2025 NLGJA Student Conference

RESUME REVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED THE WEEK OF THE STUDENT CONFERENCE

Sit down with a recruiter or veteran journalist to evaluate your resume and portfolio materials and learn how to make them stand out. Slots for this session are limited and pre-reserved. Please note that adding this to you schedule on Sched does not mean that you have secured a spot. If you have been selected for a slot, we will be in touch to help schedule a time with your assigned reviewer.

Sign ups for the resume review sessions will open in January.

Please contact info@nlgja.org with any questions.

Searching for the next step in your career? Looking for a Summer or Fall internship? Introduce yourself to recruiters from top newsrooms, universities and journalism organizations and learn about their available internships and career opportunities.

The Career & Community Expo will run from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM ET on Friday, March 7. During this time, exhibitors will be in their virtual booths, waiting to chat with you and answer your questions.

Some exhibitors may wish to connect with you for interviews outside of the Career & Community Expo on Friday. Check out their pages ahead of the expo to learn more about their availability and schedule private meetings.

The past several years have seen escalating - and devastating - attacks on transgender, gender nonconforming and nonbinary communities. These communities are finding themselves more visible than ever, but the increase in media attention often gets the facts and framing wrong. Learn more from experts about the kinds of questions you should be asking about your coverage: What stories really matter? How can you catch bias in your own sourcing, and yourself? How do you explain data that’s limited or contested? And how can you catch oversights and spotty news judgment when you’re working on a deadline?

LGBTQ+ journalists, creators and activists are facing unprecedented amounts of harassment online. This session will equip you with practical self-defense tools and strategies to help you fight back and continue exercising your right to free expression.