Real-world professional standards. Real-world deadlines. Real-world stories that need to be told. All in our nation’s capital.
The Washington Capstone allows broadcast and digital journalism graduate students to spend a summer working in the nation’s capital. As the culmination of the master’s program, the capstone is an opportunity for students to put their skills to the test.
Broadcast and digital journalism graduate students participating in the Washington Capstone spend the final six weeks of their master’s degree program working as reporters covering stories in a real-world setting.
In partnership with Nexstar Media Group, each student is assigned to a Nexstar station to serve as that station’s Washington correspondent primarily covering issues on Capitol Hill. Students research and produce commercial broadcast quality stories that air on local newscasts around the country. Students interested in sports reporting or in serving as newscast producers are assigned to the Nexstar local station in Washington.
The Capstone allows students to put what they’ve learned into practice under the guidance of Washington-based veteran news professionals and Newhouse faculty. Students leave the Capstone with a resume reel they can use for their job search.
Capstone alumni have worked for media organizations such as ProPublica, CBS, and Spectrum News, as well as in local television markets from New York to California.
Students in the program benefit from a speakers series, which hosts journalists and Washington insiders who share their observations about the profession and the challenges of working in the nation’s capital.