The L.A. Times High School Insider youth journalism program is calling for ambitious student journalists to apply for the 9th High School Insider summer internship cohort. Join a team of passionate young reporters and spend your summer telling the stories that matter most to young people.
As a HS Insider intern, you will have the opportunity to experience life as a professional journalist: covering breaking news, crafting feature enterprise stories and experimenting in multimedia storytelling. During the seven-week internship program, interns will pursue stories with the support of mentors, extensive training and workshops from an award-winning newsroom.
The internship will start Monday, June 17 and end Friday, Aug. 2. Interns will work 24 hours a week — Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year, the internship will follow a hybrid model. Interns will work in the El Segundo office Monday-Wednesday and work from home on Thursday. Interns will be paid $16.90 per hour.
Qualifications:
- Must be a high school student graduating in 2024, 2025, or 2026
- Must be available for the duration of the internship (June 17 – Aug. 2, 2024)
- Must be able to work hybrid for the duration of the program
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
- Must be able to meet deadlines
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work independently and take initiative
Responsibilities:
- Reach out to potential sources via email, text and social media
- Schedule interviews in a timely manner
- Draft feature enterprise story with multimedia components and work with editors on revisions
HSI will host open houses to answer internship-related questions on December 14, January 9, January 29 and February 13. All open houses will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Register for open houses here.
Applications are due on Monday, February 19 at 11:59 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Castillo at rebecca.castillo@latimes.com.
The 2023 summer intern cohort learns about L.A. Times history from Times historian Darrell Kunitomi. (HSI)
