Travel News Intern (Jan - Jun 2025)

Job Description

The Travel News Intern supports CNBC’s Travel Editor to manage the CNBC Travel webpage. This role is ideal for university undergraduates aspiring to explore a career in travel news journalism. You should have keen interests related to news about the aviation and hotels industries, pandemic travel recovery, travel trends and geopolitical conflict that affect the travel industry. There will be opportunities to learn about the fundamentals of journalism in digital and television mediums.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Researching stories for CNBC’s Travel Editor, with the goal to eventually report and write your own news stories under the guidance of the Travel Editor
Help in locating and interacting (including setting up interviews) with sources to support stories in progress
Create charts and choose images and videos to create compelling news stories
Ingest articles in preparation for publication
Clip travel news videos for CNBC.com
Be involved in sharing, discussing and/or pitching ideas for news stories
Liaise with freelance travel writers on behalf of the Travel Editor, including reviewing story pitches, and managing their contracts and questions.

Qualifications

University undergraduates majoring in journalism, business, mass communication and/or media production
Keen interest in the travel industry
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage and interact with colleagues, media professionals and business executives
Ability to learn quickly, prioritize tasks and operate under tight deadlines
Ability to work in a face-paced news environment
Superior organizational and note-keeping skills
Willingness to be pro-active and accept a steep learning curve
Fluency in English language is essential
Flexible to work morning shifts

Please note that this is a full-time 6 month internship opportunity from January to June 2025 for undergraduate students.