Daniel Pearl Journalism Internship
2008 Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship
Jennifer Martinez, a Stanford graduate student, has been chosen as the 2008 Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Intern. She is working toward a master’s degree in communication, specializing in journalism, after earning a bachelor’s degree with honors in international relations at Stanford in 2007. She will work in the London bureau of the Wall Street Journal this summer.
The Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship is awarded annually to an outstanding Stanford student journalist, and commemorates the work of Daniel Pearl, a Stanford graduate who was kidnapped and murdered while working as a Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent in Pakistan in 2002.
The internship itself is in a foreign bureau of the Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal pays the salary of the intern, and the Daniel Pearl Memorial Fund provides an amount designed to cover travel, housing and other incidental costs associated with the internship. In 2008, the salary will be $700 a week and the amount from the Memorial Fund will be approximately $5,000.
2008: Jennifer Martinez
Daniel Pearl Interns
2007: Niraj Sheth2006: Camille J. Ricketts 2005: Will Oremus 2004: Ramin Setoodeh 2003: Vauhini Vara
The person selected should have extensive journalism experience, either as a student journalist, or as an intern at a newspaper, or a combination of both. The person will be selected on the basis of journalism qualifications and the degree to which he or she exemplifies the work of Daniel Pearl:
* A commitment to explaining different cultures to each other.
* An emphasis on the stories of ordinary people rather than those in positions of power.
* A focus in his or her writing on the dignity of individuals.
As part of the application for the Pearl Internship, applicants write an essay of about 500 words on how their work and career goals put into practice those principles.
The internship will normally be done during the summer following selection, although other times are possible. Those eligible for the internship include Stanford undergraduate and graduate students, including those completing a degree just before the internship. Preference is given to undergraduate applicants.
After the internship, the person selected returns to Stanford to meet with faculty and students and to discuss the experience.
There is no application form. Applicants send a cover letter, resume, a dozen of their best bylined clips and their essay to the Department of Communication, to the Attention of the Internship Coordinator.
A committee of the Stanford journalism faculty evaluates the applicants. The Wall Street Journal makes the final decision.