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Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Turns 50

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, and as an alumnus of the program, I’m thrilled that the fund is doing well. Today it launched a redesigned website with a searchable journalism schools database and several other improved features.

When I was a Dow Jones copy editing intern in the summer of 2000, the experience took me to the copy desk of the Traverse City Record-Eagle in Michigan. That experience alone turned me into an adult — working more than 600 miles from home with no friends and family anywhere nearby. But it was the two weeks of journalism boot camp beforehand, taught by Temple University professor Ed Trayes,that really made the whole thing worth it.

College students who are looking for a career in journalism should seriously consider this program. It’s well worth it.