Great Journalism Opportunity in Jerusalem

Ratings
Overall
5
Academics: 4
Support: 5
Fun: 5
Housing: 5
Safety: 5
Review

I spent a month in Jerusalem living in the dorms of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, doing everything from taking detailed tours of the Old City in Jerusalem and learning about its thousands of years of history to visiting illegal Jewish settlements in the Palestinian West Bank. With the program I went to the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv, visited the Knesset (the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem), spoke to everyone from multiple Knesset members to Palestinians in the West Bank. I got to visit holy Jewish and Islamic sites, write stories on protests and even did my final project on a Muslim refugee camp inside Jerusalem.
I have encouraged classmates who have not yet graduated to look into other ieiMedia programs. This is what study abroad had lacked for me - true purpose and useful experience in my major. I feel like my time in Israel really added to my school experience. I have unique and well-written stories to show from it, and I feel it will make me a stronger candidate in the job market.
With all this, I also want to mention that the study part of my study abroad was similarly useful and engaging. We worked with multiple current journalists, had workshops on writing or photographing stories in the field to how current multimedia journalists cover breaking news. We weren't just exploring the whole month, there was valuable teaching time as well.

Would you recommend this program?
Yes, I would
Year Completed
2017
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