The Hechinger Report is a nonprofit news outlet that covers education across the United States. We’re a small newsroom with big ambitions to cover the most pressing issues facing classrooms and campuses. Our journalists travel across the country and the world asking tough questions, seeking out promising solutions, and listening to the voices of educators, families and kids. Here are the opportunities to join us in our mission.
Openings:
Education Reporting Intern
The Hechinger Report
Summer 2024
Job Description
The Hechinger Report is looking for a reporting intern to work with us this summer. During the 12-week internship, the intern will produce at least one feature story on higher education issues that will appear on our site and potentially with one of our media partners. The intern may also assist with newsletters and other reporting as needed.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with our experienced editors and reporters on in-depth journalism. Hechinger Report coverage is known for its focus on how education policy affects students and educators in classrooms and on campuses, and the internship usually requires some travel. Past interns have produced stories on child care deserts, the problems of the special education system, a school for refugee students, and the impact of the Dobbs decision on OBGYN training. Their work has been co-published in The Washington Post, KQED Mind/Shift and NBCNews.com, among other partners.
The internship pays $700/week. The intern may work remotely, but an intern based in New York City will benefit from in-person contact with our staff there. Please propose a higher ed story idea in your application that you would like to pursue and that you could start working on as soon as you arrive. Be prepared to discuss that idea with Hechinger editors.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Rising college senior or bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field
- Comfort with writing feature stories
- Able to understand and explain data to a general audience
- Experience doing research
- Basic knowledge of national education issues
- Experience with photography/multimedia is a plus
- Prior internship at a news outlet
The application requires a resume, cover letter-style essay, two published clips and the story idea (a pitch) that you’d like to pursue during the internship. Apply here.
Applications will be accepted until March 30, 2024, however applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.