--- title: Five Best: Peace Corps For Journalists May Protect the Job description: A ‘Peace Corps’ for journalists could protect the profession, here’s how to empower adolescent women and more. canonical: https://time.com/5013220/a-peace-corps-for-journalists-could-protect-the-profession/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-07T17:00:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:21.617Z article:section: Ideas og:title: A ‘Peace Corps’ For Journalists Could Protect the Profession og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/5013220/a-peace-corps-for-journalists-could-protect-the-profession/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A ‘Peace Corps’ For Journalists Could Protect the Profession twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A ‘Peace Corps’ For Journalists Could Protect the Profession by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 7, 2017 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 7, 2017 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Could a ‘Peace Corps’ for journalists protect the profession?**](http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-new-peace-corps-for-journalists/81716) By Adrian Brune in _Ozy_ **2\.** [**Adolescence is a tipping point for empowering young women. Here’s how to do it.**](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2017/11/06/empowering-adolescent-girls-promising-approaches-at-key-tipping-points-in-their-lives/) By Armene Modi at the _Brookings Institution_ **3\.** [**Scientists are zeroing in on a flu vaccine that would last a lifetime.**](http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/4-in-1-flu-shot-may-mean-lifelong-protection-against-the-flu/) By Leslie Reed at the _University of Nebraska-Lincoln_ **4\.** [**How to increase minority participation in our scientific communities.**](https://undark.org/article/mentorship-programs-science-technology/) By Lesley Evans Ogden in _Undark_ **5\.** [**Could this venture fund for rural startups ignite a renaissance outside of cities?**](https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/06/colorados-rural-startup-fund-sets-a-model-for-the-nation/) By Dustin McKissen in V_entureBeat_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5013220/a-peace-corps-for-journalists-could-protect-the-profession/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5013220/a-peace-corps-for-journalists-could-protect-the-profession/"},"headline":"A ‘Peace Corps’ For Journalists Could Protect the Profession","datePublished":"2017-11-07T17:00:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:21.617Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5013220/a-peace-corps-for-journalists-could-protect-the-profession/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","medicine","Innovation","Startups","Journalism","Science"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5013220/a-peace-corps-for-journalists-could-protect-the-profession/","name":"A ‘Peace Corps’ For Journalists Could Protect the Profession"}}]}] ```