Summer Journalism Internship Program

The Dow Jones News Fund (DJNF) internship program has a legacy of excellence dating back to 1960. Each year DJNF arranges paid internships for approx. 80 college students across the country and provides them with advanced hands-on training, industry mentors and a robust peer and alumni network to tap into.

Interns attend one-week training programs before reporting to work in paid internships at top media companies for 10 to 12 weeks. Weekly salaries start at $525. (Median salary is $675/week)

Applicants can choose which internship programs they would like to be considered for:

+ Audience Engagement: These 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: Palm Beach Post, The Marshall Project, Oakland Voices and Houston Chronicle.

+ Business Reporting: We place reporters in more than 30 newsrooms across the country covering a wide variety of topics from Wall Street to Main Street, including markets, economic trends, new businesses, emerging entrepreneurs, labor unions, 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, Detroit News, Maryland Matters and Investigative Reporting Workshop.

+ 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: Hawaii Public Radio, Kansas City Public Television, Oakland Voices and Storyful.

+ 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.

The pre-internship training dates typically fall between May 17-June 12. Internships traditionally start the first or second week of June.