In partnership with SBS Online, the study tour is designed to offer students the opportunity to file news stories on the ground with real deadlines in order to emulate the ‘foreign correspondent’, and which can only be achieved by exposing students to an international study experience outside the classroom. In turn, this study tour prepares them for future journalistic roles within an international context by providing them with the tools to do journalism within another culture.
The program includes scholarly interaction with local host universities, industry visits, journalism training seminars and meetings with experts in the field. The study tour offers a practical application of the conceptual frameworks students have studied as part of their degree. The FCST, therefore, assists in the internationalisation of the Journalism degree by developing relations with the industry and academic sectors outside Australia, thus offering a practical skill-based learning experience that will assist in creating graduates who are job ready at a global level.
The Foreign Correspondent study tour is supported by the Commonwealth through the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR), which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, under their ‘media interns’ flagship program. This website will keep you updated with our news and reporting that takes place during our study tour.