2021 WBUR fellowship, internship awarded
Graduate student Meera Raman (COM’23) and senior Grace Ferguson (COM’22) pose outside the WBUR studios on Commonwealth Avenue.
Boston University senior Grace Ferguson (COM’22) and graduate student Meera Raman (COM’23) were awarded paid positions to report for WBUR next semester. WBUR-FM is the largest of the city’s three National Public Radio (NPR) member stations and is owned by the school.
Ferguson will work with deputy managing editor Tom Wallack and is to receive a $10,000 stipend. She is a journalism major with an interest in investigative reporting.
“I listen to WBUR every morning. It’s part of my routine,” Ferguson said. “It’s so surreal to work with them and be on the other side of that.”
Raman, who is earning a Master of Science in Journalism, will work in the iLab, the WBUR podcast team. She is to earn a $5,000 stipend and will help with the show “Endless Thread,” which focuses on riveting stories from the Internet.
Raman said her career goal is to become an audio producer for podcasts and so she would like to gain more technical experience in the field.
“When I was an undergrad in Montreal, I did an internship at a human rights magazine and produced a podcast for them,” Raman said. “I fell in love with audio storytelling, so when I saw the WBUR internship, I wanted to jump right on it.”
