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AJC Newsroom Internship - Summer 2025

Cox
parental leave, sick time, 401(k)
United States, Georgia, Lake City
Oct 30, 2024
AJC Newsroom 2025 Summer intern

Please read this description completely and thoroughly. The AJC will offer internships in multiple disciplines including Reporting, Video/Photo/Graphics, and Programming. Each has more detail below.

For All Internships

You must be a rising college junior, senior or graduate student. We also accept applications from those who have graduated within six months of the start of the summer internship. The AJC accepts applications from all schools and regions of the country but gives priority to applicants from Georgia or who attend school in Georgia. Roughly 80% of our interns have a local connection to the state.

Strong preference for applicants who have worked on campus media content and/or had previous professional news internship.

Your Application Materials need to include:

  • The specific internship in which you're interested (or if skilled and interested in more than 1 area, please rank in order of preference)
  • Cover letter including:
    • A short note (no more than 300 words) on why you want to be in journalism
    • How an internship at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will help you pursue your goal
  • Resume
  • Three links, PDFs or other samples of your best work
  • References (Provide contact information for at least two)
  • Please upload your resume, cover letter and clips at the same time.


All candidates should:

  • Have excellent time management skills
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Be comfortable interviewing & interacting with the public
  • Be eager and willing to learn


Internships will be based out of the AJC headquarters in midtown Atlanta. Interns will be expected to be present in Atlanta and have regular attendance in the office. Internships run for 12 weeks from mid-June to the end of August.

Reporting

Reporters

Reporter interns join one of the newsroom's reporting teams, which include breaking news, crime, business, local education, local government, state politics, sports, and black culture. Prior experience in daily deadline writing and reporting is required. Awareness of video, photography, and other digital skills is also preferred. Must have worked on the campus newspaper or website and/or had previous professional news internship.

Data Reporter

We're looking for someone with a strong news sense ideally a person who has already worked at one regular reporting internship who has a deep interest in working with data as the starting point of a story. Prior experience in writing and reporting on deadline is required. Programming skills preferred but not required. What's required, above all else, is a desire to work with data along with the ability to fumble through Excel and learn SQL. Knowledge of statistical packages, such as R, and mapping is a plus.

VISUALS TEAM: INTERNSHIPS

The AJC's video, motion design and photo interns will learn to deliver work across diverse, creative platforms. Candidates should have a passion for immersive storytelling and creating content that educates and inspires through compelling narratives and engaging visuals. Interns may be involved in video production, interactive/motion graphics, or photojournalism.

Video Production Intern

Interns will partner on executing stories from conception through completion and will develop skills in pitching, reporting, writing, shooting and editing. Candidates should have an understanding of how to conceptualize and execute feature and serialized content in the documentary and news space. As a video intern, you must care about quality, possess a strong aesthetic eye, and be digital-first in your approach.

  • Familiarity or experience editing video with Adobe Premier Pro
  • Comfortable shooting video on digital cine cameras
  • Basic understanding of composition and framing.


Interactive OR Motion Graphics Intern

We're looking for someone who has solid web development and design skills, as well as a knack for making clean, clear, creative interactive graphics.

  • Demonstrated experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and version control (such as Git) and/or some experience with drawing libraries like D3.js and mapping libraries like Leaflet or Google Maps API. Major plus: experience with a server-side scripting language such as Ruby or Python (or Node.js), or graphics experience with an eye for great design (or both!).


AND/OR:

  • Familiarity with Adobe After Effects and ability to create bespoke still graphics and motion design elements to create engaging, innovative and relevant content within digital video productions. Ability to design thumbnails and bespoke animations are a must. Must enjoy working both independently and collaboratively.


Send us your online portfolio or links to your work.

Photojournalist Intern

Candidates must have photojournalism experience, an aesthetic eye, strong journalistic integrity, and a passion for photojournalism and visual storytelling. Familiarity and experience shooting with Canon preferred.

  • Understanding of composition and framing
  • Proficiency in Photoshop as well as other photo editing tools [Mechanic/Lightroom, etc.]
  • Basic caption writing skills
  • Knowledge of AP style


Programming (Digital) Producer Intern

The AJC's programming interns will learn to cultivate and grow audiences through social media, content curation/creation, interactive development and more. Throughout the course of the internship, interns will have the opportunity to experiment in a variety of areas depending on their skills and interests. We are looking for two types of interns: Those skilled at writing/producing content and those familiar with interactive web development.

The AJC Programming team encompasses multiple areas including social media, platforms (ajc.com and app), optimization/SEO, and newsletters.

  • Producers for the social team work on the execution of our strategy across our social media platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
  • Producers for the platforms team work on crafting headlines, visual packages and more, to ensure that we are presenting our top news to our audience in the best manner possible and driving engagement.
  • Producers on our optimization team work to provide headlines, packaging and presentation, cross-linking and more to ensure that we are presenting our top news to our audience in the best manner possible and driving engagement.


Intern/Co-Op sessions are considered temporary employment. No full-time employment commitments are made. However, depending on our business needs, some interns may be considered for a full-time position following the conclusion of the session conditioned upon the intern graduating from their academic program and being available to commence full-time employment at a specified time.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.

USD 21.06 - 31.63 per hour

Compensation:

Hourly base pay rate is $21.06 - $31.63/hour. The hourly base rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include commission (annual, monthly, etc.) and/or an incentive program.

Benefits:

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

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Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .

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