Editorial Intern - Spring Semester

Community Impact • Frisco, TX

2h

About The Position

Community Impact’s Editorial Internship is a 10-week newsroom experience for people interested in beginning a career in community journalism. Interns work with experienced editors and industry veterans, build storytelling skills, and contribute to local reporting for communities across Texas. The work includes writing web stories, contributing to print publications, covering local government meetings, and writing for the paper’s Impacts and To-do List sections. Interns may need to work evening shifts to cover council meetings and travel within the communities served to take photos and connect with sources. Spring interns work part-time for 10–12 weeks and are paid $15 per hour.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in college and working toward a degree, or have graduated within six months of the internship start date.
• Have experience working for a collegiate student publication or media outlet.
• Be studying journalism, communications, or a related field.
• Have experience writing in AP Style.
• Have reliable transportation.
• Be able to work outside regular office hours to attend community meetings.
• Be able to work in the communities served, take photos, and connect with sources.

Nice To Haves

• Experience writing in AP Style for a student publication or media company.

Responsibilities

• Write web stories.
• Contribute stories to the print publication.
• Shadow reporters at local government meetings.
• Write for the Impacts and To-do List sections of the paper.
• Attend community meetings, including outside regular office hours.
• Travel within the communities served to take photos and connect with sources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed