Publishing

It’s what SHERP students do. Right from the start.

SHERP’s innovative curriculum emphasizes real reporting assignments from the very start. As a result, SHERP students regularly publish their classwork in professional media, usually with the assistance of SHERP’s freelance advisor and other faculty members. International students participate fully in this process, using the Curricular Practical Training option. All SHERP students also rack up clips during their internships, often with SHERP alumni as mentors. Additionally, since 2023, SHERP students have tapped program funds to travel the world reporting great stories. Destinations have included Alaska, Arizona, Armenia, California, Canada, Guam, Hawai’i, Iceland, India, Italy (twice), Jordan, Maine, the Maldive Islands, Panama, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Africa (twice), Surinam and Tanzania! Click on the links to read some of the resulting great stories published so far in an array of major publications!

Just as importantly, SHERP students also run their own outlet: Scienceline. Its mix of news, features and blogs, plus video and audio stories, has attracted a worldwide audience since launching in 2006. The site is both a unique training tool and a popular publishing platform, attracting more than 1 million visitors per year and regularly winning major awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists. Under syndication agreements, some Scienceline stories are also published by Scientific American, Popular Science, LiveScience, Audubon, Space.com, Smithsonian, Inside Climate News, The Scientist and other outlets.