Summer News Reporting Internship

The News Sentinel, located Knoxville, Tennessee, is seeking news reporters for its competitive summer internship program. Interns will work full-time with the news team for 12 weeks.

The internship program includes weekly tutorials with award-winning journalists from around the USA TODAY Network's South region and other opportunities to network. Applicants should be juniors, seniors or master's candidates pursuing journalism degrees and passionate about beginning their careers in the field. Interns should have strong writing skills and be ready to report multiple stories per week.

Ideal applicants will have prior internship experience or experience working at university news outlets. Interns are required to live in Knoxville for the duration of the internship.

Please attach your resume, a cover letter and samples of your work.

Life in Knoxville

Knoxville combines the best of urban and outdoors life in one of the most beautiful settings in America, on the banks of the Tennessee River and in the shadows of the Great Smoky Mountains. The city is home to the University of Tennessee, which adds even more energy to a dynamic city that hosts internationally recognized chefs, a thriving independent retail scene, world-class outdoors venues, including the renowned Urban Wilderness, and the elite athletics of the SEC.
It's also home to the critically acclaimed Big Ears music festival created by Bonnaroo founder Ashley Capps, who lives here and helps nurture a thriving original music scene that draws artists from across the globe. And the cost of living will blow you away - it's one of the country's more affordable urban areas in a state with no income tax.
 
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