Categories: Journo Jobs

Carolina Public Media seeks business reporting intern

Chicago Public Media is one of the nation’s largest and most respected NPR-member organizations and is home to WBEZ 91.5 FM, This American Life, Sound Opinions, and Vocalo. We serve a listening audience of nearly 500,000 and broadcasts throughout Chicago and the surrounding regions.

We have an innovative company culture and state-of-the-art facilities. In addition to studios at Navy Pier, we have reporters stationed at four neighborhood bureaus located in the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Segal Family Foundation, Chicago Public Media has an opportunity for a business reporting internship.

Our future intern will gain exposure to a major market news room, and learn solid foundations of public radio style journalism covering Chicago’s vibrant business community.  As part of their experience, the intern will learn broadcast news writing, how to report short news items for local newscasts and publish related content for web.  By the end of the internship, the intern will have learned how to edit audio, and report news features that will broadcast on air and online.

Extra consideration will be given to applicants currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from a journalism program with a concentration in business reporting.  Potential interns should be interested in stories beyond the current price of pork bellies and corporate mergers, and have a deep interest in Chicago and the surrounding communities.  Prior exposure to broadcast journalism is helpful but not required. Print majors are welcome to apply.

  • This is a paid internship paying $19.00 /hr
  • This is a six month internship, that starts on Monday, July 7, 2014

Application deadline is Friday, April 5, 2014. To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

Recent Posts

Miao to cover China economy for WSJ

Wall Street Journal reporter Hannah Miao is moving to Singapore to cover the China economy.…

4 hours ago

FT taps Foy to cover European banking

Financial Times reporter Simon Foy is now covering European banks. He has been covering accounting for the…

7 hours ago

Debtwire seeks a private credit reporter

Debtwire, the leading provider of global fixed income news, analysis and data for more than…

10 hours ago

BNN Bloomberg anchor Kanwar is departing

Amber Kanwar, an anchor for BNN Bloomberg in Canada, is departing at the end of…

10 hours ago

Moody’s promotes Kantrow to editor in chief

Moody's Ratings has promoted Yvette Kantrow to senior vice president and editor in chief. She has been…

11 hours ago

Politico reporter Fieseler departs

Politico reporter Clare Fieseler is leaving the news organization to take on some ocean reporting projects. She…

11 hours ago