"Aspiring Journalists" Webinars

The Washington Press Club Foundation is pleased to host a series of webinars connecting aspiring journalists to Washington, DC reporters, editors and bureau chiefs. These programs are specifically designed for journalism students to gain practical insights into the changing culture and practices of media organizations as preparation for your future job search.

Three webinars are presented each semester and journalism professors are welcome to encourage their students to participate. Each program lasts one hour and participants are able to submit questions either in advance or during the webinar.

2025 -2026 Series

Begins in September of 2025

RSVP to programs@wpcf.org for your zoom link

2024-2025 Series

Internships and Fellowships- Navigating the Changing Newsroom Job Market

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Covering a Turbulent Election Cycle

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Reporting History In Real Time -Covering News When You are Part of the Story

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AI in the Newsroom- Current Impact and Future Directions

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Networking and Sources- New Techniques to Build a Solid Source Base

2023-2024 Series

Covering Elections- Local, Congressional And Presidential To watch, click here

How to Develop Sources To watch, click here

Strategies to Help You Score Your First Job To watch, click here


2022-2023 Series

Diving for Documents and Data To watch, click here

How to Use Social Media In Your Reporting To watch, click here

Get your Start as a Political Reporter by Covering Congress To watch, click here

What Hiring Managers are Looking For To watch, click here

2021-2022 Series

Public Interest or News Bias: Why do Some Stories Dominate and Others Fade Away To watch, click here

Policy and Political Reporting: Add Policy Expertise to your Resume to Better Your Job Prospects To watch, click here

Social Media: From Reporting Tool to Managing your Brand To watch, click here

Covering the Midterms To watch, click here

The Care and Feeding of Sources To watch, click here

2020-2021 Series

Covering Race and Racial Injustice in America To watch, click here

Covering the Campaign During COVID To watch, click here

COVID and Getting a Job in Journalism To watch, click here

Covering Chaos: Skills for Effective Reporting from the Front Lines To watch, click here

The First 100 Days: Covering a White House Transition and the Role of a White House Reporter To watch, click here

Think Local: Jumpstart your Career at Local News Outlets and Trade Publications To watch, click here