Organization: Freedom Forum
Hours: AIJI - June 13-22; followed by a six-week paid internship in a newsroom.
Requirements: Students are eligible if they have completed at least one year of college and have a passion for journalism. This highly-competitive academic, scholarship and newsroom internship program is open to Native American students regardless of where they live or the college they attend. Applications are welcome from any Native American college student hoping to become a journalist and whose summer schedule would permit them to take a 10-day class at the University of South Dakota and then travel to a different city for six more weeks to work as a paid intern in a newsroom.
AIJI students who successfully complete the multimedia journalism course at the Freedom Forum’s Al Neuharth Media Center may be eligible to earn 3 hours of college credit from USD. Tuition, room and board, fees and other related expenses are paid.
Contact: Instructions and downloadable application forms are available online at www.freedomforumdiversity.org or by emailing Janine Harris at jharris@freedomforum.org. The application deadline is March 1.
All interns are expected to maintain a high-quality work ethic as they would with any other employer.
