The Schieffer Summer Journalism Camp is a one-week day camp run by the Department of Journalism at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas.
TCU faculty teach the basics of digital reporting while Dallas–Fort Worth media professionals talk about the industry and careers. Campers pitch and report their own stories, produce newscast content and write for the camp website.
Benefits & funding
- Tuition is US$1,000; the camp gives no funding.
- Day camp only, so no campus housing is included.
- Five days of instruction from TCU journalism faculty, with TCU students as counsellors.
- Published work on the camp’s news website and a newscast.
Eligibility
- Rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors.
- TCU’s journalism school also lists incoming first-year students admitted to TCU and its journalism major as eligible.
- The pages state no citizenship or residence rule.
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Application process
- 1Register on the camp’s Apply page when it opens in spring.
- 2Pay the US$1,000 tuition.
- 3The 2026 deadline was 30 April (Dow Jones News Fund directory).
Program timeline
Application deadline (closed)
30 April 2026
Camp
13–17 July 2026
Next registration expected
Spring 2027