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Summer Internships in Seattle

The Seattle Times offers paid summer internships to outstanding students pursuing a career in journalism. For 12 weeks, interns work on varied assignments. They attend weekly training sessions given by members of a Pulitzer-Prize winning staff. Interns receive a skill-development plan and a staff mentor to support them in achieving it.

Qualifications:
Internships are open to sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduate students attending a four-year college or university. Applicants must be journalism majors or have a demonstrated commitment to print journalism. At least one previous internship on a daily news organization is preferred, and multimedia experience is a plus.

How to apply:

Application Deadline
November 1, annually, for the following summer

Application Format
All applications must be received by e-mail to newsinternships@seattletimes.com. Resumes and cover letters should be attached as Word documents. Please screen your own work to provide the requested number of samples; we are not able to review all the content on an applicant's Web site.

More Information

E-mail: newsinternships@seattletimes.com

Patricia Foote
Assistant Managing Editor/Administration
The Seattle Times
pfoote@seattletimes.com
206/464-2190

Reporting Applicants

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Names of three references familiar with your work
  • Essay describing your reasons for entering the news profession (400-word limit)
  • Five samples of your reporting work, preferably attached as Word files
  • Applicants must have a car

Copy Editing Applicants

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Names of three references familiar with your work
  • Essay describing your reasons for entering the news profession and why copy editing appeals to you (400-word limit)
  • Applicants must have strong language skills and some editing experience
  • Finalists will take a copy-editing test

Photojournalism Applicants

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Names of three references familiar with your work
  • 20 or fewer images on CD sent by mail. with printed copies of your cover letter and resume, to Newsroom Hiring Coordinator, The Seattle Times, P.O. Box 70, Seattle, WA 98111 (in addition to — but not in place of — your CD, you may provide online links to portfolio work).
  • Applicants must have a car and equipment

Graphics/Design Applicants

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Names of three references familiar with your work
  • 20 PDFs of page designs, illustrations, infographics or clips (in addition to — but not in place of — the PDFs, you may provide online links to portfolio work)
  • Applicants must have strong computer and design skills

Multimedia Applicants

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Names of three references familiar with your work
  • Essay describing your reasons for entering the news profession (400-word limit)
  • Links to five samples of your audio, video and/or print work
  • HTML skills preferred
  • Applicants must have a car




Newsroom Employment

Newsroom Hiring Coordinator
E-mail: newsinternships
@seattletimes.com

206/464-2414