With winter looming closer, now is the time to be applying for journalism internships and fellowships for spring and summer of 2018. Many news organizations have deadlines in early October and November, so here’s a list to get you started.
BROADCAST
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “Candidate would help segment producers in a variety of ways, including: Research topics, Help create graphics, cut video and sound bites, Help write news copy, Help coordinate live guest appearances, Create links of on-air segments for guests.”
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “What will you be doing? Assisting with the show, with duties including writing teases and tells for the show. You will also assist our Associate Producers with selecting the best video elements for each segment. You will have the opportunity to pitch guests and story ideas for Across America. You will also help manage our team’s social media accounts, selecting the best segments each day to post on Twitter and Facebook.”
CNN International Special Features Internship
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “What will you be doing? Working directly with producers and editors. Learning about the technology and systems used in news and features production. Generating ideas and contributing to the execution of weekly and monthly programming.”
CNN International Desk (iDesk) Internship
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “Interns will observe and assist with workflow at the international desk on all shifts during our 24/7 operation. Interns will have the opportunity to “shadow” other units and departments within the CNN family who interact with the international desk. Interns may also assist associate producers, tape editor, assignment editors, and producers.”
CNN International Newsource Internship
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “Among the areas of focus for this internship: Gathering and distributing material to affiliates, Programming of live signals for affiliate use, Establishing live on-location field reporting, Broadcast script-writing and package production, Providing affiliates with file video needs, Essential customer service component of a syndicated news service.”
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “Interns may have the opportunity to learn and observe a number of functions within the department, such as learning and training on how The Row contributes to research, adding reporting and context to packages in production, as well as helping check facts in scripts for air.
- Intern may have a chance to develop his/her own story ideas from research to production under the supervision of a producer.”
NBC News and MSNBC East Coast Internship Program
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: November 15, 2017
- Description: “What kinds of internship opportunities are available within News?
- NBC Network News Production – TODAY Show Production – Dateline Production – Nightly News with Lester Holt Digital and Editorial – NBCNews.com Newsgathering – NBC News Partnerships Editorial – TODAY.com, nightlynews.com Newsgathering – NY/Northeast News Bureau Breaking News Specials Elections Unit Investigative Editorial – NBC BLK Editorial – NBC Latino Editorial – Asian American Editorial – OUT NBC News Booking Marketing PR Tom Brokaw Unit MSNBC Production – MSNBC Dayside Shows Production – MSNBC Primetime Shows Production – MSNBC Weekend Shows Marketing Research Digital MSNBC.com MSNBC Central Booking Social Media PR Marketing/Promotions Post-Production”
Telemundo 20 Spring News & Digital Internship
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Assignment Desk: Making beat checks, data entry of current and future news assignments. Coordinate guests and make tape dubs. May shadow news crews in the field. Writing/Producing: Assist with script writing, various newscasts. Guest coordinating, gathering segment guests. Log sound bites and data entry for future files. Editing: Assist with digital archiving project. Interns will turn tapes into digital format. Experience with non-linear editing helpful. Digital: Contribute to Telemundo 20 digital content and social media accounts.”
NBC 7 Winter/Spring News and Digital Internship
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Assignment Desk: Making beat checks, data entry of current and future news assignments. Coordinate guests and make tape dubs. May shadow news crews in the field. Writing/Producing: Assist with script writing, various newscasts. Guest coordinating, gathering segment guests. Log sound bites and data entry for future files. Editing: Assist with digital archiving project. Interns will turn tapes into digital format. Experience with non-linear editing helpful. Digital: Contribute to Telemundo 20 digital content and social media accounts.”
NBC Sports Group Spring 2018 Internship
- Location: Stamford, CT
- Deadline: November 15, 2017
- Description: “Internships at NBC Sports may include (but are not limited to): Communications/Public Relations, Digital, Editorial, Engineering, Executive Office, Graphic Design, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Marketing, Mobile Development, Operations, Production, Programming, Research.”
