The Washington Post Newsroom Summer Internship offers paid internships for college students pursuing careers within the newspaper industry. Internships include reporters on the Local, Financial, Sports, Style and Editorial desks, as well as internships for Visual Journalists, Multiplatform and Interactivity Producers and Web Designers.
The internships are 12 weeks long and take place during the summer break. Interns will work full-time during the summer in a variety of different areas. They will write stories, edit copy, take photographs, design pages and create graphics.
Applicants must be college juniors, seniors or graduate students in order to apply. They are also required to have had at least one professional news media job or internship. To apply, students must send a completed application, an autobiography of no more than 500 words, resume, work samples, and two letters of recommendation.
Why not apply for an externship and internship?
The Washington Post is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D.C., and one of the most respected newspapers in the country. It was founded in 1877, and has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes for its reporting. An internship at The Washington Post is an excellent way in which college students can increase their chances of being hired by a newspaper after graduation.
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The location is usually in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
For more details, visit intern.washpost.com/
