International Research

The Park Scholar Program appreciates the significant responsibilities and challenges faced by its scholars as they develop into media practitioners in our increasingly global world. That's why the program is committed to providing scholars with opportunities that not only combine their communications talents with their dedication to service, but also cultivate an understanding of global citizenship and the transformative power of media.

In recent years, scholars have conducted research in South Africa, Australia, England, Fiji, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, New Zealand, Spain, Washington, D.C., and throughout the U.S. Their activities have included

• researching the social and economic conditions of Sudanese refugees in the U.S.
  

• interning with NBC at the 2006 Torino Olympics
  

• living with a family in Ecuador and studying Spanish full-time at a local university
  

• researching and synthesizing information on federal contractor misconduct
  

• working as a marketing assistant for an architecture firm in Boston
  

• compiling data on female-headed households in a rural village in Morocco
  

• studying theater at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland
  

• conducting research in a racially-integrated secondary school in Durban, South Africa
  

• interning with a Dow Jones/Reuters company in London
  

• studying methods for communicating women's health information in Kenya
  

• studying photography and television in Milan, Italy
  

• and photographing native flora and fauna in Australia

A small group of Park scholars is also invited each year to travel with the program on an international media experience and explore global media issues as a group. Recently, the scholars traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they:

• worked with the staff of an educational radio and television network to produce a promotional video and design a marketing plan
  

• interviewed staff at a nonprofit organization that uses radio and television programs to provide outreach on HIV prevention and population control
  

• and participated in seminars and other programs that examined critical issues (e.g. gender, ethics, etc.) in journalism worldwide.