NBC Sports Bay Area Spring 2018 Internship
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Deadline: November 20, 2017
- Description: “Spring 2018 Internships are available with the below departments: Marketing (Marketing, Special Events, Public Relations, On-Air Marketing Promotions), Sales, Digital Media, Finance, Production.”
CSN Philadelphia Spring 2018 Internship
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Deadline: November 20, 2017
- Description: “Spring 2018 Internships are available with the below departments: News Production (Newsroom, Sports Production, Live Events), Marketing, Sales, Digital Media (Print Media & Video Production).”
CSN New England Spring 2018 Internship
- Location: Burlington, MA
- Deadline: November 20, 2017
- Description: “Spring 2018 Internships are available with the below departments: Marketing, News, Sales, Finance.”
CSN Mid Atlantic Spring 2018 Internship
- Location: Bethesda, MD
- Deadline: November 20, 2017
- Description: “Spring 2018 Internships are available with the below departments: News Production, Marketing, Digital Media.”
CSN Chicago Spring 2018 Internship
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Deadline: November 20, 2017
- Description: “Spring 2018 Internships are available with the below departments: News Production, Marketing & Creative Services, Digital Media (includes website content & video production), Sales & Research.”
- Location: New York, NY or Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Learn fundamental newsgathering skills, find, confirm and report news stories, log tapes, coordinate scripts, research stories, conduct preliminary interviews, assist during shoots, select footage, perform light clerical duties and assist staff members.”
NPR All Things Considered Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Interns are actively involved in the production of the daily program. They pitch stories, conduct research, pre-interview guests, and book studios at NPR and remote locations. They work alongside program staff and assist with the live program.”
NPR Morning Edition Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Responsibilities:Conducts research for daily stories and long-term projects; Books interviews; Gets archival tape; Helps get the program on the air, which includes performing routine administrative tasks.”
NPR Weekend Edition Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Join Weekend Edition as an intern and experience the behind-the-scenes production of NPR’s weekend morning news magazines. Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday reach an audience of over 5 million listeners each week and if you’re an energetic, imaginative, news-focused person we could use your help.”
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “You will be reporting to NPR’s Senior Education Editor, who leads the team’s daily and long-term efforts. You will work with all the members of the team, researching stories, pitching new ideas, writing for the NPR Ed site and helping correspondents line up interviews and sources for their stories.”
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Responsibilities: Assist with all aspects of production of Ask Me Another live tapings at The Bell House in Brooklyn including stage set-up, dress rehearsal, managing audience load-in, and post-show clean-up; Research and write prep materials for celebrity guest interviews; Draft web writing and promotional writing for new Ask Me Another episodes; Fact-check and proof-read scripts; Assist in generating ideas for games, jokes, scripts; Assist in social media strategy and execution.”
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “This is a chance to be part of NPR’s innovation lab, to help incubate and produce experimental content from across the newsroom. . .The intern will be on the ground-floor developing the next generation of NPR content, including developing pitches with newsroom staff, producing content and sharing lessons learned within NPR and beyond. This is a great opportunity to try out a lot of different approaches—from producing podcasts to broadcast series to videos—with reporters and producers from every corner of the newsroom.”
NPR Morning Edition, West—Internship
- Location: Culver City, CA
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Responsibilities: Conduct research for daily stories and long-term projects; put together detailed research packets to help staffers prepare for interviews; Book interviews; Obtain archival tape and transcribe interviews; Help get the program on the air, which includes performing routine administrative tasks.”
- Location: Washington, D.C. (and member stations)
- Deadline: December 31, 2017
- Description: “Kroc Fellows get rigorous, hands-on training in every aspect of public radio journalism, both on-air and online, including writing, reporting, producing and editing.”
COPY EDITING
The Seattle Times Summer Copy Editing Internship
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Deadline: November 3, 2017
- Description: “Next summer, you could be paid to train in your chosen profession at the Northwest’s leading news media organization. Every year, The Seattle Times and seattletimes.com offer paid summer internships to outstanding students pursuing a journalism career. For 10 weeks, interns attend weekly training sessions with members of The Seattle Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning staff and work on a variety of assignments adding up to invaluable experience at a quality metropolitan newspaper and website. . .For the Copy Editing Internship: Applicants must have strong language skills and some editing experience on multiple platforms. Finalists will take a copy editing test.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Copy Editing Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “We’re looking for meticulous students to edit Texas Tribune stories — and everything from event programs to membership emails — in our innovative, fast-paced newsroom.”
