Intern Planning Calendar

Here are some important milestones in your internship year. Use this calendar to plan your strategy and organize your efforts.

October

First week:

• Call for applicants for Reynolds scholarships for Business Journalism candidates.
• Call for applicants for Todd Smith scholarship candidates.

Second week:

• Schedule a fall appointment with the Intern Coordinator. At the meeting, you’ll discuss the intern process and get started on looking for a summer placement.
• Opportunity for juniors to apply for American Society of Magazine Editors internship. This is a competitive opportunity; the Journalism faculty may choose just one candidate to support.
• Some of the bigger news outlets are already asking for applications. Start applying now.

Third week:

• Dow Jones News Fund editing internship tests.

November

First week:

• Sometime this month, meet with the Intern Coordinator.

Second and third weeks:

• Deadline for Reynolds candidates.
• Thanksgiving break is a good time to organize your resume, craft cover letters and get started on identifying prospective employers.

December

First week:

• Deadline for Todd Smith scholarship applications.

Winter break: 

• Good time to interview or set up interviews with prospective employers.

January

Second week:

• Deadline for submitting proposals for the Allen Schanck Roberts and Ed Jackson scholarships, to help fund foreign internships.

March

Second week:

• Students with internships complete their paperwork.
• Apply for Rouse-Bottom internship scholarship, if they are available. These are competitive and awarded by the department

May

First week:

• Mandatory internship prep meetings.
• Make sure you are registered for summer credit for your internship.

June/July/August

• Summer internships

September

First week:

• If you were a scholarship recipient, send a thank-you note to the benefactor.

Second week:

• From an emailed list, pick a date for your presentations.

Third and fourth week:

• Present an oral report about your summer internship.

October

First week:

• Present an oral report about your summer internship.
• Deadline for papers and intern portfolios.

December

First week:

• Grades turned in for previous summer. Reports, journals, etc., returned.