (BDJ) summer capstone experience in Washington, DC
The Washington semester of the Newhouse broadcast and digital journalism graduate program is where students take all the journalistic skills they have learned and put them to the test. Students are required to spend the last six weeks of their graduate program in Washington, DC. During this capstone experience, they apply the hands-on and academic lessons they've learned from their previous semesters at another level.
Students cover Capitol Hill and the federal government as reporters for television stations in markets as varied as Austin, Erie, Shreveport, and Fort Wayne. As credentialed members of the Washington press corps, they develop, research, shoot, report, and edit their own stories, which then air on their assigned stations’ newscasts. Students who are interested in producing the news work with a variety of organizations, such as CBS Newspath, Agence France Presse, NBC News, The Situation Room at CNN, and the Cox News Washington Bureau.
The capstone program is supported by faculty who bring to their teaching decades of experience covering Washington for local and network news operations. Students also benefit from the twice-weekly Speakers Series, in which journalists and Washington insiders share observations about their profession and the unique challenges of making sense of Washington and those who work there.
Learn more about the Washington Capstone program
Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship
The Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC) in Washington, D.C., engages in nonpartisan research, teaching and public dialogue aimed at strengthening trust in news media, governance and society.
As a joint initiative of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the institute brings together today’s leaders with the next generation of professionals, and leverages the University’s top resources, as well as its influential network of scholars, students, alumni and friends.
Under the direction of veteran journalist Margaret Talev, the inaugural Kramer Director of the institute, the IDJC is examining challenges across society—politics and news as well as sports, technology, entertainment, business, the military, religion, social change and geopolitics.