The Washington Post Summer Multiplatform Editor Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “Successful editors must be able to edit for multiple platforms, writing headlines that are tailored for print and digital audiences. Editors must also have a keen understanding of style, grammar and sentence structure, and must be able to edit for clarity.”
DESIGN
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “The Intern Designer is an entry-level Designer with at least two years of design college and requires mentoring in all aspects of design conception and implementation.”
The New York Times Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism Internship in Design
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Working closely with art directors, the Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism intern in design helps design and produce pages and process art and photographs. The program aims to introduce the intern to newspaper design and to identify future designers for The Times. Morgan interns receive assignments for publication in various sections of The Times, receiving credit lines where applicable. The interns also attend editorial meetings and learn the various production systems used at The Times.”
The Los Angeles Times Summer Design Internship
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Deadline: December 15, 2017
- Description: “We’re looking for interns to work in multiple areas of our expansive editorial operation, including News, Features, Sports and Business.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Art Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “Join our team for the season if you are looking to exercise your creative production skills using the latest techniques and digital workflow for a wide variety of projects. Our creative team combined has decades of experience across all media platforms and are looking forward to working with inspiring your design and creative style.”
The Washington Post Summer News Designer Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “The designers craft the visual presentation of our content across platforms. Assignments will include design of National, Foreign, Financial, Metro and Features pages in print, as well as related online content. . .Designers often commission freelance illustrations and collaborate with other editors.”
The Washington Post Summer Digital Designer Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “The designers make high-impact digital news experiences come alive. From conceiving novel story experiences to designing innovative pages, the interns will work closely with senior designers and editors to create advanced storytelling forms across all our products.”
DIGITAL/SOCIAL MEDIA
CNN Digital News (Trending) Internship
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “What’s so great about this internship? An opportunity to work with a great team that is passionate about the same thing you are! Networking opportunities to meet people that you’d like to know! A speaker series that introduces you to cool executives and what they do for the best brands!”
- The Buffalo News Digital Editor Internship
- Location: Buffalo, NY
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Our digital editors aggressively cover digital news, working with reporters and editors to get stories out quickly and accurately to our readers. In a breaking news situation, that can mean updating an existing story multiple times, compiling a story off reporters’ tweets, or identifying a breaking story and convincing an assigning editor to deploy the troops.”
The New York Times Audience Development Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “The Audience Development intern will be empowered to work with the entire Audience Development team on The Times’s news desk. Potential assignments include daily programming of the main @nytimes social accounts, giving SEO guidance in breaking news situations, developing UGC storytelling projects, contributing to analytic research projects and working with colleagues around the newsroom on different storytelling projects. Assignments will vary based on the skills and interests on the candidate and the needs of the newsroom during the internship period.”
Dow Jones News Fund Digital Media Internship
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Interns learn the very latest multimedia techniques during a crash course at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. From analyzing web traffic to social media management and designing responsive websites to creating audio and video content, interns learn how to stay ahead in our rapidly evolving media ecosystem before going to internships around the country.”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Digital Internship
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “The AJC’s digital interns will work on learning to cultivate and grow audiences through social media, content curation/creation, interactive development and more. Throughout the course of the internship, digital interns will have the opportunity to experiment in a variety of areas depending on their skills and interests. . .Digital interns will work with the audience department, which works closely with the newsroom.”
High Country News Editorial Internship/Fellowship
- Location: Paonia, CO
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “All interns and fellows work with the staff editors to write news stories for the website and for the newsmagazine, ranging in length from 250 to 1,600 words. Depending on their experience and ability, they may also write a 2,500- to 5,000-word feature story. . . Reporting is generally conducted over the phone and the Internet, but we also send interns and fellows into the field to do on-the-ground work.”
