2025 Summer Journalism Internship
Born from a tradition of journalism and deeply engaged in innovative digital ventures, The Chronicle is powered by an essential mission: to inform, empower, and connect the people and institutions that work to improve society. Today, The Chronicle serves the higher-education community through the industry-leading news and information resource: The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is hiring three summer 2025 reporting interns. The internship typically runs from June to August.
The Chronicle is the premier source for news about higher education. We’ve been around since 1966, and more than a million people read us online every month. Click these links to see some of the projects we’ve turned out recently. We’re also an equal-opportunity employer, and one of our top priorities is recruiting and maintaining a diverse staff.
As an intern, you’d be a full-time reporter in our newsroom, in Washington, D.C. Interns work primarily on daily-news coverage and also have opportunities to pursue more ambitious stories and contribute to newsroom projects. Click these links for some examples of our past interns’ work. Pay is $800 a week before taxes.
Our internship is a hybrid role based in our D.C. office. Remote internship opportunities are available outside of the D.C. area for those residing in VA, MD, MI, WA, TX, FL, NC, NY, and NJ. Reach out to Sarah Brown (sarah.brown@chronicle.com) if you have questions about this policy.
To appl you’ll need to submit the following with your application:
- A resume.
- A cover letter*
- The email addresses and phone numbers of three references; at least two of them should have edited or supervised your journalism.
- Provide five published clips that show us what you’re capable of (articles, links to articles, links to multimedia projects, or any other kind of reporting project). Candidates should have some prior journalism experience.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, January 15, at 5:00 pm ET.
Questions? Contact Sarah Brown, senior editor, and thanks for your interest.
*If you also wish to be considered for the Diverse Media Coverage Scholarship and Internship, your cover letter should also include your experience(s) writing about a historically marginalized community.
The Chronicle is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating a diverse work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.