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).
• Resumé.
• One-page essay analyzing a print or online story about the 2008 presidential campaign or presidential transition and why the story works, or doesn't. (copy and attach the story).
• One or two recommendation letters from professors or advisers.
• Name, telephone number and e-mail address 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 2009 programs:

Spring: Jan. 12 to April 24, a special 15-week program that includes the presidential inauguration and the National Journalism Awards dinner

Summer: June 8 to Aug. 14

Fall: Sept. 14 to Dec. 18

Hampton University Short Course: May 11 to June 4

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

Application deadlines for 2009 programs:

The application deadlines are postmark deadlines.

Spring: Nov. 1, 2008

Summer: Nov. 1, 2008

Fall: March 16, 2009

Hampton Short Course - January 2009 (date to be determined)