The Los Angeles Times Summer Website Internship
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Deadline: December 1, 2017
- Description: “Submissions will be accepted for internships in audience engagement, digital editing and production on latimes.com. These are not reporting positions.”
The Nation Editorial Internships
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 16, 2017
- Description: “Editorial interns experience a comprehensive immersion into The Nation and TheNation.com’s editorial processes. These interns’ primary responsibilities include fact-checking for the magazine and website, providing research support to Nation writers and editors, and assisting bloggers on TheNation.com.”
NPR Digital News Desk Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Conceive and execute ideas for blog posts and stories; Leverage social media to help spot trends, report stories and engage NPR’s digital audience; Produce web pages using our content management system, as well as HTML and Photoshop; Perform routine administrative tasks.”
Reason Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “The job includes reporting and writing for Reason and reason.com, helping with research, proofreading, and other tasks. Previous interns have gone on to work at such places as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, ABC News, and Reason itself.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Events Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “We’re hiring a part-time events fellow to cover our live events, which may include live-tweeting, writing stories and editing video clips. . .This fellow will help make these events more accessible to our online audience by promoting these events to target audiences on social, cultivating discussion online and reporting stories out of these conversations with video clips and takeaways from panelists and attendees.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Engagement Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “We’re hiring an engagement fellow to help engage new audiences in our politics and policy coverage across social platforms. This may include packaging Tribune stories for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat; helping produce live discussions for our readers; and pitching and editing short-form videos or other original content for social readers.”
The Washington Post Summer Social Media Producer Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “The producers foster engaging and useful conversation on washingtonpost.com and social media platforms. We are looking for students who have an ability to identify and participate in online communities, big and small.”
GRAPHICS
- The Buffalo News Data Visualization Internship
- Location: Buffalo, NY
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “As a data visualization intern, you’ll work with a passionate data team to craft engaging data visualizations. In addition to generating daily graphics, you will have the opportunity to pitch and build your own projects. If you enjoy visual information design and translating raw data into a digestible chart, this position is a good fit.”
The New York Times Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism Internship in Graphics
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “The Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism intern in graphics works closely with graphics editors, developing the skills to organize and present the news visually through charts, graphs and diagrams. Morgan interns will receive assignments to design and execute graphics for publication in various sections of The Times — receiving credit lines where applicable — and participate in workshops with ranking editors, reporters and visual journalists.”
The Seattle Times Summer Digital and Interactives Internship
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Deadline: November 3, 2017
- Description: “The digital intern will work on web and data projects under the supervision of our newsroom interactives team. Applicants can expect a full workload that includes building small and large projects – everything from tools, data visualizations and games, to alternate story forms and creative approaches to long-form narratives. The intern will also have the opportunity to work with our Pulitzer Prize-winning web production team, gaining first-hand experience with the Seattle Times’ digital news tools and homepage production process.”
The Seattle Times Summer Graphics Internship
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Deadline: November 3, 2017
- Description: “The Seattle Times is offering a paid, 10-week summer internship in the News Graphics Department for students pursuing a career in visual journalism. Applicants can expect to have a full workload of daily explanatory graphics aimed for all areas in print and online. Opportunities also exist for our interns to take creative leadership roles in medium and large-scope projects. . .Interns are expected to work under deadline pressure, interact with all members of the newsroom and invest themselves in the entire journalistic process. They attend weekly training sessions given by members of a Pulitzer-Prize winning staff and will receive a skill-development plan and a staff mentor to support them in achieving it.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Data Visuals Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “You’ll work directly with our interactive news designers and developers, reporters and editors in the newsroom. Fellows are first-class citizens on our team – in the past, they’ve had the opportunity to not only contribute to high-profile projects but to take the lead on them.”
The Washington Post Summer Graphics Reporter Internship
- Company: Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “The graphics reporters tell visual stories and present data on the web. A candidate should be able to utilize the entire storytelling toolbox — writing, reporting, charting, mapping and data visualization — and know how to weave it all together to tell engaging stories.”
