The Pasadena Star-News is seeking a talented, dedicated intern to join local news desk for the summer.
You’d work 30 hours per week, for 10 weeks, covering general assignment and breaking news, as well as Asian communities in the San Gabriel Valley.
Preference will be given to applicants invested in or interested in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and who have ties to Southern California.
Applicants should have experience in news or feature writing. The internship will include at least one in-depth project focusing on issues impacting Asian Americans.
Interns will be required to work remotely at the time of the internship, but may be required to attend occasional in-meetings in our Pasadena or Monrovia office.
Interns must also have access to a car or other vehicles to travel to assignments across Southern California.
Our interns’ stories do often appear in other newspapers/sites in the Southern California News Group family.
This position is funded by a grant from the Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles Chapter and pays $20 per hour with a $1,500 scholarship.
Interns will be matched with a mentor and receive a free AAJA membership.
Send a cover letter, resume, three writing samples and at least two references to Star-News city editor Ryan Carter at rcarter@scng.com and Senior Editor Tom Bray at tbray@scng.com by end of day Friday, May 8.
Use the subject line AAJA-LA/STAR-NEWS REPORTING INTERNSHIP.