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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 not only gives students on-the-job experience but guarantees they will be paid.

  • 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. The school raises money for a fund to ensure that no student goes unpaid during their internship. Stipends range up to $4,000 for the summer. We know of no other journalism school that does this.
  • 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 Michelle Higgins, Director of Career Services, or Yolanda Rodriguez, Associate Director of Career Services.

Where the Interns Have Worked

Newmark J-School students interned during Summer 2021 at media outlets around New York City and throughout the United States.

  • Ad Age
  • Adirondack Explorer
  • Arizent
  • Ark Media
  • Belt Magazine
  • Capital & Main
  • Carolina Public Press
  • Chicago Tribune
  • City & State NY
  • City Limits
  • CNBC – Make It
  • CNN
  • Coda Media
  • CoinDesk
  • Condé Nast
  • Consumer Reports
  • Crain’s Detroit Business
  • Crain’s New York Business
  • Discovery, Inc.
  • DocumentedNY
  • Food Bank News
  • Heritage Radio Network
  • In The Thick
  • Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
  • KALW
  • Latino Rebels
  • Leaf Group
  • Livestrong
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Mobile Loaves & Fishes
  • Mott Haven Herald
  • MSNBC
  • NBC News
  • New York Focus
  • News 12 Connecticut
  • News 12 Long Island
  • PoliticsNY
  • Rochester Beacon
  • School Colors
  • Skift
  • Spectrum NY1 – Inside City Hall
  • StoryCorps
  • Telemundo Atlanta
  • Telemundo Miami
  • Texas Monthly
  • THE CITY
  • The Current
  • The Haitian Times
  • The McClatchy Company
  • The Real Deal
  • USA Today
  • Utah Public Radio
  • VICE Media – Motherboard
  • VICE Media – Refinery29
  • Vineyard Gazette
  • WABE
  • WBAI
  • Well + Good
  • WGBH
  • WHYY
  • Yes! Magazine

What employers are saying

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[The Newmark J-School student] managed all the projects we threw at her, even when sometimes they were quick or tight turnarounds. She also worked cross-departmentally with our audience team and our product team. [She] is one of us!

The19th
Editor in Chief

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From day one of her internship, [the Newmark J-School student] was a valuable member of our newsroom at STAT. From pitching features to helping edit our weekly podcast to shooting video, [she] excelled and was a pleasure to work with.

STAT News
Director of Photography and Multimedia

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I was constantly amazed at the sources [the Newmark J-School student] found to interview…Her reporting featured a variety of voices, and she was very focused on accurate and fair reporting that reflected the situation appropriately.

UTAH Public Radio
News Director