How to Apply

REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION

Clip together (no notebooks or binders) and send:

• Completed application form (click on the icon below to download the form).
• Resume
• One-page essay on a Washington-based news story that you wish you had written, and why. Copy the story (online or print version) and clip it to your essay.
• One or two recommendation letters from professors or advisers
• Names and telephone numbers for one or two other references, including internship supervisors or student newspaper advisers
• Five clips copied on 8½ by 11 inch paper. Must include publication name and date.

E-mailed or faxed recommendation letters are accepted. They must arrive no later than one week after the application postmark deadline. E-mailed or faxed applications are not accepted.

Dates for 2008 programs:

Spring: Jan. 14 to April 18

Summer: June 9 to Aug. 15

Fall: Sept. 8 to Dec. 12

Hampton University Short Course: May 12 to June 5.

Hampton students should submit their application packets to the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Mass Communications internship director.

Application deadlines for 2008 programs:

The application deadlines for 2008 are postmark deadlines.

Spring: Oct. 12, 2007 - extended to Nov. 1, 2007

Summer: Nov. 2, 2007

Fall: March 21, 2008

Hampton Short Course - January 2008 (date to be determined)