The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship application deadline is March 15.
Our post-graduate, multimedia fellowship deadline is April 1.
The Scripps Howard Foundation is looking for curious, energetic college juniors and seniors who are studying journalism to report from Washington during the fall term. Interns are paid a stipend and provided free housing in furnished apartments.
Interns (http://www.shfwire.com/node/5464) find, report and write stories for the web-based Scripps Howard Foundation Wire (http://www.shfwire.com/), take photos, create slide shows and shoot and edit video. Semester in Washington takes six interns in the 14-week fall term. Applicants with multimedia experience will be given preference.
A seventh intern (http://shfwire.com/node/6889) works for the Hispanic Link News Service. Applicants should be juniors or seniors with previous internship experience or extensive work with student media.
We are also looking for a post-graduate, multimedia fellow. The fellowship lasts for a year, beginning in early September. The fellow maintains our website, teaches video and photography skills to the undergraduate interns using our DSLR cameras and editing software. The fellow also reports his or her own stories, creates interactive graphics and coordinates group projects. The fellowship includes a stipend of $22,155 and free housing.
Program dates and application deadlines:
Fall 2014: Sept. 10 to Dec. 16. Application deadline: March 15. Program includes a stipend of $2,660 and free housing.
Hispanic Link intern: same deadline, stipend and free housing
Post-graduate, multimedia fellow: early September 2014 to August 2015. Application deadline: April 1. Program includes a $22,155 stipend and free housing.
The fall program includes an international intern (http://shfwire.com/node/5465) who is chosen by the International Center for Journalists.
For more details and to fill out an application form, go to the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire website (http://shfwire.com/apply/).