As you can see from John’s post below the CN staff and students have finally arrived in Prague. Our flight was over night so we’re all running on only a few hours of sleep. But before we rest we’re heading to Cafe Savoy to meet Kristin Deasy for dinner. Kristin is the CN’s fellow at Radio Free Europe and has spent the last year in Prague.
Expect more updates from students and keep an eye on the photostream too.
Check out the slideshow in the sidebar to the right for live images being uploaded regularly. (Once you click play, move the mouse off the image to make the controls disappear. Otherwise they cover up a lot of the pictures.) You can also see them on our Flickr photostream.
Also, expect pretty non-camera-phone images to be uploaded now and then from John Stevenson, our photo journalist attending GSJC.
Welcome to the Collegiate Network’s Prague Blog. Here you’ll be able to follow the CN staff and GSJC students during their stay in the Czech Republic.
This year’s twelve students are:
- CJ Ciaramella, University of Oregon
- Sean Clerget, Wabash College
- Jane Coaston, University of Michigan
- Kristin Coyner, College of William and Mary
- Casey Hynes, Mount St. Mary’s University
- Kyle Klavetter, University of Tulsa
- Alex Mayer, College of William and Mary
- Katherine Miller, Vanderbilt University
- Michael Reer, Boston College
- Sarah Schubert, Bucknell University
- John Stevenson, Bucknell University
- Elise Viebeck, Claremont McKenna College
The National Security Seminar kicks off the trip in just six days, until then expect updates from the staff as they finish the final stages of planning and prepare to meet the students in DC.
Each June, the CN invites 12 of its top student journalists to the Geo-Strategic Journalism Course, in Washington, D.C., and Prague, Czech Republic. By providing high-level access to leading correspondents, policymakers, and government officials in the U.S. and Europe, the course achieves two goals: It offers invaluable foreign reporting experience, and it instills in students an appreciation for America’s national security challenges. Students interact with dissidents from the Communist era, the U.S. ambassador, ex-pat journalists, Czech foreign ministry officials, and more.
National Security Seminar
Students participate in a day-long National Security Seminar in Washington, D.C. with policy professionals, foreign correspondents, Congressional aides, and U.S. government officials.
Prague Security Studies Institute
During phase two, the Collegiate Network partners with the Prague Security Studies Institute, an organization that focuses on the education and development of new generations of security-minded university students and policy practitioners in the Czech Republic. While in Prague, students are offered time to rove the city, reporting and seeking stories.
Writing Requirement / Publication Opportunities
The final phase requires course participants to compose at least three articles on aspects of the course they found interesting and relevant to the Czech Republic. Course participants spend nearly two weeks reporting overseas, and the CN ensures that all aspects of the course are conducive to inspiring story ideas. The trip includes several day trips outside of Prague so that students may better understand the Czech people and polity. The CN staff assists students in getting their work published in prominent national venues.
Disclaimer
The posts which appear on this blog represent the views of their authors alone and are not necessarily representative of the views of the Collegiate Network, its various members, or its supporters.