The Washington Post Summer Graphics Developer Internship
- Company: The Washington Post
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “The candidate will create, or assist in creating, news applications such as data-driven maps, databases, social media apps, widgets and mobile tools that will either stand alone or be paired with other digital content. They will work closely with reporters and editors in the newsroom, either through mining existing data on the web, taking in feeds, or working with digital producers to imagine new ways to present information. They will work with the design and development team to indicate, design and help develop tools digital producers can use to enhance engagement. They will work closely with The Washington Post development team as they write code and manage application services across the site.”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Data Visualization Developer Internship
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “We’re looking for someone who has solid web development and design skills, as well as a knack for making clean, clear, creative interactive graphics.”
The Los Angeles Times Summer Visualization and Data Internship
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Deadline: December 1, 2017
- Description: “You will learn the finer points of mapping and charting as you work your way through multiple assignments. Your experience will culminate in a final, portfolio-worthy project that you conceive of, report and produce.”
INVESTIGATIVE/DATA REPORTING
- The Buffalo News Data Reporter Internship
- Location: Buffalo, NY
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “We need interns who understand the importance of data, know how to analyze data, and are able to use data to drive their reporting. If filing FOIL requests gets your blood pumping, cleaning dirty data gives you a reason to wake up in the morning, and running queries puts a smile on your face, we want you to join us as a data reporting intern for the summer.”
Open Secrets News Reporting Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: December 10, 2017
- Description: “As a news reporting intern, you’ll report and write about how money in the electoral process influences politics and government. Intern responsibilities include writing breaking news items and longer in-depth pieces for the OpenSecrets Blog.”
Carolina Public Press Reporting or Photojournalism Internship
- Location: Asheville, NC
- Deadline: November 15, 2017
- Description: “Applicants should be highly reliable self-starters with a good eye and ear for news and an innate curiosity about their own backyard and Western North Carolina as a whole. Interns should come expecting to pitch stories, juggle interesting assignments and work a beat in an evolving digital format.”
Dow Jones News Fund Data Journalism Internship
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Interns attend a week of training led by journalists from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) refining skills like making Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, learning computer-assisted reporting and analyzing and cleaning data in order to tell rich, often hidden, stories before starting internships where they apply these skills to issues like education, government, criminal justice and the economy.”
The Nation Institute Investigative Fund Editorial Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 16, 2017
- Description: “The Don and Doris Shaffer Intern is dedicated to working with the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, assisting in the creation and distribution of long-form investigative pieces that appear in a wide variety of media outlets. This intern will conduct research for reporters and editors, do in-depth fact-checking, and assist with push-out on stories.”
NPR Investigative Unit Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “The Investigations Intern uses reporting and interviewing skills, data analysis, resourcefulness and creativity to help create original stories. The team’s mission is to produce exclusive, important journalism of consequence, and each team member’s role is essential.”
The Seattle Times Summer Investigative Reporting Internship
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Deadline: November 3, 2017
- Description: “Next summer, you could be paid to train in your chosen profession at the Northwest’s leading news media organization. Every year, The Seattle Times and seattletimes.com offer paid summer internships to outstanding students pursuing a journalism career. For 10 weeks, interns attend weekly training sessions with members of The Seattle Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning staff and work on a variety of assignments adding up to invaluable experience at a quality metropolitan newspaper and website. For the Investigative Reporting Internship: Applicants must have strong reporting, writing and public records skills.”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Data Reporter Internship
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “We’re looking for someone with a strong news sense — ideally a person who has already worked at one regular reporting internship – who has a deep interest in working with data as the starting point of a story.”
The Los Angeles Times Summer Data Desk Internship
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Deadline: December 15, 2017
- Description: “The Data Desk is a team of reporters and computer programmers that works with journalists in The Times newsroom to collect, organize, analyze and present large amounts of information.”
MULTIMEDIA
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Description: “Our Intern will work with the Photography Department for CNN Digital in addition to develop imagery for larger projects. Produce photo galleries and essays for CNN Digital and CNN Photos blog. Gather and create relevant images, graphics, and other interactive elements to enhance stories, as requested by assignment producers, the design department, editorial, and other staff members. Perform research to support staff members in producing stories.”
