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Many successful alumni proudly trace their careers back to student-run media and professional organizations here. Students engage the CU-Boulder community through The Campus Press, a 24-hour multimedia news outlet that operates out of a newsroom equipped with high-end laptops, state-of-the-art production software, and digital cameras and audio recorders, allowing students to create new ways of delivering the news to the campus audience. CU Sports Magazine is a weekly televised program that follows collegiate athletics. KVCU, the university's 24-hour radio station, broadcasts to the Denver area. Cultural Currents is a newsletter that focuses on issues of diversity in media coverage and personnel. NewsTeam Boulder is a twice-weekly cable news show produced by students in the advanced broadcast classes.

All news-editorial students complete internships at local daily newspapers as reporters, copy editors, online editors, or photographers. Students participate in chapters of the Advertising Club, Society of Professional Journalists, the Multi-ethnic Media Organization (MEMO), Association for Women in Communication, and Journalism Board, the student government organization.

An ambitious year-round program helps students locate quality internships suited to their specific career goals. Many students leave having completed two or more internships. In addition to internships at weekly and daily newspapers, students also complete internships at magazines, advertising and public relations firms, businesses, and at government and social service agencies. Others find broadcast and cable television internships and many students have cutting-edge experiences at local online companies.

Students regularly obtain nationally competitive internships through such organizations as the Politics & Journalism Semester in Washington, D.C., the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, American Society of Magazine Editors, the Advertising Club of New York, and the Chips Quinn Scholars.

In recent years students have served as interns at: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsday, Ski, Skiing, Freeskier, National Geographic, Reader's Digest, Worth, Better Homes & Gardens, Sports Illustrated, Rock & Ice, "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," "The Today Show," "48 Hours," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Entertainment Tonight," "Hollywood One-on-One," High Noon Productions, MTV, Fox Sports, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, National Public Radio, Encore Media, Direct TV, Sun Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, IBM, AT&T, Ball Aerospace, the U.S. Olympic Committee; and national advertising agencies such as DDB and BBDO in New York; Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco; Foote, Cone & Belding in Los Angeles; TBWA Chiat; Day, Olgivy, and Mather; and Young and Rubicam.

Internships are also available in communities throughout the state, including Colorado's mountain resort areas.

Graduates of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication hold key positions throughout the United States in advertising, news, entertainment, government, education, business, and law. Many participate in the rapidly expanding alumni Career Network to help new graduates get started in their field by providing advice and contacts. The Student Resource Center fields local and national job opportunities through its contacts with employers and hosts on-campus interviews with a wide variety of employers. The center also assists students and graduates by offering individual counseling and a regular series of workshops on resume preparation, interviewing, and career planning specifically for media careers. The center maintains a library of media directories and career planning resources and offers students extensive lists of websites related to media jobs.

Through the Center for Environmental Journalism the school seeks to enrich and elevate the quality, range, and significance of media coverage of environmental issues. The CEJ is home to the prestigious Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism, which provide working journalists with a one-year opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental science, policy, law and journalism.

The Resource Center for Media, Religion, and Culture is a clearinghouse of information for those interested in exploring the intersection of religious and media-related practices in the everyday lives of contemporary adults and their families.

The International Media Certificate is designed for high-achieving majors in international affairs (IAFS) and journalism and mass communication (JOUR) at CU-Boulder.

This certificate will open doors to international and world-area specializations for students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and will introduce international affairs students to careers in communication media. For more information, visit www.colorado.edu.Journalism/globalmedia/imc/index.htm.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in conjunction with the Office of International Education, encourages students to participate in the university's study abroad programs. Study abroad usually is undertaken during the junior year. Since an additional semester may be necessary to meet graduation requirements, prospective majors are urged to plan early and seek advising from the journalism and mass communication assistant dean or coordinator of student services. Programs are offered in more than 35 countries worldwide. Information and application forms are available at the Office of International Education, University of Colorado at Boulder, 123 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0123.