THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
The Wall Street Journal’s U.S.-based internships are aimed at undergraduates, recent graduates or graduate students who intend a career in journalism. Apply online as directed below. Include a cover letter, resume and up to six writing samples with your application.
The application for summer internships must be received no later than November 1. We complete the selection process for summer internships by the end of December. Applications for the fall, winter and spring internships are reviewed and selected on a rolling basis.
The internships are for 10-week periods and pay $700 a week. Summer internships generally take place in June, July and August, though start dates can be flexible in certain circumstances.
The screening process puts heavy emphasis on clips and journalistic experience. Most of those chosen have had prior internships in other large media organizations as well as experience on a campus newspaper or as a freelancer. Only finalists will be contacted.
The U.S.-based program places interns in various U.S. cities and, when appropriate, some of our bureaus in Canada or Latin America. For example, past interns have worked with the Money & Investing section in NYC, covered the auto industry from Detroit, handled general assignment reporting out of Atlanta, or edited video and wrote for WSJ’s online video programming.
Interns work closely with reporters and editors to deliver prompt, accurate reporting of news relevant to their beat. Interns write market commentary and forward-looking features, analyze market data and generally hone their journalistic skills. Interns are expected to generate their own story ideas appropriate for the section to which they are assigned, and follow the stories through to completion with supervision and guidance from an editor. Interns should be self-starters who understand the needs of the paper’s growing readership on various real-time, online and print platforms. Dedication to high journalism standards, proof of excellent writing skills and dogged reporting are absolute musts. Candidates should have prior reporting experience and a demonstrated interest in news as well as the ability to work independently and under deadline pressure.
It helps for applicants to state if they have a location preference and if they have any preferences in subject matter (for example: metro, economics, politics, finance, arts, WSJ. magazine, etc.). We cannot guarantee to meet your preferences, but it helps us when placing interns.
As well as reporting interns, we also accept photo, infographics, video and social media intern applications. For these, applicants should include samples of their applicable work instead of writing samples. If you wish to apply for an internship with our photo, video, infographics or social media departments, please use the appropriate application. If you would like to apply for more than one type of internship, you must fill out separate applications for each.
To apply online, go to www.dowjones.com, mouse over careers, click “Dow Jones Jobs” and search on the keyword “internship.”
Summer 2014 Reporting Internships in the Americas
https://dowjones.taleo.net/careersection/djexternal/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=NEW00001J
Summer 2014 Video, Photo, Graphics or Social Media Internships in NYC
https://dowjones.taleo.net/careersection/djexternal/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=DOW00004N
Fall, Winter or Spring Reporting Internships in the Americas
https://dowjones.taleo.net/careersection/djexternal/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=DOW00004Q
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA.
The Wall Street Journal’s Asia online internship program is aimed at undergraduates, recent graduates or graduate students who intend to pursue a career in journalism. Apply online, and include a cover letter, resume and up to six writing or multimedia samples, all delivered to us electronically. The applications for online internships are taken on a rolling basis, and successful candidates will be granted six-month internships with pay appropriate to the markets to which interns are assigned.
We are looking for interns in Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Jakarta. Our selection process is competitive and rigorous. We will only notify for interview those who pass initial screenings, which will focus heavily on your online skills, your prior experience in and clear signs of enthusiasm for journalism. We are not looking for aspiring developers, marketers or advertisers. This is an online journalism internship that offers a foot in the door for would-be reporters and editors.
Interns will work closely with reporters and editors on various beats and blogs. Every day will be different, but the bulk of the work for interns will comprise posting items to the web, cropping photos, building slideshows, booking interviews, assisting reporters and editors with story research and other assigned tasks. There will be opportunities to report, write or edit stories or blog posts, shoot or edit video and take photos.
Dedication to high journalism standards and proof of excellent online skills are vital. Candidates must be able to work independently and under deadline pressure. Connective thinkers and those who help us come up with new, more-efficient and better ways to cover and present stories online will have a leg up. Fluency in English is a must, along with native or fluent language skills for each of the markets where you’re assigned. Prior experience in web-publishing, shooting video, editing photos or video and basic HTML will also be helpful.
To apply online, go to www.dowjones.com, mouse over careers, click “Dow Jones Jobs” and search on the keyword “internship.”