The New York Times Audio Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “The New York Times is seeking a podcast junkie to intern with our Audio team. You’re an avid podcast listener, and ideally someone who already has audio skills: you’ll assist producers in and out of the studio on “The Daily,” our flagship daily news shows, and other programs. Pro Tools experience is preferred.In the past, our summer intern has helped pull archival tape for “The Daily,” log tape for an ambitious narrative project and sat in on all editorial meetings.”
The New York Times Interactive News Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “You will work alongside developers, designers and journalists of The New York Times to build Web applications for enterprise packages and special-events coverage, as well as breaking news. Your work will be published on NYTimes.com and may contribute to The Times’s open source initiatives.”
The New York Times Video Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “You will work alongside our staff of reporters, cinematographers, editors and motion designers as we cover The New York Times to produce compelling enterprise, feature and breaking news video content. Your work will be published on NYTimes.com.”
The New York Times Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism Internship in Photography
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “The Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism intern in photography works with Times photographers and editors, shooting assignments for every section of the report. The goal is to give the interns a taste of news, feature and sports photography, as well as the opportunity to learn lighting techniques from professionals. Working closely with Times editors, interns are also expected to initiate enterprise projects apart from daily assignments. Morgan interns get assignments for publication in various sections of The Times, receiving credit lines where applicable.”
Dow Jones News Fund Multiplatform Editing Internship
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Interns hone their visual design, headline writing and line editing skills at one-week training sessions on college campuses before beginning internships where they help publish high-quality print and digital content on tight deadlines for some of the nation’s most respected media outlets.”
The Seattle Times Summer Photojournalism Internship
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Deadline: November 3, 2017
- Description: “Next summer, you could be paid to train in your chosen profession at the Northwest’s leading news media organization. Every year, The Seattle Times and seattletimes.com offer paid summer internships to outstanding students pursuing a journalism career.”
The Washington Post Summer Multiplatform Producer Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “The producer will be responsible for updating the web and mobile sites with fresh content and making sure article pages have critical web elements. We are looking for interns with solid news judgment, the ability to write smart headlines and blurbs and experience at packaging web stories, photo galleries and videos.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Photo Editing Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “The Texas Tribune’s photo editing fellowship is ideal for aspiring visual journalists. The photo editing fellow is responsible for selecting, editing, positioning and publishing photos on the Tribune website. The fellow also helps organize and write captions for images in the Tribune’s digital photography library.”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Multimedia Photojournalist Internship
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “Familiarity or experience with premier pro or similar editing software; Comfortable shooting video/interviewing and interacting with the public; Basic photography/framing skills; Video production experience a plus.”
The Denver Post Summer Internships
- Company: Location: Denver, CO
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Our editors choose full-time summer interns in news, business and features reporting (3 positions); digital production; photography; videography; and information design/visual communication.”
- Location: Varies
- Deadline: January 12, 2018
- Description: “Those selected will be assigned an adviser for the duration of the program and will work one-year rotations at two sites, assigned from among: Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, Albany Times Union and Connecticut Media Group. Assignments will be based on developmental needs. Our goal is to help forge a top-notch multimedia journalist.”
The Indianapolis Star & The Arizona Republic Pulliam Journalism Fellowship
- Location: Indianapolis, IN or Phoenix, AZ
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic, Gannett Co. newspapers, are seeking college students and new graduates with a talent for reporting, news design and graphics, or photojournalism for an exciting and demanding journalism fellowship program.”
The Los Angeles Times Summer Visual Journalism Internships
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Deadline: November 17, 2018
- Description: “We are looking for interns to work with our photography and video teams. These are paid internships and summer placements usually run from June to August, with rolling start dates to accommodate school schedules.”
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Handle video requests, including quick-turn edits based on breaking news; Research, asset collection, transcription, and other production support tasks; Video management in Brightcove, SnapStream, YouTube, and other platforms; Assist on shoots in our studio and in the field; Occasional shooting, writing, and editing opportunities.”
