The WPCF sponsors programs and projects that promote education and the pursuit of excellence in journalism. These projects address the original goals of the Women’s National Press Club to ensure that the voices within the newsroom represent the diversity of the audience, to educate the public on the role of the free press, and provide historical context on the role of a journalist. These internships are based in Washington D.C. and a stipend is provided.
Current Internship Partnerships include:
Fran Lewine Internship at CNN, Washington, D.C. bureau (information included below)
Dow Jones Newswires, Washington, D.C. bureau
The Houston Chronicle, D.C. bureau
Los Angeles Times, Washington, D.C. bureau
New York Times http://www.nytco.com/careers/internships/david_e_rosenbaum.html
Visit these websites or send an email to wpcf@wpcf.org to learn more about the application process
Frances L. Lewine Internship Program
Fran Lewine covered the White House for the Associated Press during six presidential administrations and spent nearly three decades as a CNN editor and producer. A trailblazer and tenacious crusader for womenfs rights in journalism, she successfully fought to open the National Press Club and the Gridiron Club to women. She was also the APfs first full-time female White House correspondent. The Lewine fellowship is consistent with her legacy of encouraging careers for women in the field of journalism.
Fran Lewine achieved many honors during her lengthy career, including being elected to the Washington Society of Professional Journalistsf Hall of Fame, the Hunter College Hall of Fame, and being awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. The Frances L. Lewine fellowship will help to perpetuate not just Fran's memory but the principles and priorities to which she devoted her distinguished career.
The Frances L. Lewine Internship is a paid internship that places a female journalism student for 10 weeks during the summer in CNNfs Washington DC bureau newsroom, where Fran Lewine spent the last 27 years of her illustrious and groundbreaking career.
Applicants should have a passion for news and an interest in the workings of government and politics on a national level as well as a command of digital journalism. Prior experience in a newsroom is strongly preferred. Candidates are asked to submit samples of their work-written or audio/visual. The ability to shoot and edit with consumer style equipment is necessary. A short written letter or essay should outline their reasons for pursuing a career in journalism. Apply directly to:
Fran Lewine Internship
CNN
Office of Human Resources
820 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002