Journalism

The Deseret News is looking for talented seasonal student intern writers and copy editors for the Church News, which provides news, and information for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We are looking for individuals seeking a front-row seat overseeing the politics of technology in the nation's capital. If you’d like to be part of a dynamic group of individuals fleshing out the nation’s understanding of broadband policy and internet technology writing articles, assembling research and conducting outreach, please apply by July 31 (for Fall 2023).

The Deseret News is looking for talented seasonal student intern writers and copy editors for the Church News, which provides news, and information for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Deseret News Marketing Intern works with the digital marketing team to develop strategies to grow our communities across multiple platforms (including web, social networks and email) and executing those strategies, as well as developing and managing relationships with our best readers.

The nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune is hiring a full-time, summer reporting intern for 2023. The 10-week paid internship will run from roughly June 5 through August 11, though there is flexibility depending on an applicant’s school schedule. The application period closes at midnight on Feb. 25, 2023.

TechBuzz is seeking interns from technical writing, business, English, communications, technology, journalism and other majors to interview companies in Utah's vibrant economy in the state's technology sector and write news articles about funding events, startup companies, etc... Eventually interns will run whole interviews and be responsible for writing the final articles. This internship can be flexible, with projects found in social media marketing, data collection, video editing, graphic design, podcasting, and more.

APPLY BY DEC. 5! Broadband Breakfast Media is one of Washington Seminar's most popular internships and they are actively recruiting for Winter 2023 interns. Broadband is a strong internship that will build valuable writing skills, knowledge into the world of tech, and your resume and portfolio. This is a highly recommend this internship opportunity.

DuneNewsNet.com is offering multiple news, feature, and review writing internships to provide news coverage of all things Dune, one of the most influential science fiction properties in pop culture. Whether it's the Oscar-award winning 2021 movie and its continuations, upcoming TV series, bestselling books and comics, board and video games, collectibles, and more, our website is the #1 destination for fans seeking the latest updates.

Startup Group is seeking an intern to write stories about the exciting world of Provo's Startup environment. The goal is to produce a series of articles that will be shared via Provo City Communications channels. The Daily Herald has also agreed to a regular publication of these stories.

The Deseret News Marketing Intern works with the digital marketing team to develop strategies to grow our communities across multiple platforms (including web, social networks and email) and executing those strategies, as well as developing and managing relationships with our best readers.

We're looking for an intern who's both passionate and curious about trending news, and is willing to write about everything from Zac Efron to the latest health trends to Utah true crime (and everything in between). As an intern, you'll write short briefs, articles, roundups, evergreen/seasonal articles and link-off pieces about trending and cultural news. Monitoring social media, major news outlets, digital news websites and aggregation platforms is a requirement of the position. The goal is for your articles to get as many views as possible by identifying the right audience and story topic.

The Deseret News is hiring a newsletter intern to work in tandem with the Newsletter Editor to help coordinate and send our portfolio of 15+ newsletters. As the closest digital product to a daily newspaper, newsletters are an editorial project that helps readers find the important news they need to know. This role combines the news judgement of journalism with the pragmatism of audience and marketing work. The person in this role will report to the Newsletter Editor and work closely with that individual on a day-to-day basis.

Deseret news currently has postings for internships in feature writing/editing and newsletter writing.

The Deseret News is hiring a newsletter intern to work in tandem with the Newsletter Editor to help coordinate and send our portfolio of 15+ newsletters. As the closest digital product to a daily newspaper, newsletters are an editorial project that helps readers find the important news they need to know. This role combines the news judgement of journalism with the pragmatism of audience and marketing work. The person in this role will report to the Newsletter Editor and work closely with that individual on a day-to-day basis.

The Deseret News Social Media Marketing Intern works with the digital marketing team to develop strategies to grow our communities across multiple platforms (including web, social networks and email) and executing those strategies, as well as developing and managing relationships with our best readers.

The College of Life Sciences student content specialist has the opportunity to interview, write, edit, and promote stories on an array of compelling topics from cancer treatment to fighting malnutrition in developing countries. With eight academic units, the College of Life Sciences provides a large pool of interesting, diverse content. If you love to uncover intriguing facts or share inspiring stories about someone’s journey, we would love to work with you.

Join an energetic group of digital innovators who care deeply about Utah, journalism and the 172-year legacy of the Deseret News. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we are serious about working together to grow our business. Deseret News internships are paid ($14/hour) and last approximately 4-6 months (one semester) in duration. Full-time (40 hours per week) and part-time (16-24 hours per week) internships are available with Deseret News with some flexibility to work with class schedules. Interns will work with their supervising editors to determine exact starting and ending dates, and weekly work schedules. If time off during the semester is needed, that must be coordinated well in advance with the supervising editor.

Interns will research Utah technology companies, mostly software as a service (SaaS) companies, but also life science, biotech, medical tech, fintech and other consumer-oriented companies that are connected with Utah. Students will participate in in-person or Zoom interviews with CEOs, founders and executives of several dynamic Utah companies making a huge contribution to the economy and jobs of the state. Past companies include Divvy, Adobe, Ancestry, Clene, Health Equity, Pluralsight, Sarcos, Vasion, Recursion, MX, Qualtrics, Route, Brandless, and many others. Interns will first observe and eventually conduct interviews. The interviews are recorded in Otter.ai and/or Pickle. Interns will use the interviews to create a first draft of a story, usually between 800 and 1,000 words in length, reflecting the ideas, facts and content of that interview. They then work with TechBuzz staff to edit and refine the draft into an article suitable for publication on both our website, TechBuzz.news, and on partner sites such as UtahBusiness.org which is owned by Deseret News. Students are listed in the byline. Most students end the internship with several published articles that they can cite on resumes, applications, etc.. Utah Business has syndicated, or re-distributed, most of our stories, including those written by interns.