The Washington Post Summer Visual Journalist Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 6, 2017
- Description: “For digital photographers, candidates must be proficient in Photoshop CS, photo management software, and Mac and PC platforms. . .Videographers must be proficient in all aspects of digital video/audio and editing software, including Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere. Experience with voiceover narration and HTML is helpful. . .Please indicate your assignment preference: Photography or Video.”
POLITICAL/ECONOMIC JOURNALISM
- Location: Rosslyn, VA
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “We hire year-round for positions on our magazine, our breaking news desk, our politics desk and our Politico Pro policy teams. . .We’re seeking enterprising and creative journalists who want to report, write and research for an audience of political and policy junkies.”
Dow Jones Summer 2018 MarketWatch Journalism Internship
- Location: New York, NY or San Francisco, CA
- Deadline: January 31, 2018
- Description: “This is an opportunity to work directly alongside our reporters, editors, visual journalists and other newsgathering and presentation teams as they cover news and themes in markets, corporate events, politics, economics, personal finance and other topics relevant to our audience.”
The Marshall Project Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: January 26, 2018
- Description: “The Marshall Project offers a limited number of paid summer internships for student journalists. Preference is given to applicants who exhibit a deep familiarity with criminal justice issues.”
NPR National Desk, West—Internship
- Location: Culver City, CA
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Activities, tasks, and goals of the NPR West National Desk Intern include, but are not limited to assisting NPR staff reporters, editors, producers, hosts, and freelancers in the creation of news programming, learning NPR News’s radio journalism ethical standards and practices and developing radio reporting and producing skills that will prepare her or him for careers at NPR member stations and at NPR itself.”
NPR Washington Desk Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: “Washington Desk Interns play a vital role in political coverage on all platforms. In addition to maintaining our calendar of events, desk interns do research for reporters and producers, build clipboards for radio pieces, build digital story pages, log interviews, and have the opportunity to write for the web.”
Dow Jones Summer 2018 MarketWatch Journalism Internship
- Location: New York, NY or San Francisco, CA
- Deadline: January 31, 2018
- Description: “This is an opportunity to work directly alongside our reporters, editors, visual journalists and other newsgathering and presentation teams as they cover news and themes in markets, corporate events, politics, economics, personal finance and other topics relevant to our audience.”
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 8, 2017
- Description: Responsibilities: Pitch great stories; Provide feedback at group edits and pitch meetings; Write copy for npr.org for each episode; Regularly post to Planet Money social media accounts; Monitor Planet Money inbox and social media accounts for feedback from listeners and share with team; Respond to listener emails, follow up on their story ideas; Do research into your ideas, and ours; Book guests; Help with tracking reporter narration in studio; Mix promotional materials; Help identifying and preparing past episodes for rebroadcast.”
Dow Jones News Fund Business Reporting Internship
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Interns enjoy a week in New York City, the world’s financial capital, learning from business journalists and drilling on finance, investing, labor issues and mergers and acquisitions before interning at respected business outlets and digital news services.”
PRINT REPORTING
- The Buffalo News Reporter Internship
- Location: Buffalo, NY
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Reporting interns cover breaking news and develop enterprise stories. We treat our interns as full-fledged staff reporters and expect them to be able to report accurately and thoroughly and write elegantly and efficiently on deadline.”
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Journalism Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Right from the start, interns write articles for our digital magazine and website, contribute to our booklets on specific legal topics, and conduct research for other special projects. Interns are called on to provide significant contributions to our publications. Interns report and write on free press and media law issues for our quarterly digital magazine The News Media & The Law, website and guidebooks, and assist our staff and fellows in research.”
Dow Jones Summer 2018 Mansion Global Journalism Internship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: January 31, 2018
- Description: “Mansion Global, the premier destination for news, analysis and trend stories on the luxury residential market worldwide, is seeking an editorial intern. . .Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: writing news stories and reblogs on the luxury real estate market, fact-checking, research, transcribing and building posts in WordPress.”
The Miami Herald Newsroom Internship
- Location: Miami, FL
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “We offer internships in news, business, features and sports reporting, photography/videography, copy editing, design, and multimedia.”
