Find great interns or fellows — and get support to pay them

Cultivating a diverse talent pipeline with an emphasis on investigative journalism, audience development and engagement is essential in propelling the nonprofit sector’s ongoing innovation and growth. Each of our partnership programs brings interns and fellows with different skills and experiences to the table. Explore our partnerships below.

For questions about INN’s Internship & Fellowships program, please contact courtney@inn.org.

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL AND INN

Columbia Journalism School and INN partner to match recent M.S. and M.A. level graduates with INN member newsrooms for paid fellowships  with a focus on investigative, explanatory and data reporting.

The Columbia Journalism School Fellowship Program supports as many as 20 full-time, 12- to 22-week paid  fellowships, beginning in either summer or fall, at nonprofit news organizations. Certain fellowships are also made possible thanks to the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, which are assigned exclusively to newsrooms with a focus on international coverage.

Apply for the 2025 Program here by Dec. 6, 2024.

THE MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

The Missouri School of Journalism partners with INN to match four to five undergraduate and graduate-level students with newsrooms to work on projects including membership models, audience engagement, newsletter development, analytics and live event planning. The internship program selects diverse students to place into newsrooms, particularly in audience and product positions, where they can build management and leadership experience.

CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT CUNY

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and INN are teaming up to connect graduate students from the school’s “Newmark J-Corps” program with INN member organizations for eight-week summer internships. In CUNY’s 16-month graduate school, these students specialize in at least one media format — print, video, broadcast TV, documentary, photo, audio or data journalism. There are also interns who are participating in the school’s master’s programs in bilingual  (Spanish + English) and engagement journalism. For nonprofit news organizations that are unable to support a paid intern, the school has a 1:1 stipend match program for a limited number of newsrooms.

Apply for the 2025 program here by Monday, January 6, 2025.