Program
WJI holds courses, conferences, workshops and seminars in the nation's media centers. Programs are offered around the country during the year. Multi-week, college-level courses are held in New York City. Week-end conferences are held in major American cities in conjunction with national journalism conventions (i.e., Associated Collegiate Press, etc.). Week-long workshops, such as the Urbana 06 convention daily newspaper, Urbana Today, are held in various major American cities. The institute occasionally offers seminars of particular interest, such as Amity Shlaes (Bloomberg News) and Alvin H. Rosenfeld (Indiana University).
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