American Society of Magazine Editors Magazine Internship Program
- Location: New York, NY or Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: December 1, 2017
- Description: “ASME interns report, edit, fact-check and copy-edit for print and online publications. They may sometimes interview celebrities, attend press conferences and work the red carpet—but most of the summer they do the un-glam but essential work of magazine journalism.”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Reporter Internship
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “Daily deadline writing and reporting experience preferred. Experience shooting video, taking photos, and using other digital skills also preferred. Must have worked on the campus newspaper or website and/or had previous professional news internship.”
Atlantic Media Editorial Fellowship
- Location: Washington, D.C. or New York, NY
- Deadline: October 2, 2017
- Description: “Editorial Fellowship opportunities include, but are not limited to: Blogging, Branded Content, Copy Editing, Event Content Creation, Fact-Checking, Multimedia Editing, Reporting, Research, Social Media, Video Production.”
Chicago Magazine Editorial Internship
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Chicago magazine’s editorial department seeks motivated, enthusiastic journalism students and recent graduates to help with fact checking and story research. Interns are also encouraged to pitch ideas and write for various sections of the magazine.”
The Chicago Tribune Newsroom Internship Program
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Deadline: November 1, 2017 (However, the earlier you apply, the more internships you will be considered for.)
- Description: “Opportunities will be considered in all newsroom departments: metro, sports, business, graphics, copy editing, design, photo/video, entertainment, events, social media and lifestyle.”
The Los Angeles Times Summer Reporting Internships
- Location: Los Angeles, CA, Washington, D.C., Sacramento, CA
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “We are looking for reporting interns for all news and features departments: Metro/Local, Foreign/National, Sports, Business, Features sections (Home, Image, Travel, Food, Mind & Body), Arts & Entertainment, Editorial Pages and our Sacramento bureau.”
The New York Times James Reston Reporting Fellowship
- Location: New York, NY
- Deadline: October 31, 2017
- Description: “Interns are assigned to various news departments — typically Metro, Business, Sports, Science, Styles or Magazine — where they receive reporting assignments and earn bylines on their stories.”
Oregonian Media Group Summer Internship 2018
- Location: Portland, OR
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Summer interns are given news and feature assignments just like regular staff members, producing journalism for the OregonLive.com and The Oregonian.We want students who are critical thinkers, who have a portfolio that shows curiosity, ambition and skill across platforms and who are eager to learn more.”
Reuters 2018 Journalism Internship
- Location: New York, NY, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “Our paid internships are a crash course in hands-on business, political and general news reporting. Every intern will report to a senior editor and be assigned a journalist mentor who will be available to provide advice and guidance.”
The Seattle Times Summer Reporting Internship
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Deadline: November 3, 2017
- Description: “Next summer, you could be paid to train in your chosen profession at the Northwest’s leading news media organization. Every year, The Seattle Times and seattletimes.com offer paid summer internships to outstanding students pursuing a journalism career. For 10 weeks, interns attend weekly training sessions with members of The Seattle Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning staff and work on a variety of assignments adding up to invaluable experience at a quality metropolitan newspaper and website.”
Slate D.C. Editorial Internship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “Candidates for the D.C. editorial internship must be available to work in Slate’s Washington office 29 hours per week. They must be highly organized, have a proven interest in journalism, and be very familiar with Slate. They must also be able to work quickly, efficiently, and without much supervision. There will be opportunity for writing blog posts and articles.”
Star Tribune Media Company Summer Internship Program
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Students get real-world experience in a major daily news environment, which is key to future employment prospects. . .Our interns are assigned mentors, in addition to supervisors.”
The Texas Tribune Paid Reporting Fellowships
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Deadline: October 1, 2017
- Description: “Fellows at the Tribune write stories, shoot photos and video, develop news apps and assist with our major data projects. Work by fellows has appeared in The Washington Post through our partnership with that newspaper.”
Washingtonian Editorial Fellowship
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Deadline: November 1, 2017
- Description: “Primary Duties: Fact-checking and research. Enterprising fellows will find many opportunities to pitch and write for the magazine and the website. Will have the opportunity to meet with editors, writers, and heads of department over the course of the program to discuss their roles at the magazine and their careers in journalism.”