Students in the Science Communication Program emerge from their year in Santa Cruz with a thick portfolio of published work. They write most of their articles for editors at internships coordinated by SciCom in the San Francisco Bay Area. We gear much of our coursework toward publication, ranging from regional newspapers to online news services to freelance submissions for national magazines. We also spotlight student work in our own publications: Science Notes, our online feature and multimedia magazine; the SciCom Interviews, from the annual AAAS meeting; and our student-run blog.

We feel strongly that our students learn the trade best by reporting real-world stories for journalists who work in this business day to day. During nine months of courses and a summer internship, students work for at least a dozen professional editors. They quickly learn how to adapt to different editing styles, deadline pressures, and audiences. And in practical terms, the clips allow students to tailor strong applications for national internships and jobs.

Browse the links on these pages for examples of what our students produce during their immersion in journalism at SciCom.