The Collegiate Network is hosting the second annual Professional Reporting Course in New York City, February 5-7 2010, and Washington D.C., February 25-27, 2010. These are all-expenses paid conferences for 12 student journalists. The focus of each will be on journalism skills and techniques that can be applied to CN newspapers as well as toward jump starting a career in journalism. Sessions will be led by reporters, writers, and editors from the Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Publications, and other prominent news outlets.

The application period for the Spring 2009 course is now closed.