The Application Period for 2010 Internships is Now Closed
Important dates:
Finalists Notification: COMPLETE
In-person Interviews: COMPLETE
Final Selections: by early February 2010
Questions: Contact Internship Supervisor Frank Quine at 301-405-2394 or at
fquine@jmail.umd.edu.
Terms and conditions:
Internships for Summer 2010 will be offered to student journalists attending any four-year or two-year college in Maryland, Delaware or the District of Columbia or who reside in the MDDC region and attend a four-year college elsewhere.
Internships are available for news reporting, copy editing or photojournalism.
Interns will be paid $300 a week after taxes for eight weeks.
Applicants must have the use of an automobile during the internship and be living within a reasonable driving distance of their assigned newspaper.
Students who have demonstrated a strong career interest in newspaper writing, copy editing or photojournalism are eligible to apply. They should have either completed a college-level course in one of these subjects or have the equivalent experience at a college or community newspaper.
Samples of newspaper writing, copy editing or photojournalism, either published or submitted for a college-level course, will be required.
Assignments will be made to participating newspapers as near as possible to the residences of the selected applicants.
Daily and weekly newspapers participate, and placements can be with either. Assignment to a particular newspaper will be subject to the approval of the editor.
Finalists for 2010 internships will be notified by mid-December and must come to the MDDC office in Crofton, MD, in late December or early January to be interviewed by the Press Association's Intern Selection Committee.
NOTE: Journalism students at two-year community colleges in the MDDC region are eligible to apply, but should realize they will face strong competition from more advanced juniors and seniors at four-year schools. An application from a community college student will be considered provided the student can submit background references and work samples that show evidence of journalism skills coursework, along with school newspaper experience or a previous newspaper internship. The applicant should be graduating in Spring 2010 and planning to transfer to a four-year university journalism program.
