Opportunity for Internships

Intern Billy Watson Internship Program

 The internship program provides students with actual newspaper experience while reinforcing their scholastic training with the goal of convincing interns to pursue a career in the newspaper industry. Most interns credit the program with giving them a perspective of the newspaper business that they could not have gleaned from the classroom alone.

Internships are awarded to publications that are members of the Georgia Press Association. Newspapers that are awarded internship grants are responsible for the hiring of student interns and may choose from their own candidates or from candidates applying for internships through Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

Students interested in internships with a specific newspaper should contact that newspaper to make sure that they are participating in the internship program. Grants are awarded to newspapers, and the newspapers are responsible for hiring interns. Student internship applications are circulated to all newspapers awarded grants. Interested students should submit an application by March 30 to Sharon Dowdy Cruse at sdowdy@gapress.org. Download the application by clicking on the appropriate button to the left.