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ASME Summer Internship Program

Internship

Position start date: Orientation is May 28-30, 2025, Internship dates are June 2, 2025 - August 8, 2025

Location: New York or Washington D.C.

Job Type: In person

Hours per Week: 35 hours/week

Job Category: Journalism

Counts for 399R credit? yes

Counts for 496R credit? yes, check hours

Wage/Salary: Paid minimum wage of where they work. If in New York: $16/hour. If in Washington D.C. $17.50/hour

Application Deadline: 1/7/2025 ($25 application fee)

QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANT

-Junior (planning to complete their third year in college before June 2025 or graduating in Spring 2026)
-Only full-time students with a GPA of at least 3.0 will be considered

Besides overall academic performance, ASME interns are selected based on:
-Academic training in journalism (but students who are not majoring in journalism or whose colleges do not offer journalism courses are frequently accepted)
-Campus-journalism experience, preferably as a reporter or editor at a newspaper, magazine, or website
-Previous internships or employment, especially at city, regional, or national newspaper, magazines, or websites.

DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES

The ASME Internship Program is a ten-week summer program, offering paid internships for college students at magazines and websites in New York and Washington. Since the program was founded in 1967, 2,000 rising college seniors have worked as ASME interns. Nearly 500 have gone on to successful careers in print and electronic journalism.

ASME interns report, write, fact-check and copy-edit for print and online publications. They may sometimes interview celebrities, attend press conferences and work the red carpet—but most of the summer they do the un-glam but essential work of magazine journalism.

The program begins with three days of orientation, when interns are schooled in the fundamentals of reporting, fact checking and copy editing. During the summer, interns attend special events in New York and Washington and meet regularly with top editors.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Apply Directly using this link.

COMPANY NAME AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for the editorial leaders of magazines and websites published in the United States. Founded in 1963, ASME strives to defend the First Amendment, support the development of journalism and promote the editorial integrity of print and digital publications. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia Journalism School, conducts training programs for reporters and editors and publishes the ASME Guidelines for Editors and Publishers.

SUPERVISOR CONTACT INFO

email asmeinternship@asme.media
or
call 212.872.3737