The_Princeton_University_Summer_Journalism_Program
The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program (SJP) is an all-expense-paid summer program at Princeton University for rising high school seniors across the country from low-income backgrounds. It was founded in 2002 by four former 'Daily Princetonian' editors. The founding directors include former editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian, Richard Just (Princeton Class of 2001), former editor of The New Republic, Michael Koike '01, Gregory Mancini '01 and Rich Tucker '01.
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The program is highly selective and open to outstanding students interested in journalism. Since it was founded, the program has graduated about 200 alumni who have gone on to pursue journalism at Ivy League and other highly selective schools including Princeton.[1] Alumni have received jobs or internships at The New York Times, Newsweek, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The Dallas Morning News, The Star-Ledger, NBC and CBS, among other outlets.[1]