Hitting the Trail
The 2024 presidential campaign gives Newhouse students exceptional opportunities to hone their political reporting skills, both on the trail and in the nation’s capital.
Coverage started in January, at New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. Students in the Newhouse DC program are gaining insight into how campaign developments can impact the halls of government. And the Newhouse School is working on plans for students to cover the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions this summer.
In New Hampshire, 17 students pitched story ideas to professional media outlets, writing or producing content from the same campaign rallies and events being covered by national political reporters.
Margaret Talev, a professor of practice in magazine, news and digital journalism, is helping the school prepare for convention coverage.
“Experiences like New Hampshire and the conventions—those are the real difference-makers. They really connect students to the moment,” says Talev, who is also Kramer Director for the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship.
