News Internship Programme 2024 – Text and Photojournalism Internship

Reuters offers talented students and graduates with an interest in journalism an opportunity to learn at the world’s largest international multimedia news agency.

The Programme:

Our Global Internship Programme gives you the chance to fast-track your journalism career and develop your skills across a variety of subjects and media. We welcome passionate and curious reporters, producers and photojournalists who want to tell stories for a global audience. Reuters seeks diverse candidates from all backgrounds and is excited to work with emerging talent who can cover breaking news and tell in-depth stories from new perspectives.

We are looking for an intern to work across our Text and Pictures departments in our London newsroom.

What we’re looking for:

Commitment to a career in journalism

A keen interest in storytelling across text reporting and news photography

An Interest in issues that affect companies, markets and economies

Emerging talent who can tell stories about finance, politics and people from new perspectives and in different formats

Drive to build sources, break news and deliver deeply reported stories

Ambition to deliver journalism with real impact

An international outlook and ability to work in a team and communicate across departments

Excellent writing and communication skills

Basic level of spoken and written English required

The role:

Paid 12-week internship, starting from 17th June, 2024

An assigned Senior Editor as a mentor

Formal training and coaching

Interns are expected to pitch and deliver in-depth stories as well as to regularly write and take photographs during their assignment

Participants who excel may be considered for future opportunities at Reuters

Please note:

Applicants must be in their final or penultimate year of university to be considered for our summer internship programme

Applicants must be eligible to work in the region/country to which they apply

Our Application Process:

The deadline for applications is Sunday 17th December 2023 at 11.59pm GMT

Interviews will be conducted in February/March 2024

Please apply with an up-to-date CV and answer our application questions