Multiplatform Editing Internship - Summer 2024

Star Tribune offers a 10-week summer multiplatform editing internship. We select talented, driven college seniors and graduate students who can edit breaking news, enterprise stories and projects. We expect our interns to come to us with skill and leave with polish and invaluable experience from a major-market newsroom. Interns are paid $850 a week. Interns may be able to apply for any available apprentice positions at the completion of their internship.

Star Tribune is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and it encourages qualified applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Candidates should recognize that legacy news operations must merge diversity-and-inclusion aspirations with audience needs to succeed, and support that goal.

We expect our copy desk interns to:

bring an editor's eye for clarity, accuracy and fairness to their work
have a knack for writing compelling headlines
be highly proficient with grammar, spelling, style and punctuation
handle basic page layout
have excellent time-management skills and work quickly and calmly under deadline pressure
collaborate and communicate effectively and diplomatically with teammates and content producers
conduct themselves in a professional manner.

Qualifications:

High-level editing skills, a passion for writing great headlines and the ability to spot the errors that spell-checkers miss are crucial in this job. Strong communication skills and the ability to handle deadline pressure are a must. Proficiency with web research tools and InCopy or similar publishing software is required. We’re looking for someone who has news copy editing experience and has developed a good sense of news judgment. Work shifts are evenings and weekends.

Top candidates can demonstrate they’re ready to make the most of this opportunity. The term will be early June to early August.

Your application, which must be uploaded by Nov. 1, should include:

Eight to 10 clips of stories you've edited with notes explaining what role you played in headline writing and in making the stories clear and accurate.
A memo noting one thing you would change about the Star Tribune to better serve our readers, and how your skills could facilitate such an improvement.
A resume detailing your journalism experience, and three references, including their titles, phone numbers and email addresses.
Two letters of recommendation. At least one of those letters should come from an editor who has seen you work in a professional environment on deadline. Please do not submit letters of reference from fellow student journalists.
Reference letters can be attached to your application or emailed to newsrecruiter@startribune.com with your name in the subject line.

Questions?

Email Colleen Stoxen, Deputy Managing Editor, colleen.stoxen@startribune.com.

Please do not email your application; to apply, you must upload here.