College Journalism Network Intern 2025
College Journalism Network Intern 2025
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Job Description
The CalMatters College Journalism Network (CJN) brings together student journalists from across the state to collaborate on group reporting projects pitch and write stories for CalMatters and our media partners and receive training. CJN is seeking a summer intern to write stories and assist in preparing for the next cohort of CJN fellows.
Job duties
- Report higher education stories with a goal of 34 bylines
- Assist CJN editors with preparing for the 202526 cohort
Required Qualifications
- Journalism or related coursework in college
- Demonstrated news reporting experience (student news organization OK)
- Past experience as a College Journalism Network fellow
- Based in California
This fulltime position pays $20 per hour and runs for 12 weeks typically June through August but we try to be flexible.
How to Apply
If youre interested please send a resume no more than three work samples and a statement of interest (in lieu of a cover letter) by Friday March 28 2025. Your statement should include answers to the following:
- What do you hope to gain from a summer internship with the College Journalism Network How would this opportunity help support you in your journalism career and/or build on what youve already learned in the program
- What are two higher education story ideas youd want to work on this summer (These dont need to be perfectlywritten pitches but please include the angle youd take how youd approach the reporting and why you think this is a story that needs to be told.
- Aside from written text how might you also produce a vertical video to go with each of your stories
- What is one idea you have for a project you could work on this summer that would benefit next years class of fellows
- Thinking about the CJN as a whole what could we do to help improve the experience for next years class
- Do you have any other commitments this summer that could interfere with your availability to work fulltime
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
