Describes the use of a week-long internship program as part of a course on newspaper management. Notes that students were given a checklist for gathering specific information during their visit with a newspaper. Reports enthusiastic response on the part of students and professional journalists. (TJ)

The internship program at Illinois State University provides quality control without resorting to a contractual system that introduces potential legal problems. (KS)

Describes a one-semester internship for advanced journalism majors at Washington State University. The students work full-time as novice reporters on daily newspaper. (TO)

Describes the procedures that have improved the journalism internship program at Florida Technological University and that have made the Orlando "Sentinel" more eager to accept the university's students. (KS)

Examines the results of a survey on broadcast journalism internship programs. Notes that the majority of journalism schools do not require students to take an internship, and that only a few schools have paid internships for all their students. (MM)

Summarizes students' and teachers' responses to a public relations internship program at North Texas State University. (KS)

Measures students' attitudes after completing an internship, and investigates how the attitudes changed over the years. Finds (1) a decrease from pretest to posttest ratings; (2) receiving payments increased students' feelings of educational preparedness; and (3) the assessments of graduates working from one to six years were even more…

Examines various students' comments or assessments of their newspaper internship programs. (HOD)

Relates that all students in all 24 academic disciplines in Bethany College in West Virginia are required to complete one or more internships before graduation and discusses the internship requirements of communications majors. (HOD)

Presents research describing internship arrangements at colleges and universities with advertising programs. Finds that internships are widely used, are most often optional, and are usually awarded academic credit. Discusses grading systems, scheduling, employment offers, and types of work required. (SR)

Presents guidelines and suggestions for internship programs in the area of broadcast journalism. (KS)

Addresses questions about academic credit and grading procedures for journalism internship programs. Provides information on how one school has dealt with the issue. (RL)

Describes six models or formats for mass communication internships as a means of incorporating the internship into the mass communication department's overall program. (HOD)