Editorial Internship, New York Spring 2024

POLITICO's New York team is seeking an editorial intern for Spring 2024. The intern will work from our Lower Manhattan office, contributing to our Playbook newsletter and coverage of Mayor Eric Adams, the City Council and politics and policy in New York City.

Internship date ranges and application deadlines:

Application Deadline: October 31st, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
Internship Dates: January 2024– June 2024
Hours: 20 Per week
Compensation: $23/HR

What You’ll Do:

Pitch, report and write stories of consequence, both for our audience of influential professionals in New York and POLITICO's wider national readership
Cover spots news as assigned by editors
Work with our New York Playbook team to write and produce our daily newsletter on politics in the state
The intern will be involved in all aspects of content creation and production, including research, reporting, writing, editing and aggregating. Some of this work will occur in early morning hours

What You’ll Need:

A can-do attitude, initiative, good time management and the ability to work well under pressure
Strong critical thinking skills and a desire to not only develop your own story ideas but explain their broader meaning to a sophisticated audience
The ability to write quickly and cleanly while on deadline
Prior hands-on experience as an intern at a professional news outlet and, ideally, experience working on a student publication
A passion for politics and policy and a thirst to learn how New York works
3-5 clips original clips are preferred

We welcome applicants who are recent graduates. Applicants who are still in school must, at least, be rising juniors. The ideal applicant will have experience at a school publication and/or previous experience at a professional news outlet.

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