From coast to coast and continent to continent, Media School students travel the world. We offer domestic networking trips from New York City to Los Angeles. Internationally, Media School students take spring and summer courses that travel to destinations such as England, France, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan, Ecuador, and Kenya.
Ernie Pyle Scholars and Media Scholars in The Media School’s six-week Summer in London program combine classroom learning with an internship at a London media organization and cultural enrichment activities.
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Students in our Semester in Los Angeles program intern and take a semester of Media School classes in the heart of Hollywood.
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The Media Living Learning Center takes an annual trip to New York City to visit media companies and network with alumni.
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Ernie Pyle Scholars visit the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, each year to learn from experts about ethics, writing, and the journalism industry.
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From London to Paris: In the Footsteps of Ernie Pyle is a semester-long course that includes a spring break trip to Europe to learn about the work of IU alumnus Ernie Pyle, one of America’s most famous World War II correspondents.
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Short Film Production in Prague is a three-week summer course in the Czech Republic that covers idea generation, screenwriting, directing, cinematography, and editing.
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Reporting HIV/AIDS in Africa is a summer course that immerses students in Kenyan culture, and is jointly taught with faculty and students at Moi University.
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In our alternative spring break trip to Gulf Islands National Seashore, students work directly with National Park Service staff on media-related volunteer projects to be used in promotional and educational programs.
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The Media School sent students to Atlanta to work as production runners for the 2019 CBS broadcast of the Super Bowl.
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Media School students travel to Chicago each year to network with alumni and visit news organizations.
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Documenting our Changing World: Ecuador is a six-week field experience summer course that includes a two-week trip to Quito, Cotopaxi, Maquipucuna, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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International Game Design Practices is a spring course that includes a spring break trip to Tokyo, where students meet with and pitch games to representatives of Japanese studios, publishers, and distributors.
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Reporting War and Peace in Okinawa is a spring semester course that includes a spring break trip to Okinawa, Japan, where students report on the effect of U.S. military presence on the island.
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Media School students traveled to Mexico City in 2019 to cover the IU men's soccer team's spring break matches against the Cruz Azul U-20 team and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Read about the Mexico soccer trip