Newsroom internships
Summer: The Birmingham News selects students entering their junior or senior years in college to work each summer in paid reporting and editing internships.
Applicants should have completed substantial coursework in journalism, worked for campus or other publications and maintained a B average or above.
The internships emphasize practical experience. The intern is expected to perform as a beginning journalist and benefits from experienced teaching editors and special coaching programs.
Internships customarily run for 12 weeks. Applicants may send a cover letter, resume and clips by Dec. 1 to:
Year-round: The Birmingham News has four-month internships in sports throughout the year. Applicants should have completed substantial coursework in journalism, worked for campus or other publications and maintained a B average or above. The internships emphasize practical experience, and the intern is expected to perform as a beginning reporter. Deadline for application is April 1. Applicants may send a cover letter, resume and clips to: Tom Arenberg, sports editor.
The newspaper also offers six-month internships in photography. Deadline is March 15 for the internship beginning July 1 and Oct. 15 for the internship beginning Jan. 1. Applicants may send a cover letter, resume and clips to: Walt Stricklin, director of photography.
The Birmingham News: Alabama's largest daily newspaper, has a circulation of 150,000 on weekdays and 180,000 on Sundays. It is part of the Newhouse newspaper group. Newspaper staff members won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2007 and a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1991.
Birmingham, a metropolitan area of 1 million in central Alabama, is a center for health care and finance. The cityıs largest employer is theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, an urban university with a nationally recognized medical school. In addition to UAB, the area is home to Birmingham-Southern College, Miles College, Samford University and the University of Montevallo. Attractions include the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Barber Motor Sports Park, the Birmingham Barons AA baseball team and music venues that host many top touring shows.
