Internships in the US - Journalism
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ABC News
- Unpaid semester internships in Washington D.C. or New York City for students at Junior Level and above. Students must receive academic credit.
- The Washington bureau of ABC News offers internships with Good Morning America, Nightline, Owned Stations, the Political Unit, News Graphics, ABC News Radio, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, and World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
The Alfa Fellowship
- Places participants at Russian organizations in the fields of business, economics, journalism, law, public policy, and government
- Must be U.S. citizen
- Applicants should have a graduate degree and at least two years relevant work experience in their field of expertise; also a knowledge of at least beginning Russian is necessary
Alfred Friendly Press Fellowhips
Alfred Friendly Press Fellowhips
- Each Fellow is assigned to an American host news orgranization for the duration of the program where he or she covers local news
- Open to journalists between the ages of 25 and 35 from developing and transitional countries
- Covers all costs of program-related travel, health insurance and provides a monthly stipend to cover basic living expenses.
American Journalism Centre
- The American Journalism Center offers unpaid internships in journalism, public relations, and marketing to conservative college students.
- Interns will mostly work in the offices of Accuracy in Media
- Unpaid.
Institute for Humane Studies
- Internships in journalism
- Positions for undergraudate and postgraduate students
- Eight-week internship at a newspaper, radio station, new media company, or non-profit, investigative newsroom
- $3,200 stipend and an allowance for travel to internship and program seminar
- Mentoring and job placement assistance from the program director, a former journalist
- Journalism seminar featuring journalists and professors, and many networking opportunities
Journalism Jobs
- Internship and full-time opportunities in journalism
Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting
- 12-week paid internship
Magazine Publishers of America
- Provides interns with a quality learning environment in order to acquire and develop the necessary skills needed for job placement and advancement in the magazine publishing industry
- Internships within MPA and within MPA member companies
The Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
- Helps 10 journalists near the start of their careers work through an ambitious reporting project in print, web-based, or radio journalism. Projects should deal with the environment - can be economics, culture, global issues, and the like, as long as they center in some way on the human relationship with the physical world
- Fellows meet together with professional journalists twice during the year, once in the fall on the Middlebury campus in Vermont, and once in the spring at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California to plan their reporting and shape their stories
- Fellows receive $10,000 to help with reporting and living expenses during the fellowship year
NB (Although Fellows were had in 2011, the Fellowship is currently out of funding for 2012)
The Nation's Health
- Journalism internships with The Nation's Health, APHA's award-winning monthly public newspaper
- Experience with deadlines, Associated Press/journalism style is required. Some prior writing and reporting experience necessar
- Unpaid positions
NBC
- Internships in all areas such as journalism, marketing, advertising, production, and sales
- Open to undergraduate and masters students
The New York Times
- Internship and full-time opportunities at The New York Times and its other properties
- Search link above for current opportunities
NPR
- Open to undergraduates, postgraduates, and recent graduates
- Opportunities in Washington, DC and Culver City, CA
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
- Use the search word 'intern'
Pulliam Journalism Fellowships
- Eligibility: College students and recent graduates interested in reporting, new design and graphics and photojournalism.
- Award: $650/week stipend
Robert L. Bartley Fellowship Program
Robert L. Bartley Fellowship Program
- Bartley Fellows will assist in researching and writing editorials, editing op-ed articles, editing Leisure & Arts page features, and editing letters to the editor for the Wall Street Journal and our Web site, OpinionJournal.com.
- Open to undergraduate and graduate students
- Paid one to six month internship
Rodale
- Internship opportunities based in Emmaus, PA and New York City
- Open to penultimates and finalists
Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington
Scripps Howard Semester in Washington
- Open to international undergraduate students
- Interns cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Stories written may be published in newspapers across the United States
Stateline.org
- Paid internships for students interested in politics, public policy and online journalism
- Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students
Tim Russert Fellowship in Political Journalism
- Awarded to one motivated, passionate graduating senior interested in pursuing a career in political journalism
- A one-year, paid position in the NBC News Washington, D.C. bureau
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications or political science
The Wall Street Journal
- Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students
- Paid opportunities
The Washington Post
- Twelve-week reporting internships on the Metro, Financial, Sports and Style desks; copy editing internships on the Financial, Foreign, National and Metro desks; page and graphic design internships on the News Desk and in News Art; a photography internship on the Photo desk; and a writing internship in the Editorial Department
- Open to penultimates, finalists, or postgraduates
- Paid internships
Washingtonian
- Internships in Editorial,Online Editor, and Print Advertising
- Open to undergraduates and recent graduates
- Paid and unpaid positions
