Attend Both Political Conventions

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is pleased to announce a special three-week program that will take a small, select group of students to the sites of both national political conventions in Tampa and Charlotte in summer 2012.  After a week of academic instruction and training in Tampa, students will be assigned to volunteer fieldwork with media and other convention-related organizations during the Republican National Convention.  The day after the convention, students will fly to Charlotte to do the same kind of fieldwork during the Democratic National Convention.  This will be an experience of a lifetime for a student interested in journalism or the field on communication.

Overview

• Week One: Academic Instruction and Training
• Week Two: Fieldwork at the Republican National Convention
• Week Three: Fieldwork at the Democratic National Convention

Schedule

• August 18, 2012: Arrive in Tampa, Florida
• August 19, 2012: Orientation and Reception
• August 20-24, 2012: Academic Programming, Bus Tour, Reception, Fieldwork begins this week
• August 27-30, 2012: Convention Activities and Fieldwork continues
• August 31, 2012: Travel to Charlotte; Convention-related Fieldwork begins
• September 4-6, 2012: Convention Activities and Fieldwork continues
• September 7, 2012: Depart Charlotte

For more information, please contact us at C2012@twc.edu.

Photos from the 2008 Conventions

View the 2008 Political Conventions photo set