2015 Summer Journalism Internships

Paid journalism internships available this summer through SPJ’s chapter.

Print, online, and broadcast internships are being offered in summer 2015 through the Hawaii chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Full-time internships (10 weeks at 40 hours/week ) with a $3,600 salary:

• Star-Advertiser (daily newspaper) • Pacific Business News (weekly business newspaper) • Hawaii (bimonthly travel magazine) • Hawaii Business (monthly business magazine) • Honolulu (monthly city magazine) • Pacific Edge (quarterly business/lifestyle magazine) • Honolulu Civil Beat (online news) • HuffPost Hawaii (online news) • The Hawaii Independent (online news) • Hawaii News Now (TV news) • KHON Channel 2 (TV news) • Alexander & Baldwin (public relations)

Part-time internships (8 weeks at 27 hours/week) with a $2,106 salary:

• (radio news) • KITV Channel 4 (TV news)

Who is eligible:

• Hawaii residents enrolled in a college or university and who attended a high school in Hawaii; or • Any student enrolled in a college or university in Hawaii. • Students must have completed their sophomore year of college by June 2015. • Recent graduates who graduated no earlier than May 2014.

How to apply:

• Visit www.hawaiispj.org to fill out an online application form. • Write a cover letter introducing yourself and explaining why you want an internship, list your relevant coursework or news media experience, and include three references with their contact information. • Include samples of your news media work. You can send these as URL links; pdfs, Word, or .txt files; wmv files for video; or wav files for audio.

Send all materials labeled with your name to [email protected].

Deadline: February 28, 2015

You will be contacted directly by the news media if they wish to interview you for an internship. If you are a candidate, you will be contacted by April 1.

For more information, contact SPJ’s Craig DeSilva at (808) 282-1038 or at [email protected].