Editor: Keith Davis Writers: Alex Dippold, Dave Maley Publisher: Office of Public Information Volume 22, No.16   April 24, 2000

Bluey Selected for Dow Jones Internship Last November junior Rob Bluey, editor in chief of the Ithacan, got what he calls "the best phone call I ever took in my life." The caller was from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, and he was offering Bluey a summer internship in the fund’s Newspaper Editing Intern Program. About 1,000 journalism students from across the country had applied, and fewer than 100 had been accepted. Bluey was one of them — the first Ithaca College student ever to receive this prestigious award. "I was shocked," Bluey said. "I didn’t really expect it because I thought I hadn’t done that well on the qualifying test. I was already making other plans for the summer." Mead Loop, the assistant professor of television-radio who had administered the exam, wasn’t shocked at all. "What put Rob over the top on the test wasn’t really how well he could spell or write headlines or rewrite copy, although he does all that well," Loop says. "What made him stand out is how well he did on the current events portion. He reads newspapers himself, and he knows what’s going on around the world like very few other journalism students." Bluey’s academic performance was also considered, as well as a 500-word essay and his journalistic background, which consists of three years of editorial positions at the Ithacan and three summers working at the Clinton Courier in Clinton, New York, a stone’s throw from his home in Yorkville. This summer, though, as a recipient of what Loop calls "the most prestigious internship you can get," Bluey will be participating in a two-week residency at Temple University. He’ll then travel to Michigan, where he’ll spend 10 weeks in a paid editorial position with the Traverse City Record-Eagle, a daily newspaper with a circulation of some 30,000. Bluey will edit stories, write headlines, and design pages. When he returns to Ithaca in the fall to start his senior year, he’ll receive a $1,000 scholarship from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. "It’s going to be an interesting summer," Bluey says. "I’m going to miss being close to home, but it’s time to move on and take another step. Internships like this one are the keys to getting a good job in journalism." "This internship puts Rob at another level," Loops adds. "It’s experiences like this one that lead to positions with some of the top papers in the country." This fall Bluey plans to apply for a Pulliam Fellowship and an internship with the Washington Post. "Interning with the Post would be ideal," he says. "Internships there last two years, and if you do well, they’ll hire you. That’s really something to shoot for." Dow Jones and Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, formed the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund as a nonprofit foundation to encourage students to consider careers in journalism. The fund has operated intern programs for college students since 1962.

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