Do you want to pursue career options in communications, media, or journalism?
Need to sharpen your writing or professional communication skills?
Check out the Journalism Seminar!

Get journalism experience developing investigations and news angles;

  • Learn real-world journalism skills from a Bucknell professor with professional experience at some of our nation's top urban and national newspapers;

  • Build your resume with proficiency in professional communication work;

  • Write concisely for a public audience, including analysis, interviewing, and editing diverse opinions;

  • Develop a new publication for Bucknellians.

  • The Journalism Seminar meets twice a month for two semesters, each culminating in producing publishable articles and a publication. 

ACADEMIC CREDIT OR STIPEND
Apply to receive full or partial Bucknell academic credit if you successfully propose an independent study with the faculty facilitator, Prof. Paul Siewers of Literary Studies. Any for-credit independent study work, if approved, would involve additional meetings and writing.

Participants who successfully complete both semesters of the seminar and are not receiving independent-study credit will receive a certificate in Journalism Education and a $500 honorarium from the Open Discourse Coalition.

APPLY NOW
Places are limited, so please apply soon by contacting Prof. Siewers at asiewers@bucknell.edu.
This seminar is open to all years and majors.

SCHEDULE
Meetings will be on the second and third Tuesdays of each month when Bucknell is in session (with adjustments for breaks), 4-5:30 p.m, at Open Discourse Coalition (239 Market Street).

  • September 10 and 17

  • October 8 (moved due to Fall Break) and 21

  • November 12 and 19

  • February 11 and 18

  • March 4 (moved due to Spring Break) and 18

  • April 15 and 22

    **Snacks, coffee, and soft drinks will be served every session!**

    INSTRUCTOR
    Prof. Siewers is a former Urban Affairs Writer at the Chicago Sun-Times and National Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, who holds an MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism along with a Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois, and has had experience in daily news work, and radio and TV journalism, as well as writing for professional online publications. A winner of the President’s Award for Teaching Excellence at Bucknell, he is a previous Chair of the English Department.