The Nebraska Press Association (NPA) Foundation encourages talented young people to enter the newspaper business. 2020 is the fourth year that the Foundation will award scholarships to Nebraska college students. The Foundation’s internship program provides a meaningful, hands-on training experience for students interested in news reporting, copy editing, photojournalism, advertising/marketing, graphic design, visual communications or social media. Our internship program prepares students for careers at Nebraska newspapers after they graduate.
Four (4) $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to summer interns who are placed at NPA member weekly or small daily newspapers, allowing students an invaluable real-world training experience. If selected as an intern, you would be placed at a weekly or small daily newspaper near the area or areas you put on your application. We will place you in a good learning environment, but we cannot guarantee you placement at a particular newspaper.
This is a paid eight-week internship. Participating newspapers will pay interns a living wage, a housing stipend, and provide on-site, hands-on experience at their newspaper. (Pay is set individually by each participating newspaper.) Internship scholarships are open to student journalists who attend a four-year college in Nebraska.
Interns who successfully complete their summer internship, submit a post-evaluation survey, and provide a brief testimonial (and head shot photo) about their internship experience to the Nebr Press Assn office, will also be awarded a $1,000 NPA Foundation scholarship, to be sent to student’s school for deposit into their account.
The newspapers that are participating for 2020 (summer) are:
> Seward County Independent (weekly) - Seward, NE
> Norfolk Daily News (daily) - Norfolk, NE
> Summerland Advocate Messenger (weekly) - Clearwater, NE
> Columbus Telegram (daily) - Columbus, NE
To apply for an internship, students should submit:
> A letter of recommendation from their professor
> Resume
> 2 or 3 work samples
> A completed application, download from: https://go.unl.edu/internship_application
** All items to the NPA no later than Monday, March 23rd – either by mail or email.
NPA will forward applications and accompanying documents to participating papers. Newspapers will contact students directly for the interview/selection process (discuss job specifics, phone or in-person interviews, etc.).
If you have questions about the internship program, contact Susan Watson via email at nebpress@nebpress.com or call 800-369-2850.