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THE AMERICA
I FOUND
A Summer Program at Stony
Brook University, New York
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Program
Details
June 18 - July 16
Live on Stony Brook’s campus
6 academic credits
Learn from US-based
reporters and editors
Trips to New York City and
Long Island communities to
explore media, culture and
everyday life
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Week One:
Introduction to
American Media
& Journalism
Topics Include:
Get to know Stony Brook, your
instructors and each other
Impact of mass media on
society
History and principles of US
media
Forms of media: writing,
video, photography
Diversity and the media
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Week Two:
Writing &
Editing
Topics Include:
Finding stories
Elements of news and how to
put them together
Conducting and practicing
interviews
The power of images
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Week Three:
Become a
Reporter
Topics include:
Reporting trip
Video editing techniques
Telling a story with video
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Week Four:
Putting It
Together
Topics include:
Combing reporting and
student journals to tell a
coherent story of “The America
I Found”
Project presentations
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About Stony
Brook
University
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• 1,000-acre wooded campus
• Safe community
• Flagship of the 64-campus
State University of New York
system
• US News & World Report
ranks SBU among top 100
universities globally and top
40 in the US
• 27,000 undergraduate and
graduate students

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Our Location
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About Long
Island
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• Suburban towns and
neighborhoods
• Atlantic beaches
• Limited public
transportation, but there is a
train station on campus
• 2-hour train ride from New
York City

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Tuition & Fees
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• $6,956 (USD)
• Includes housing, health
insurance
• Payment is due June 15

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How to Apply
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• Deadline: April 1
• Apply to the Global
Academic Program
• Required documents:
Passport, official transcript
• Hindi-language programs
require a TOEFL exam
Application:
stonybrook.edu/gsi/apply/applynow