Paid summer internships: Bay Area Journalism

 

We are excited to bring Bay News Rising back in the summer of 2026. If you're not familiar, Bay News Rising provides local student journalists with a paid, part-time summer internship that helps build their reporting skills and prepares them for a career in media. 

 

Candidates apply by pitching us a story idea, which they'll report, write and edit over six weeks, while matched with a professional journalist who will help guide their process. Meanwhile, they'll get valuable skills and professional guidance from journalists at a series of seminars on topics like navigating early journalism careers and freelancing. At the end of the program, students will have a great clip for their portfolio — we'll publish their story on the Bay News Rising website, and pitch it to other local media outlets — and be paid a $1,000 stipend.

 

We're recruiting for this year's class of Bay News Rising interns. We're particularly looking for those who have some reporting experience (i.e. they've published solid stories with a student newspaper or other outlet, or have shown strong writing skills in class assignments). 

 

Please fill out the application form here. Any questions please reach out to Nico Savidge at: [email protected]