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Business Reporting Intern Program for Minority College Sophomores and Juniors
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
P.O. Box 300
Princeton, NJ 08543-0300
(609) 452-2820 Fax: (609) 520-5804
E-mail: newsfund@wsj.dowjones.com
Web: DJNewspaperFund.dowjones.com
Purpose:
To provide work experience and financial assistance to Native American and other minority college students who are interested in careers in journalism.
Eligibility:
This program is open to college sophomores and juniors who are U.S. citizens interested in careers in journalism and participating in a summer internship at a daily newspaper as a business reporter.
Applicants must be members of a minority group and enrolled as full-time students:
- African American
- Hispanic
- Asian American
- Pacific Islander
- American Indian or Alaskan Native
They must submit:
- a resume
- 3 to 5 recently-published clips
- a list of courses with grades
- and a 500-word essay on why they want to spend the summer writing business news.
Financial Data:
Interns receive a salary of at least $450 per week during the summer and a $1,000 scholarship at the successful completion of the program.
Duration:
10 weeks for the summer internship; 1 year for the scholarship.
Additional Information:
Interns attend a 1-week training seminar and then work as business reporters on a daily newspaper. Recently, the seminar was held at New York University.
Number Awarded:
Up to 12 each year.
Deadline:
October of each year.