About
The Dow Jones News Fund internship program has a legacy of excellence dating back to 1960. Each year DJNF arranges paid internships for nearly 100 college students across the country and provides them with advanced hands-on training, industry mentors and a robust peer and alumni network to tap into.
The News Fund draws from a deep pool of talented students who are eager to launch journalism careers. We will work with your team to find top talent that fits your newsroom needs. Interns are carefully matched and arrive ready to work on Day One. Our interns are highly motivated, energetic, technologically savvy and eager to use their talents to expand their horizons.
The News Fund has long been committed to diversity and equal opportunity. In keeping with those values, the 2025 internship class was 65% students of color and more than 63% women. The News Fund recruits from public and private universities, including historically Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions, as well as major industry events to find a broad pool of talented interns who reflect America’s diversity.
The Role
Before reporting to work, the interns attend a 7- to 10-day training program that readies them for the demands of the job. Media partners select which specialized training program their interns attend. (In the application, due November 5, you are asked to indicate which training programs/internship positions interest you)
- Audience Engagement: Interns learn the art of social media and audience development at every step of the process. This includes analytics, search engine optimization, graphic design, photo editing, AP Style and news curation.
- Business Reporting: Interns spend a week learning to cover all sectors, including stocks, bonds, labor relations, small business, personal finance and major companies while honing their writing and reporting skills.
- Data Journalism: Interns are trained to work with spreadsheets, databases, Freedom of Information Act requests, software and apps to unlock stories.
- Digital Media: Interns are trained in a wide variety of skills: video and audio editing, photography, social media engagement, web analytics and data visualization.
- Multiplatform Editing: Through rigorous training, editing interns master numerous aspects of publishing content, including news judgment, headline writing, search engine optimization and page design.
Eligibility
College sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students who are enrolled in school full-time as of Nov. 5, 2025, are eligible to apply. This includes December graduates. U.S. students studying abroad and international students already in the U.S. with work visas are also eligible. Former professionals (those who have worked full-time on staff as a journalist for a year or more) in the U.S. or abroad are not eligible.
Application Deadline: November 5, 2025
REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION
Please have these documents ready to attach before starting the application:
- Résumé
- Unofficial transcript. (For graduate students, attach your undergraduate transcript)
- A 500-word essay: What was the most impactful thing you did as a journalist in the past year? (Note: This question may be interpreted very broadly. It could be a story, a topic, your leadership role on campus, class work, social media posts, etc.)
- Samples of your work. Please attach 3-5 clips of stories you wrote or links to digital content you produced. For data journalism you may attach code you have written or a data visualization you created; editors can provide headlines, page designs or social media posts. Please note you must combine your work samples into one PDF or Word document.
Reasonable Accommodations:
Dow Jones News Fund is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our internship application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at djnf@dowjones.com. Please put “Reasonable Accommodation” in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.
Compensation:
For summer 2026, partnering media organizations agree to pay interns at least $525 per week for 10 to 12 weeks and pay a $1,200 fee to underwrite a portion of the training and travel costs, which is free for students.