Internships & Careers

Internship Prospects

Employers work with the School of Journalism to match interns with open positions in their organizations. Below is a listing by medium of organizations who have offered internships in the past. Former interns completed the section listing their responsibilities while on the job.

To search through previous internships by medium, location or time period, check the Internship Search page.

For current internship listings, check the Current listings: Internships page.

Newspapers

News-Sentinel

Fort Wayne, Ind.
Contact: Rob Joesbury, rjoesbury@news-sentinel.com, (260)461-8266
Responsibilities: Interviewing, writing stories, taking photographs, blogging, editing

The Daily Times/Gannett

Salisbury, Md.
Contact: Joe Carmean, jcarmean@dmg.gannett.com, (410)749-7171
Responsibilities: Meeting story deadlines, editing, writing town briefs, making calls for the news tracker section of the paper, developing story ideas

The Arizona Republic

Phoenix, Ariz.
Contact: Elvia Diaz, elvia.diaz@arizonarepublic.com, (602)444-8948
Responsibilities: Budget stories, interview sources, file stories, take photos, generate story ideas

Times-Union

Warsaw, Ind.
Contact: Gary Gerard, ggerard@timesuniononline.com, (574)267-3111 x225
Responsibilities: Researching and writing articles assigned by the editor; paginating the daily opinion page; preparing briefs and newsletters to be published; cover town council meetings, school board meetings, county commissioner meetings; proofreading pages before published.


Magazines

Rickshaw Media Group

Chicago
Contact: Atish Doshi, doshi@rickshawmedia.com, (312)920-9780
Responsibilities: Illustrating articles, logo design, interior decoration, creation of design elements, assisting design editor

Shape Magazine

New York
Contact: Elizabeth Koppleman, elkoppleman@shape.com, (646)935-6935
Responsibilities: Calling in products, itemizing, returning beauty products, learning monthly production procedures, helping supervisors with research and editorial run -throughs.

O, The Oprah Magazine

New York
Contact: Stefanie Manning, shmanning@hearst.com, (212)903-5347
Responsibilities: Promotion planning for O You!, putting together the "In the KnOw" weekly newsletter (proposal organization), assisting with O at Home Magazine auction, responsible for choosing sweepstakes winners, updatinge media kit sheets, promotions closet and marketing files.

More Magazine

New York City
Contact: Stephanie Jacob, stephanie.jacob@meredith.com, (212-499-1753
Responsibilities: Organize fashion closet, fashion market work, photo credits, errands, assist on photo shoots

River Front Times

St. Louis, Mo.
Contact: Emily Kohler, Emily.Kohler@riverfronttimes.com, (314)805-1395
Responsibilities: Upload photos, attend events, run errands, update events on Web site, work on promotions page on Web site


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Broadcast

WEHT News 25

Henderson, Ky.
Contact: Mark Glover, mglover@news25.us, (800)879-8531
Responsibilities: Writing stories, research, running teleprompter, developing story ideas every day, helping with interviews

Fox News Channel

Washington, D.C.
Contact: Heather.dahl@foxnews.com, Jenna.Gibson@foxnews.com, (202)824-6380
Responsibilities: Monitor changes made to guests/hit times/studio assignments and reflect the changes ASAP in a new make-up sheet; pay attention to Fox News Live and record all guests exact hit times in the Guest Que and Today Notes; answer the telephone immediately; greet all guests; make sure guests are in their assigned studios at least 10 minutes before their exact hit time.

WTIU

Bloomington, Ind.
Contact: Ann Shea, aestrahl@indiana.edu, (812)856-5744
Responsibilities: Writing copy for news break stories, logging tape, recording voice overs for VOs/Packages, attending press events, selecting daily news stories

WNDU-TV

South Bend, Ind.
Contact: Mike Pease, mpease@wndu.com, (574)631-1232
Responsibilities: Helping in newsroom, covering stories with photographers, helping reporters with tasks, pitching ideas for stories, gathering information for stories

WCCO-TV

Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: Jennifer Kasel, jjkasel@wcco.com, (612)330-2573
Responsibilities: Logging entertainment packages, writing entertainment scripts, assisting guests through the building, working with anchors and reporters, attending daily staff meetings

KTTV FOX 11 News

Los Angeles
Contact: Tom Searson, searson@fox11.com, (310)584-2016
Responsibilities: Locate necessary information for news stories in progress, routine beatchecks, confirm/verify facts, handle the phones/scanners, check station e-mails, organize potential stories, relay information to the assignment editors

CBS News

New York
Contact: Maureen Cashin, MAC@cbsnews.com, (212)975-6351
Responsibilities: Finding and retrieving archival footage, answering phones, running control room scripts for each night’s show, creating pitch reels, feeding footage to other CBS bureaus

Channel 13 Eyewitness News (WTHR)

Indianapolis
Contact: Paul Stauder, pstauder@wthr.com, (317)655-5755
Responsibilities: Create five packages, write an obituary, write script, write copy for Web, conduct interviews

Sinclair Broadcasting ABC News Channel 15

Champaign, Ill.
Contact: Christiana Coleman, cgcoleman@sbgnet.com, (217)351.8500
Responsibilities: Using editing software, learning how to get "man-on-streets," watching reporters put packages together and sound bites, interviewing, learning about cameras

