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Summer Internship

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York offers a unique summer internship program that gives students on-the-job experience and works to ensure that every student is compensated.

  • All students in the M.A. in Journalism and M.A. in Engagement Journalism degree programs participate in an internship during the summer between the second and third semesters.
  • The J-School partners with employers to create exclusive summer internships for our students in newsrooms across the country and abroad. Students are compensated for their work, either directly by the media organization or via a stipend match program available to select non-profit newsrooms that cannot fully support a paid intern. We were the first journalism school to ensure compensation for all students for the summer internship.
  • Our students intern at top media organizations and cutting-edge startups — from The New York Times, CNN, and WNYC to VICE, BuzzFeed, and Quartz. Some internships have led to jobs.
  • Students intern for a minimum of 280 hours. The three-credit internship is graded pass/fail based on employer evaluations and student reports on their experiences.
  • The program is run by the Office of Career Services, which helps students in all phases of identifying and applying for internships.
  • If you have any questions about our summer internship program, please contact Adia Tucker, Director of Career Services, or Yolanda Rodriguez, Associate Director of Career Services.

Where the Interns Have Worked

Newmark J-School students interned during Summer 2022 at media outlets around New York City and throughout the United States.

  • ABC News
  • Adirondack Explorer
  • Altice/News 12
  • Bay City News Foundation
  • Bloc by Block Maryland
  • Bloomberg
  • Borderless
  • Capital & Main
  • CBS News
  • City & State
  • CNN
  • CoinDesk
  • Conde Nast
  • Consumer Reports
  • Crain’s Chicago Business
  • Crain’s New York Business
  • Dallas Free Press
  • Decrypt
  • Discovery Inc.
  • Edgeline Films
  • El Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
  • Enlace Latino
  • Everyday Health
  • Forbes
  • Gotham Gazette
  • Greenpointers
  • Her Agenda
  • Heritage Radio Network
  • Inside Climate News
  • KPCC
  • KUT/The Texas Standard
  • Latino Rebels
  • Leaf Group
  • Livestrong
  • Mashable
  • Mott Haven Herald
  • NBC Investigations
  • NBC News
  • New Hampshire Public Radio
  • NPR
  • PCMag
  • Prism
  • PoliticsNY
  • ProPublica
  • PublicSource
  • Radio Ambulante
  • Report for America
  • Retro Report
  • Reuters
  • Reveal/Center for Investigative Journalism
  • Rolling Stone
  • Science Friday
  • Soledad O’Brien Productions
  • Solutions Journalism Network
  • Sonoro Media
  • StoryCorps
  • Tech Policy Press
  • THE CITY
  • The Crime Report
  • The Hechinger Report
  • The Miami Herald
  • The News Movement
  • The Open Notebook
  • The Real Deal
  • The Texas Tribune
  • The Wall Street Journal (Europe)
  • WHYY
  • WNIN “Que Pasa, Midwest?”
  • WNYC

What employers are saying

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The student did a great job meeting deadlines and working productively, especially on writing assignments and ongoing editorial initiatives, both collaboratively and independently… he was always open to take on tasks big and small to help the larger team.

Livestrong
Managing Editor

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The student was insightful, thoughtful, and a very good coworker overall… I believe her thoughtfulness around audience and impact will make her a great addition to any newsroom.

Science Friday
Experiences Manager

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The student brought great ideas to the table and demonstrated good judgment and problem-solving skills to see them through from pitch to publication… she was very open and responsive to feedback, always working to create the best final product.

Heritage Radio Network
Communications Associate