The Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s summer intern program, which was initiated several years ago, began its current session this week. The resumption of the program was made possible by a special grant by Dr. Abraham Goodman of Kearny, N.J., well-known Jewish philanthropist, community leader, president of the Tarbut Foundation and treasurer of the JTA.
The two interns working at JTA’s international headquarters here are Nancy Chanin and Brian M. Lipsitz. Ms. Chanin, a student at New York University majoring in history and minoring in journalism, contributed editorials to the Cornell (University) Daily Sun while she was a student there, and is a reporter for the Washington Square News, the NYU newspaper, and Our Town, a Manhattan weekly. Before attending NYU, Ms. Chanin was a student at the University of Rochester and the University of California in Berkeley. She is a member of the American Jewish Congress.
Lipsitz is a graduate student at the School of International Affairs at Columbia University specializing in journalism. During the current school year he was assigned one day a week at the American Jewish Committee’s foreign affairs department as part of his work-study program. While studying at Syracuse University, Lipsitz worked in the student-run radio station WAER as a news writer, reporter and announcer. During 1975-76 he worked on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin for 5 1/2 months. He has been active in Hillel and is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Rho, the television-radio honorary society.
While interning at JTA, Ms. Chanin and Lipsitz will cover all facets of reporting, including meetings, interviews, rewrite and copy editing.
William M. Landau, JTA president, said he was gratified that the intern program was continuing. “Jewish journalism is now more viable than ever before,” he said. “It is a growing field as more and more of the news developments focus on issues involving the Jewish world or impinging on its interests. Young people can contribute to the continuity of Jewish journalism and to infuse it with new insights and approaches. The JTA is proud to be able to participate in this ongoing development.” Landau also lauded Dr. Goodman for making it possible to resume the program.
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