Semester in Washington internships for undergraduate students

Click on photo to enlarge or download: The spring interns tour NBC-4 and meet journalists who work there, including anchor Pat Lawson Muse.Interns report for work each day at the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, which is housed in the same office as the Scripps Howard News Service, four blocks from the White House. They report and write a variety of stories. Interns also talk with experts at the Capitol, the Supreme Court, the Student Press Law Center, the Washington Post, the State Department, the Pentagon and others to better understand how to cover the news. Interns should be prepared to cover government, politics, breaking news, business, sports and features.

Applicants should be college juniors or seniors studying print, online or broadcast journalism.

Graduates may apply for the multimedia fellowship.

All 2013 application deadlines have passed. Program dates for 2014 will be posted over the summer. The application deadline for the spring and summer programs will be Nov. 1, and the application deadline for fall will be March 15.

Click on photo to enlarge or download: Interns cover hearings at the Capitol and issues before the Supreme Court. The fall 2012 interns on the court's steps, across the street from the Capitol.