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Journalists are often portrayed as cutthroat, with only the most resourceful and cunning finding success. Many incoming cherubs said they assumed the Medill program would mirror the newsrooms and studios they\u2019d seen in the movies or on TV.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone here is so smart and motivated that I expected it to be really competitive,\u201d said Lizi Schierman of Tbilisi, Georgia. “I had imposter syndrome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Schierman said the reality of the Medill cherub program was much different than her initial beliefs. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has been so helpful in sharing their knowledge and experiences,\u201d she said. \u201cThe whole environment is much more collaborative than I expected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From the first day of the program, cherubs were faced with situations where information and names bombarded them. They said it was difficult to record every name and detail necessary to construct an accurate story. Rather than keeping facts to themselves, however, cherubs shared their knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all working together to try and make the best stories we can,\u201d said Joshua Singer of Rockville, Maryland. \u201cWe\u2019ve shared sources, we\u2019ve shared quotes, and I feel very supported.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This spirit of cooperation went beyond just sharing quotes and information. While cherubs constructed their trend story, some used their peers\u2019 connections and networks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy trend story was about the economy of skiing, and a lot of my friends here had sources or people they knew on ski patrol,\u201d said Nina Bowens of Westport, Connecticut. \u201cIt was very collaborative in that aspect because I was also giving sources to people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The cherub program does not award grades. Instructor Karen Springen, a full-time professor at Medill, said this aspect of the program fosters community and teamwork.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a competitive thing,\u201d Springen said. \u201cI think it\u2019s nice cherubs is not for a grade. That makes it super collaborative \u2014 uplifting and boosting each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Medill cherubs program allows students to engage with talented journalists from around the world. Rather than competing with each other, Bowens said they gained the most from working together.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is pushing each other to be the best versions of themselves and to do their best work,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students shared notes, sources and ideas to produce their best work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":5257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,339],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[315],"class_list":["post-4565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-front-page-academics"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":315,"user_id":124,"is_guest":0,"slug":"elizagoldwasser","display_name":"Eliza Goldwasser","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/608717aefc6cafe24c1d5b618d3aa619785d079b52e16591971bbc47db131d9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Goldwasser","first_name":"Eliza","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4565"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6644,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions\/6644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}