 Dillehay not only started the program, but also mentored and supported interns.
In honor of more than 15 years of dedication and passion, the International Center for Journalists announced on March 21 that it is naming its internship program after former Vice President Whayne Dillehay. He worked at the International Center for Journalists from 1990 to 2003. During his tenure, he first launched the internship program.
The initiative started out as a modest effort to give students the chance to help develop and support ICFJ’s workshops, exchanges, conferences and fellowships. Under Dillehay’s guidance, the internship program became a key training ground for the organization. Nearly one-third of all ICFJ staffers began their careers as an intern and many now assume important leadership roles.
Dillehay is currently the Atwood Professor of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He also works on special assignment for ICFJ, including a recent stint as a journalism trainer at ICFJ’s Armenia School of Journalism (http://www.icfj.org/armenia/).
Current interns are entrusted with duties such as writing for IJNet’s weekly bulletin (www.ijnet.org), translating documents into Arabic, Russian and Chinese, helping organize international programs and trainings, and performing administrative assignments.
To be in the first class of Whayne Dillehay Interns, please visit www.icfj.org/jobs/internship.html or contact internships@icfj.org. We are now accepting applications for the summer semester.
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