WLS-TV

Chicago
Contact: Mark Giangreco, mark.f.giangreco@abc.com, (312)750-7108
Responsibilities: Create game logs for highlight packages, collect footage from sporting events to be used during newscasts. log footage for b-roll and packages, research statistics for reporters, suggest possible show topics and cutlines

92.3 WTTS

Indianapolis
Contact: Stefanie Porolniczak, stefanie@wttsfm.com, (317)972-9887 x229
Responsibilities: Attend remotes, appearances and other on-site events, run errands, create prize packages and send to winners, Studio 92 concerts, promotional research and worksheets

CBS News Miami

Miami, Fla.
Contact: Stephanie Smith, ssmith@wfor.cbc.com, (305)591-4444
Responsibilities: Shadowing reporters/camera operators, clerical work, editing segments, choosing different clips for segments, stand-ups

93.1 WXRT-FM

Chicago
Contact: Tom Lisack, tlisack@wxrt.com, (773)427-3512
Responsibilities: Representing WXRT in a public relations capacity at station events, including street festivals, XRT concerts, broadcasts, sales promotions; organizing, preparing, coordinating and executing promotional events for WXRT; brainstorming new ideas for the radio station, clients, advertisers; maintaining the XRT VIP listener program, both on-site at events and in the office; updating various features on the XRT Web site

WCPO

Cincinnati
Contact: Lechelle Burke, lechelleburke@wcpo.com, (513)852-7071
Responsibilities: Write for noon show, shadow reporters, watch other channels’ leads, answer phone, research stories

Entercom Communications

Indianapolis
Contact: Scott Sands, ssands@entercom.com, (317)816-4000
Responsibilities: Promoting the station at events, contests, making contacts, office work, helping with the radio shows, Web site updates

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Online/Web

OneAmerica

Indianapolis, Ind.
Contact: Debbie Hoffa, Debbie.Hoffa@oneamerica.com, (317)285-2283
Responsibilities: Interviewing five different people and documenting how they each perform the same process; mapping the interfaces of the department systems to make it easier for everyone else to understand; installing an Intranet for the individual systems department; meeting with the other interns and members of the company and learn about their positions; completing four online tutorials, which covered how to use Excel, Visio, Dreamweaver 4 and Flash 5

Schahet Hotels, Inc.

Indianapolis
Contact: Susie Etienne, setienne@schahethotels.com, (317)626-2058
Responsibilities: Search engine optimization, marketing plan standardization, updated all eight hotels’ Web sites, completed market research for six hotels, wrote a press release for two hotels


Public Relations/Marketing

Savvy Ladies

New York
Contact: Carita Laakso, Carita@savvyladies.com, (646)216-8988
Responsibilities: Planning Savvy Ladies Holiday Gala, specifically donations for silent auction; research; writing articles for monthly newsletter; office work/organizing; working at events, seminars, workshops

Coburn Communication, Inc.

New York
Contact: Ashley Franco, ashley.franco@coburnww.com, (212)730-7277
Responsibilities: Researching, monitoring and recording daily press hits for specific clients; conducting extensive research on new clients and competitors; answering phones, responding to e-mails, cold-calling publications, faxing; assisting in all steps of event planning and production for product/client launches; mailing product requests to editorial publications

National Basketball Association

Secaucus, N.J.
Contact: bnlanier@nba.com, bcutler@nba.com, (201)974-6219
Responsibilities: Create video project from start to finish; footage requests for major networks; microphone wrangler for press conferences; escort players; community relations events

Bloomington Hospital Marketing and Community Relations

Bloomington, Ind.
Contact: Amanda Roach, AJRoach@bloomingtonhospital.org, (812)361.0928
Responsibilities: Graphic design projects, public relations assignments, writing newspaper articles, organizing Web sites and Web design, interacting and interviewing within the community

Marx Layne & Co.

Farmington Hills, Mich.
Contact: Jennifer Cherry, jcherry@marxlayne.com, (248)855-6777
Responsibilities: Media lists, phone calls to media, creating press releases and media alerts, off-location information gathering, notes based on phone call information

Wheatley & Timmons

Chicago
Contact: Rory Swikle, rswikle@wheatleytimmons.com, (312)755-6200
Responsibilities: Media monitoring, team meetings, pitching, clip books, event planning/execution

SS|PR

Glenview, Ill.
Contact: Lisa Kornblatt, lkornblatt@sspr.com, (847)287-3533
Responsibilities: Pitching to the media, researching potential clients, setting up and confirming client interviews, writing briefing sheets for client, communicating between account executive and media

Fly on the Wall Media

Bloomington, Ind.
Contact: Anthony Scott Piatt, fly@flyonthewallmedia.com, (812)336-7938
Responsibilities: Maintained tour e-mail account and schedules; contacted media outlets via e-mail and phone, promoting artists in tour locations; uploaded press links and articles to Fly on the Wall Web site; researched press for artists and potential artists to be included in their press releases and promotion page; assisted in writing copy for press releases for new clients.

IU Campus Recreational Sports

Bloomington, Ind.
Contact: Melissa Copas, mcopas@indiana.edu, (812)855-1545
Responsibilities: Writing press releases, forming relationships with key media, putting together newsletters and brochures, writing the feature story for the RS Mag, updating events calendars.

Berk Communications

Los Angeles
Contact: kristina@berkcommunications.com, (310)277-8400
Responsibilities: Press releases, writing CEO biographies, research, calling media contacts, making contact lists

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