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Great opportunity! Apply by Mar. 15, 2013

Juniors and seniors studying print, online, broadcast and photo journalism are invited to apply for a semester-long reporting internship in Washington and a post-graduate, multimedia fellowship.

Semester in Washington pays a stipend and provides free housing in furnished apartments.

Interns report for the web-based Scripps Howard Foundation Wire and may also report for campus, hometown or other news organizations. Interns work with an experienced Washington editor to choose, report, write and edit multimedia stories using social media, blogs, videos and slideshows. Tours of Washington journalism and government institutions and guest speakers are part of the program.

Fall 2013 (Sept. 4 to Dec. 10) Stipend $2,660, plus free housing.

Application deadline postmark: March 15, 2013

Apply at http://shfwire.com/node/5464 link
The foundation supports an intern link who reports for the Hispanic Link News Service link . The term, application deadline, pay and housing are the same. Students may apply to both programs. Download the Hispanic Link application form here: http://shfwire.com/node/6889 link

2013-2014 Post-graduate Multimedia Fellow – application postmark deadline is April 1
Recent graduates with bachelor's or master's degrees are invited to apply for this yearlong fellowship. The fellowship includes free housing in a furnished apartment and a $22,155 stipend. The fellowship lasts for a year, beginning in late August or early September 2013.

The fellow maintains our website, so applicants must have excellent html and CMS skills. The fellow teaches multimedia skills to undergraduate interns – including the use of DSLR cameras and video editing – coordinates group projects and produces his or her own stories.

For more information and to apply, go to http://shfwire.com/node/5463 link

Internships are highly recommended!

Getting on-the-job experience is an essential part of preparing for a career in journalism and other mass communications fields. Although internships are not required for journalism students, the journalism faculty strongly recommends that all journalism majors acquire at least one internship experience before graduating.

Credit option. Internships may be taken for academic credit or non-credit. If you wish to use a journalism internship for academic credit, you must complete the steps outlined in the Journalism Academic Internship INSTRUCTIONS before the internship begins.

The journalism internship (JOUR 379) is 1-3 credits and would count toward your Journalism Electives requirement. Only 3 internship credits are allowed in the journalism major/minor. Grading is on a PASS/FAIL basis.

Check out the links above, but don't limit yourself to them—many employers do not advertise their internships. If you have a specific employer in mind, call them and ask if they offer internship opportunities—you may be pleasantly surprised.