NEW YORK, Jun 15, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The New York Times announced today the expansion of its highly successful New York Times Student Journalism Institute to include a program for student members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). It will be held in January 2007.

The Institute will be a highly competitive, 10-day, hands-on journalism residency program offered to aspiring student reporters, editors, photographers and designers who are members of the NAHJ. The inaugural program will be held Jan. 3-13, 2007, at Florida International University in Miami. In the second year the program will be held at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and thereafter it will alternate between the two campuses.

This Institute is an outgrowth of a program The Times has offered since 2003 for students at historically black colleges and universities. That program, held annually in May at Dillard University in New Orleans, has graduated 120 students, who now work in newsrooms across the country at major papers like The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Detroit Free Press as well as a number of small and medium-size publications. Graduates also work for newspapers owned by The Times Company, including The New York Times.

"Being able to work with the NAHJ on this initiative is an excellent opportunity for us to foster great young talent and bring diversity to the field of journalism," said Jill Abramson, managing editor, The New York Times. "We've had tremendous success in our collaboration with historically black colleges and universities since the first Institute in 2003 and look forward to combining our strengths for this latest Institute."

Students in the program will have the opportunity to cover a wide range of stories in the Miami area under the guidance of journalists from The New York Times, The Boston Globe and other regional newspapers of The New York Times Company. Students will also maintain a news Web site and produce a special edition of the newspaper containing the finest work of the program.

The program will accept 20 student members of the NAHJ who have worked for their student newspaper or other news organization.

The deadline for submissions is Oct. 27, 2006. Application forms may be obtained at the Institute's Web site, www.nytimes-institute.com. Forms are also available by calling (212) 556-1800.

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