Internships

Past Intern Sites

IPJ intern Julio Nunez edits video package for evening news at Telemundo

IPJ students have the opportunity to intern at a variety of media outlets, public relations firms and nonprofit organizations.

Intern Experiences from Summer 2008

• National Defense Magazine
  Priscilla Ybarra was a staff writer in charge of writing “Security Beat” - a section in the magazine while also covering several assigned feature stories.
• Employee Benefit News
  Dan McKeever did reporting on news in the benefits, human resources and insurance fields. He also produced podcasts for the web and wrote everything from short news briefs to long magazine pieces.
• National Journal’s Almanac of American Politics
  Liz McNamara's primary responsibilities at her internship were researching the congressional delegations from various states and compiling information about them.
• CRC Public Relations
  Marcus Scheer contacted media outlets for the firm's clients, wrote pitches and press releases.
• National Public Radio’s flagship affiliate, WAMU Radio
  Lyndsey Ryan worked on putting together three pieces for practice. After learning how to use the equipment, recording her voice and editing sound, she then put together a longer piece that will air on the radio!
• Al Arabiya Television
  Stephanie Van Kampen archived and shot listed video footage, went out with reporters to conduct interviews, researched stories, contacted interview subjects, and edited video footage.
• Cox Newspapers
  As general assignment reporter, Scott Girard covered a variety of events on the Hill and wrote several feature pieces, including one with another reporter on earmarks by Georgia congressmen for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• Bureau of National Affairs
  At BNA, Richard Kraft wrote articles on a daily deadline, attended briefings and hearings and wrote stories, edited pages for BNA health care publications and worked on a chart looking at McCain and Obama's health care ideas.
• Voice of America’s Sports Desk
  Chris Cox wrote radio and tv scripts about sports all over the world and voiced background reports on Olympic athletes and teams.
• Catholic News Service
  Amanda Stirone worked on Origins, a literary newsletter which releases papal documents and lectures. She also wrote a number of stories including one assignment where she covered an event at the White House.
• Student Press Law Center
  Kelsey Beltramea tracked several lawsuits involving First Amendment clashes and wrote about breaking developments for the Website. She also composed several stories for the organization's magazine, including the cover piece on student free speech and the Internet.
• WTOP News Radio
  Stacy Wells helped to research stories, shadowed reporters on their stories, covered her own stories and produced segments for air, edited sound, conducted phone interviews and wrote stories for the website.
• WTTG Fox 5 News
  Evan Seymour's duties included posting stories on the website, capturing packages from the newscast and putting them onto the web and creating links to other web sites.

Past Internship Sites

ABC Nightline
American Banker
Army News Service
Bureau of National Affairs
USA Today Live!
Barson Marsteller
Business Week
CBS News
The Chicago Tribune
CNN
CNSNews.com
Congress Daily
Cox Newspapers
The Columbus Dispatch
Daily Telegraph of London
The Daily Oklahoman
Defense Daily

"My first day on the job brought me to the Capitol to obtain my press pass; I literally got goose bumps the first time I put it on!”
Brittany Hackett
Flagler College
Intern, Bureau of National Affairs