Thank you for your interest in the Scripps Howard Fund Student Media Sustainability Program. This application should be filled out by a student newsroom leader, adviser or student media director who will serve as the leader and primary contact for the project. The application should take you about 30 minutes to fill out. A draft of your application will automatically save every few minutes. If you exit the application before completing it, your work will be saved. To view your draft and continue working on your entry, sign into your Submittable account, click Saved Drafts, and choose “Continue.”.  If there are any questions that you do not know the answer to, simply write "I don't know." If you have any questions about this application, please email bob@collegejournalism.org.

You will need to create a free Submittable account to fill out this application. Please do so by clicking the "SUBMIT" button below.

To combat news deserts across the country and provide important journalistic experience for college students and recent graduates, the Scripps Howard Fund is providing interns to nonprofit newsrooms. These newsrooms are based in different locations across the country, and each provide different learning opportunities. The internships will be for 10 - 20 weeks. Each internship pays a minimum of $15 per hour. 

The Scripps Howard Fund also has a support fund where selected interns can apply for additional financial help if there are financial obstacles in accepting or completing the internship.

These internships are open to college students (undergraduate and graduate) as well as students graduating college in the 2025-26 school year. 

All of these internships will feature weekly training sessions with fellow interns from across the country, in addition to the excellent one-on-one coaching from newsroom leaders. 

Those interested in learning more can join the Fund’s virtual Q&A on Jan. 22. Newsroom hiring managers will be present Click here to sign up.

Student journalists are also invited to attend a resume writing workshop on Jan. 14. Register here.

The application deadline is Saturday, January 31.