WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERN PROGRAM
Various Locations
Application Deadline: Nov. 1
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
Summer 2014 Video, Photo, Graphics or Social Media Internships in NYC
Fall, Winter or Spring Reporting Internships in the Americas
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