If you are looking for internships in journalism next summer, consider applying to the five internship opportunities being offered by the Dow Jones News Fund! Every year, the Dow Jones News Fund provides an opportunity for students to get hands-on experience working in newsrooms across the country. If you are selected, you will also receive a $1,500 scholarship to be used towards your tuition, access to their alumni network, and gain memberships into highly respected journalism groups!
The application offers five different types of internships, and you may apply to more than one, but you will need to submit your application by Wednesday, November 5, and complete the qualification test by Sunday, November 9. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, the News Fund will be doing informationals as well as test prep sessions, which will be listed below, and the link to get more information! Under those items, you will also find the name and description for the internships being offered!
REGISTER for an information session on Monday, Sept. 29 at noon E.T.
REGISTER for a test prep session on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. ET.
REGISTER for an information session on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. ET
REGISTER for a test prep session on Friday, October 10 at 11 am E.T.
- Audience Engagement: Audience engagement internships vary by newsroom, but the mission always remains the same—to help the news find its audience. From writing SEO-friendly headlines and producing engaging content for video and social to crafting newsletters and seizing on trending topics on social media, job expectations vary. Previous internship placements include: Albuquerque Journal, Palm Beach Post, Investigate Midwest, Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle.
- Business Reporting: We place reporters in more than 30 newsrooms covering a wide variety of topics from Wall Street to Main Street, including the stock market, new businesses and entrepreneurs, labor unions, minority-owned businesses, real estate, climate change, agriculture and automotive industries. Previous internship placements include: The Wall Street Journal, American City Business Journals, Barron’s, Insider, Fortune, American Banker, Detroit News and Automotive News.
- Data Journalism: There are three different types of data internships we usually place interns in: 1) heavy emphasis on filing records requests and analyzing data using spreadsheets; 2) reporting and writing using government data or assisting investigative reporting projects; and 3) using coding and technical tools to build apps and interactive visuals for news stories. Previous internship placements include: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Marshall Project, Investigative Reporting Workshop and IndyStar.
- Digital Media: Working as a digital media intern means many different things, depending on the newsroom. You could be working in print, social, video, audio or all of it. Interns receive across-the-board training so they can expand their skill sets using the latest technology and storytelling techniques. Previous internship placements include: Arizona Republic, BusinessDen, Hawaii News Now, Epicenter-NYC and Mirror Indy.
- Multiplatform Editing: Editors are the final check on a story before it is published. Multiplatform editing interns assess copy for accuracy, completeness, tone and style while also writing SEO-friendly headlines and designing pages on deadline. Previous internship placements include: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Stars & Stripes and San Francisco Chronicle.