GlobalPost launch new Study Abroad program

BOSTON Every year more than a quarter of a million American college students head out to see the world through a study abroad program.These programs, which are growing steadily every year, introduce young people to new cultures, new languages, new ways of thinking and a new sense of perspective on their own country.

GlobalPost believes the next generation of foreign correspondents will likely emerge out of this group of students who seek to learn study abroad.And so, GlobalPost is proud to launch a new Study Abroad page which will draw on these students to provide reported stories, essays, blogs, photo galleries and videos. They will form what we are calling the GlobalPost Student Correspondent Corps.

This team is made up of more than 70 young people who have demonstrated an interest in student journalism or who have a facility for story telling and a desire to try their hand at being a foreign correspondent.We sorted through literally hundreds of applications from American students over the last few months to pull together this Student Correspondent Corps and we are excited to see them head out on their journeys to every corner of the world to become eyes and ears for GlobalPost and for you our visitors to the site.

They will not cover big stories or hard news. We’ll leave that to our team of 75 GlobalPost correspondents in more than 50 countries who make up a stellar team of professional, seasoned journalists. But these student correspondents will be reporters-in-training who will seek out stories that provide us a student perspective about life and culture in the countries in which they are studying.

They hail from campuses across the country, including Tufts, Boston University, Harvard University, University of Missouri, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, Northwestern, Duke, New York University, Swarthmore, and many others.