INTERN APPLICATION PROCESS
DEADLINE: ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 1, 2011.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. (U.S.)
Internships are aimed at undergraduates or recent graduates who intend a career in journalism. To apply for this internship please
submit a cover letter, resume and up to six writing samples. We will select about 15 interns for the summer 2012 program. The
selection process is highly competitive and most of those chosen have had prior internships with other newspapers as well as
extensive experience on a campus newspaper. The internships are for ten-week periods in June, July and August. The pay is
$700.00 a week.
The screening process puts heavy emphasis on clips and journalistic experience. Only the applicants who are selected for final
consideration will be contacted. We will complete the selection process by the end of December.
About half the interns are based outside New York, in bureaus such as San Francisco, DC, Detroit, etc. We do not pay for
relocation. It helps for applicants to state if they have preferences in where they intern, and also if they have any preferences in
subject matter (for example: metro, economics, politics, arts etc). We cannot guarantee to meet your preferences, but it helps us in
placing interns. If you wish to apply for a video, art or WSJ.com internship, please specify that in your application. You can also
elect to apply for more than one of these, if you have several areas of skill.
ART INTERNS: We also accept photo, infographics and art internship applications. Applicants should include samples of their
work.
VIDEO INTERNS: Each year we take at least one video intern, who works as part of our video team shooting and editing video
that complements and supplements print stories.
WSJ.COM INTERNS: Our online team, which is integrated with the print operations, takes several interns each year who work
exclusively online, packaging and editing stories, video and graphics for our website.
Deborah Brewster, Deputy Managing Editor
The Wall Street Journal Internship Program (U.S.)
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Emails not accepted
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE.
The Journal’s European edition, The Wall Street Journal Europe, also usually takes a reporting intern to be based in Europe. The
application must be received by mail or email no later than November 1. To apply please send a cover letter, resume and six to
eight writing samples to:
Tim Hanrahan, Managing Editor
The Wall Street Journal Europe
10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7QN
Or emailed to: tim.hanrahan@wsj.com
In addition to meeting all the application requirements cited in the WSJ description above, the Journal Europe is also looking for
candidates with fluency in one or more of these European languages: French, German, Dutch, or Russian; a demonstrable interest
in Europe as well as the willingness and ability to work in an overseas environment. The selected candidates will work in one of
WSJ’s European bureaus and will be required to provide proof of health insurance. They will be required to pay for their own
round-trip airfare. The pay is $700 a week.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA.
The Journal’s Asian edition is looking for a reporting intern to be based in Hong Kong. The materials must be received or
received by mail or email no later than November 1. To apply please send a cover letter, resume and six to eight writing samples
to:
Almar Latour, Editor-in-Chief
The Wall Street Journal Asia
25/F Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Or email to: almar.latour@wsj.com
In addition to meeting all the application requirements cited in the WSJ description above, the Journal Asia is looking for
candidates with fluency in one or more Asian languages–preferably Mandarin, Japanese or Korean–a strong interest in business
reporting in Asia, and ideally experience living or working in the region. The selected candidates will work at The Asian
Journal’s Hong Kong headquarters, and will be provided with $700 a week and an allowance for round-trip airfare to Hong K
ong.