Opinion-Editorial Producer Internship - Summer 2024

Star Tribune is offering a 10-week summer internship on its Opinion-Editorial team. We select talented, driven college seniors and graduate students who have experience in opinion writing at a news organization. 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 interns to:

be highly proficient writers
develop ideas for publication and work to research and write assignments we give them
work closely with editors and digital content producers
conduct themselves in a professional manner.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

Researching and writing editorials in collaboration with the Editorial Board.
Researching and writing commentaries.
Copy editing, including fact-checking opinion content.
Selecting and editing reader letters.

Qualifications:

Excellent communication and writing skills, flexibility and the ability to handle deadline pressure are all crucial in this job. We also value candidates who are proficient with web research tools, social media tools and InCopy or similar publishing software. Skills working with data, including analysis and building digital visualizations, are a plus.

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:

Five to 10 of your best published clips demonstrating your ability to report and write clear, compelling stories on deadline.
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’s 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.