International Reporting Opportunities
Travel the world.
Experience life as a foreign correspondent.
"Reporting in Nepal was a life-changing experience."—Viola Flowers '24, NBC News
Journalism Without Walls
An international program
This year's destination was Berlin. Over a two-week reporting trip from May 23–June 6, 2026, students worked on joint and individual projects.
The students spent the spring semester identifying stories, researching, and cultivating sources for their reporting. Travel and accommodation expenses were provided by the Journalism Without Walls program.
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Journalism Without Walls is the School of Communication and Journalism's overseas reporting opportunity. During the weeks-long program, students travel with faculty to experience and report on life in different cultures around the globe. All travel and accommodation expenses are funded by the Marie Colvin Center.
The trip takes place during summer or winter break. Students are required to take a 3-credit, on-campus course to learn about the country they will be traveling to and to begin to lay the groundwork for finding and reporting stories.
To view the work produced on Journalism Without Walls trips, click on each picture above.
This selective program is offered in partnership with the Stony Brook Study Abroad Office.
CSIS Journalism Bootcamp
Washington, D.C.
In May 2026, journalism students connected with policy experts and multimedia specialists at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to report on global issues.
Their investigation, At Arm's Length: Military Technology Cooperation Within The Russia-Iran Partnership, explored the evolving military-technology cooperation between Russia and Iran, and its geopolitical implications.
All travel and accommodation expenses were funded by the CSIS.
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Stony Brook University journalism students at the May 2026 CSIS Journalism Bootcamp in Washington, D.C.
Marie Colvin Fellowship
Become a reporter with an overseas news outlet
Graduating seniors received their first taste working for a renowned international news outlet with this 12-week competitive program.
2025 Awardee

Melanie Karniewich
B.A. in Journalism
North Babylon, NY
Recent participants in our international programs have gone on to jobs or internships with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsday, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox, the Daily Mail and London Times.
Previous Awardees
2023: Melanie Formosa
2022: Sara Ruberg
2020: Rachael Eyler
2019: Brittany Bernstein
2018: Christopher Cameron
2017: Demi Guo
2016: Hanaa' Tameez


