Communication & Media Studies

Professional Development

Student editing video at CBS

New York and Washington
Media Experience Programs
Students in Communication & Media Studies at Simpson have opportunities to take part in unique semester-long internship programs in New York City and Washington, D.C. Simpson students may take advantage of a cooperative New York Media Experience Program administered by Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Simpson students have in the past interned through this program at Fox News Channel, CBS News, CBS Productions, Sports Illustrated magazine and Interscope Records. Through the college’s Capitol Hill Internship Program, students have interned at Free Speech Radio Network, USA Today, the Student Press Law Center, Roll Call newspaper and congressional offices. See the department chair for more information.

Internships
An internship is an off-campus opportunity for a student to participate in professional training, assume initial decision making responsibilities, and gain practical experince in a communciation-related professional field. The position will ordinarily require some specific academic training or skills and may or may not provide compensation. 

Communication Studies students have interned in the past for:

  • Brava
  • Congressman Leonard Boswell
  • Des Moines Metropolitan Opera
  • Des Moines Register
  • Des Moines Radio Group
  • Free Speech Radio
  • Greater Des Moines Partnership
  • Iowa Attorney General's Office
  • Iowa Cubs
  • Meredith Corporation
  • Marsh
  • Principal Financial Group
  • Senator Chuck Grassley
  • Senator Tom Harkin
  • USA Today

An instructor's permission is a  prerequisite.
Credit is arranged and repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours.

Last Updated: 11/21/08