Sports Reporting Internship
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Job Description:
Are you a driven student journalist eager to work in an award-winning newsroom before your senior year The Wall Street Journal sports internship offers an unparalleled opportunity for college juniors to gain practical work experience in our award-winning newsrooms in New York with mentorship and tailored training sessions. Graduate students enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline October 31 2025 who are returning to school in the fall are also eligible to apply. Graduating seniors should apply to WSJ News Associates.
The Journals sports team is known for its distinctive coverage insightful analysis and unconventional perspectives on the biggest sports news of the day. You will work closely with other reporters and editors to deliver news and feature stories. You will be expected to generate your own story ideas and follow those stories through to completion with supervision and guidance from an editor.
We are looking for ambitious students who think foremost about the audience and are able to work independently under deadline pressure. You dont need to be a business or economics expert but a commitment to high journalistic standards is a must. A demonstrated interest in sportswriting is a plus.
You should have completed at least one prior reporting internship with another professional media organization or published exceptional work with a campus news outlet or as a freelancer.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please upload one PDF document (max. 5MB). Your application document should contain:
A cover letter.
Your résumé.
Three examples of your published work. Please include full articles not hyperlinks.
The deadline to apply is Friday Oct. 31 2025 at midnight Eastern time. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.
Internship timing: 10 weeks between June and August.
Only finalists will be contacted. We will review applications on a rolling basis and strive to make selections by the end of January.
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Administration Facilities & SecretarialUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range: $28.57/hr - $28.57/hrWe recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Part-Time
