High School Sports Intern Fall 2026

High School Sports Intern

Join our SportsDay team as a fall intern covering high school football and other sports.

Job Description:The intern will be a member of The Dallas Morning News award-winning sports staff. Reporting assignments will be a mix of daily and enterprise coverage mostly high school football but there will be opportunities to cover college and professional sports as well as general assignment news. Weekend work is required. A cover letter and résumé with references are required with all applications. Applicants should send no more than five published clips and if sending links please include a username and password.

What will you do

Cover high school football and volleyball games

Write weekly posts on teams games and players to watch

Pitch and write features and enterprise or trend pieces on high school sports

Take photos and videos using your phone at events

Maintain an active presence on social media

Cover college and professional sporting events such as the State Fair Classic the Red River Rivalry and Dallas Cowboys Mavericks Stars and Wings games.

Work nights weekends and occasional holidays as dictated by the news cycle

What will it take to be successful

Strong writing and editing skills

At least one previous internship in sports media

Strong news judgment and excellent verbal and analytical skills

Experience covering breaking news

Strong organizational and time-management skills

The ability to work under pressure with assigned deadlines

Experiment with Advanced AI to enhance journalism and reporting efforts
Our state-of-the-art AI tools including ChatGPT Enterprise as well as the many Hearst DevHub-built tools act as a smart assistant for routine our newsroom you will use AI to:

• Generate headline options SEO keywords or alert language
• Clean up grammar apply style and improve clarity
• Version stories for different formats (video audio) or platforms (social media)
• Monitor public meetings and get alerts with transcripts and video
• AI-assisted data processing and summarization human-verified before use

Advanced AI is not a journalist but it can facilitate and accelerate the work of journalism.

Exclusive Partnership with OpenAI

Through our strategic content partnership with OpenAI and our exclusive ChatGPT Enterprise license we have unparalleled access to the latest advancements in AI technology.

About the Hearst DevHub

A key segment of our editorial innovation team is the AI group which works on developing ambitious reader-facing experiments and projects with accuracy as a core metric.

About The Dallas Morning News

Since 1885The Dallas Morning News () has been North Texas trusted source for credible independent journalism reporting with accuracy fairness and integrity. Each week we reach more than 4 million people across print digital and social platforms covering the stories that shape life in Dallas and across the state. From politics and public policy to business culture and sports our mission is to inform engage and reflect the diverse communities we serve.

Our staff works in the office at least three days a week.The Dallas Morning Newsbelieves a collaborative and inclusive work environment is essential to a thriving workplace. We support one another as we produce revelatory work with our community in mind. We are in search of a diverse group of candidates.

About Hearst Newspapers:

With 2500 employees across the nation Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 28 daily and 50 weekly publications including theAustin American-Statesman Houston Chronicle San Antonio Express-News San Francisco ChronicleandTimes Union (Albany). Our portfolio also includes several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites such as Chron. CT Insider MySA and SFGATE along with marketing services businesses like Medium Giant and entertainment brands such as King Features Syndicate.

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