POLITICO

Editorial Internship, HQ Spring 2025


Pay$23.00 / hour
LocationArlington/Virginia
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: EDITO002719

      POLITICO is seeking exceptional college students and recent graduates for its Spring editorial internship program. Interns work on our magazine, our news desk or our policy reporting teams.

      • News interns cover fast-paced developments in real time, quickly turning around stories on Washington’s most important power players and events
      • Policy interns work as full-time beat reporters covering the political tensions and policy debates over the federal government role in every aspect of American life
      • Magazine interns fact-check and produce POLITICO’s long-form stories and analysis, assist the editorial and visual teams with research, and pitch, report and write their own ambitious features on American politics and culture

      Internship date ranges and application deadlines:

      Application Deadline: Application decisions will be rolling , and the last day to apply is November 15 at 5:00pm EST.
      Internship Dates: January 2025 - May 2025
      Hours: 40 Per Week
      Compensation: $23/HR

      Who You Are:

      • Enterprising and creative journalists who want to report, write, and research for an audience of political and policy junkies.
      • Work well under pressure
      • Have an avid interest in Washington

      What You'll Need:

      • Proven experience in a newsroom
      • Resume
      • Cover Letter
        • In your cover letter, please specify 1-2 internships (news, policy or magazine) that you're interested in, and tell us why!
      • Letter of recommendation (please submit with the other documents in your application. If need be the recommender should send it to careers@politico.com)
      • 3-5 original clips to showcase your experience

      We welcome applicants who are recent graduates. Applicants who are still in school must, at least, be rising juniors. The internship is full-time and based in POLITICO’s Rosslyn, Virginia, headquarters.

      Please direct any questions to careers@politico.com.

      We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.

      We value our people. Click here for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO.

      Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here and email us careers@politico.com. We hope to see your application soon!

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  • About the company

      Politico, known originally as The Politico, is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.

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