Internships, Professional Programs and Fellowships for Journalists of ColorAsian American Journalists Association AAJA Broadcast Mentor Program: Mentoring for those who work in front of the camera or behind the scenes in television. Cox Reporting Internship: Cox Newspapers offers a Washington, D.C., reporting internship to an AAJA member. The interns works for the summer as general assignment reporter in the Cox Washington Bureau, helping cover all aspects of Washington, from Capitol Hill to the White House. Cox will provide the intern with airfare and a furnished apartment in the DuPont Circle area of Washington, as well as a $300 weekly stipend. Contact: Lila Chwee at AAJA. Siani Lee Broadcast Internship for Television is held during the summer at CBS affiliate KYW-TV in Philadelphia. Interns must be at least 18 years of age and enrolled in a post-secondary program that gives academic credit for internships. Qualified AAJA members are preferred. AAJA awards a stipend of $2,500 to help defray internship costs of travel and housing. AAJA created the internship to honor the late Siani Lee, a Philadelphia television news anchor who died in 2001. Black College Wire Black Newspaper Internship: Students work as reporters, copy editors, photographers, graphic artists or page designers at participating black newspapers. Interns are responsible for their own housing and transportation; placements will take into consideration the student's summer living plans. Black College Wire Internship: Interns work as reporters for the Black College Wire (www.blackcollegewire.com) They will report, write and file from their summer homes as correspondents under the supervision of the wire's editors. A telephone and Internet-accessible computer are required. Institute for Justice and Journalism The institute provides professional fellowships, reporting tools and a network of colleagues and justice experts to support in-depth coverage of complex justice issues. National Public Radio Internship NPR offers internships at its national headquarters in Washington and at its NPR West office in Los Angeles. The internship program is designed to provide students and recent graduates with an opportunity to learn about broadcasting and the supporting areas of NPR. A candidate must be a graduate student, an undergraduate student or have graduated from college within 12 months of beginning the internship. Interns are expected to work between 20 and 40 hours a week during an 8- to-10 week period. Internships are offered during the summer, fall and winter-spring semesters. Interns may receive academic credit if an agreement is made between the NPR Human Resources Department and the intern's college or university. More than two dozen internships are offered. See web site for details. Kaiser Media Fellowships Program The Kaiser Media Internships is a summer program for young journalists of color interested in specializing in urban public health reporting. There is no application form. Applicants should submit a detailed letter describing their reasons for applying, a resume, examples of recent work and one or more letters of support. Please refer to the specific program area for complete application instructions. Knight Ridder Newsroom Internships This is a guide to newsroom internships at Knight Ridder newspapers. Apply directly to the newspapers. Each newspaper acts independently, so mass applications are not possible. National Association of Black Journalists Internships NABJ provides internships to African American journalism students. Students are placed in 10-week paid internships with newspapers, television and radio stations and online news services across the country. NABJ internships give students hands-on reporting, editing, photography and design experience in professional settings. Interns have worked at news outlets such as Bloomberg News, The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., CBS, National Public Radio and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Summer Internship Program Thirteen-week, paid internships in all areas of the newsroom are available on the metro, business, sports, features, design, graphics, photography and copyediting staffs. The salary is $393 per week. Applicants must be seniors or graduate students enrolled in a degree program at the time the internship begins. Students also must have taken basic journalism courses as well as any specialized courses in the students' areas of interest. To apply for a reporting or copyediting internship, send six clips; an autobiographical essay; a resume; and the names, telephone numbers and titles of four references. To apply for other internships, submit a portfolio of work (20 images for photography); an autobiographical essay; a resume; and the names, telephone numbers and titles of four references. Applicants also must submit official transcripts, but those may be sent under separate cover. Times Mirror Minority Editorial Training Program (METPRO) The Minority Editorial Training Program offers 18 aspiring journalists an opportunity to train for two years at Times Mirror newspapers. The paid program requires little or no experience. METPRO provides training as reporters, photographers and copy editors at daily newspapers. Reporting and photography trainees spend the first year at the Los Angeles Times; editing trainees spend the first year at Newsday, Melville, N.Y. The second-year trainees are assigned to newsrooms of Times Mirror newspapers. Send an e-mail to receive an application packet. Applications for both METPRO/Editing and METPRO/Reporting are available beginning in October. For reporting and photography applications, e-mail john.hernandez@latimes.com. For editing applications, e-mail jobs@newsday.com. Unity: Journalists of Color A resource guide for a variety of internships, fellowships and scholarships for journalists of color. |