Rob Curley: The Spokesman-Review’s paid high school internship will teach you a lot more than journalism
UPDATED: Mon., May 17, 2021
The Spokesman-Review, with grant funding from Bank of America and support from the Innovia Foundation, is excited to bring back the Teen Journalism Institute summer internship program for a second summer.
The program will host four fully paid positions for an 8-week session that begins June 28. Last year, many of our interns continued their work with The Spokesman-Review as part-time jobs through the school year. Students must be between the ages of 16 and 18.
This opportunity is open to incoming high school juniors and seniors enrolled in public or private school, or home schooled. Interns must be able to get to and from The Spokesman-Review newsroom in downtown Spokane each day, with parking provided. Because of the large amount applicants this program receives, students must be able to attend all eight weeks of the program.
Applications must be submitted by June 24. Applications submitted earlier will be given preference.
Working directly with Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley, as well as with other senior editors and reporters on the newspaper's staff, students will:
For more information on this internship, read Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley's description of this program from when it was first announced in May of 2021:
UPDATED: Mon., May 17, 2021
Because of Bank of America’s funding of this program, this is a one-of-a-kind experience for high school students to work in a daily newsroom through the only paid high school newspaper journalism internship in the nation.
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