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Student Involvement
Student research assistants Shaked Hoter, Jeremy Konar ,and Debby Frisch
There are two distinct journalism areas at Brandeis: an academic program and a research institute.
The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism is a freestanding research center, where established journalists pursue major investigative reporting projects designed to appear in major media outlets.
The institute works closely with the Journalism Program within the American Studies Department. Students can get hands-on experience in a small newsroom atmosphere in one of three ways. They can earn internship credit towards a journalism minor; they may receive pay through the Student-Scholar Partnership Program, funded by the Women’s Studies Research Center; or they may be hired directly by the institute.
One of the institute's goals is to help revitalize the practice of investigative journalism, which is critical to democracy. In the process of reaching its goals, the institute helps students learn about reporting methods and how investigative reporting can make a direct and lasting impact on society.
2009 student Research Assistants, standing, from left: Theresa Sheehan, Jonah Seligman, Mateo Aceves, Vickie Chatelain; and seated, from left: Carolyn Schweitzer, Irina Finkel, Jake Yarmus.
Not pictured but working for the Institute: Natalia Bialkowska, Brian Boyd, Liz Macedo, and Naomi Spector.
2008 Student research assistants Will Friedman, Shaked Hoter, Debby Frisch, and Jessica Willingham. Debby and Jessica are with us again in 2009.
2008 Student research assistants Ruth Orbach, Jenn Sheehan, and Jonah Seligman.