The Latino News Network is accepting purposes for the Hortencia Zavala Foundation Summer Internship Program.
This intern would work with NPR’s Midwest Newsroom, which focuses on investigative and enterprise reporting, and can be primarily based at considered one of 4 stations: St. Louis Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio (Des Moines), Nebraska Public Media (Lincoln), or KCUR in Kansas Metropolis. The intern’s work would seem on The Midwest Newsroom, Latino Information Community, and the Fulcrum platforms.
The Latino Information Community is in search of college students in all communications fields with a demonstrated curiosity in journalism for this paid alternative. We’re particularly fascinated about listening to from candidates who’re fascinated about tales associated to public well being or immigration.
Profitable candidates shall be assigned significant multimedia work within the manufacturing of native and regional information, together with reporting and writing, audio, visuals and social media.
The internship runs from June 2 by Aug. 1, 2025. Advisors and mentors will meet with college students frequently to determine and develop their summer time targets and supply coaching as wanted.
The intern is predicted to work no less than 30 hours per week, with an hourly pay charge primarily based on truthful wages within the metropolis the place they work.
Purposes shall be accepted till March 7, 2025. The internship is open to each undergraduate and graduate college students.
The Hortencia Zavala Basis was created in 2016 by Hugo Balta, Writer of LNN, and twice president of the Nationwide Affiliation of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), as a method to assist college students whereas honoring the legacy of his abuelita, Hortencia Zavala.
Cowl Picture: Isa Luzarraga practices digital illustration as part of the Dow Jones Information Fund’s 2023 digital media coaching hosted on the Walter Cronkite College of Journalism in Phoenix, AZ.
