Summer 2024 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Reporting Internship

The Wall Street Journal internship program is an opportunity primarily for college juniors to work in our award-winning newsrooms in either New York, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Washington D.C. Seniors and graduate students enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline are also eligible to apply.

You will work closely with other reporters and editors to deliver prompt, accurate reporting of news. You will be expected to generate your own story ideas and follow those stories through to completion with supervision and guidance from an editor.

You should be a self-starter who understands the needs of our audience across multiple platforms and is able to work independently under deadline pressure. Dedication to high journalism standards and excellent writing and reporting skills are required. A demonstrated interest in business reporting is a plus, though prior business/finance reporting experience is not required.

You should have completed at least one prior reporting internship with another professional media organization or published exceptional work with a campus news outlet or as a freelancer.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please upload one PDF document (max. 10MB). Your application document should contain:

A cover letter, including a response to the following question: Based on the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections, what could news organizations do differently to cover the 2024 presidential election? (max. 800 words)

Your résumé.

Three examples of your published work. Please include full articles, not hyperlinks.

The deadline to apply is Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at noon Eastern time. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Please indicate your beat and location preference. Assignments may include:

In New York: breaking business news (quickly deliver short-breaking news on company earnings reports, executive moves, IPOs, etc.), markets/finance/economics, the corporate world, foreign affairs, professional news, careers and workplace, personal finance, personal technology, education, real estate or sports.

In Chicago and Detroit: corporate or general U.S. news.

In Houston: energy or general U.S. news.

In Los Angeles: entertainment or general U.S. news.

In San Francisco: technology or general U.S. news.

In Washington, D.C.: law/legal affairs, politics or economics.

TIMING:

10 weeks between mid-June and mid-August.

Only finalists will be contacted. We will review applications on a rolling basis and strive to make selections by the end of January.

MORE QUESTIONS?

Visit medium.com/wsj-internships or email internships@wsj.com . First, please make sure your question isn’t already answered here.

NYC Pay Range: $28.57/hour