"On a sunny afternoon in the dusty, overcrowded Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, a group of Syrian girls recites a familiar pledge and hope to change their future. The youngsters promise to serve God and country, to help people at all times and live by the laws of the Girl Scouts."

Listen to this NPR radio report by Deborah Amos.

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Callie Schweitzer is a one-woman counterargument. She's a 21-year-old senior from Westchester, N.Y., and she's already had internships at People magazine and The New York Times. Schweitzer used to write for the independent student paper, . Now she's the editor-in-chief of , the 24-hour online news website for USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

"I don't believe it when people say journalism is dead," Schweitzer says. "I'm the one raising my hand saying, 'No it's not!' I think it will always exist."

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