About the Internship
Every year, High Country News offers four to six internship positions, each six months long, starting in July and January. We provide free housing and a $220-per-week stipend for interns. To help defray moving costs, an additional $500 travel stipend is available upon successful completion of the internship.
Qualifications & Requirements
This competitive internship requires:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in journalism, English or related field is also required
- Writing and communication skills to communicate ideas to various audiences
- Strong curiosity
- Attention to detail
- Understand Western issues
- Out-of-box thinking to short news and analysis
For More Information
Contact Brian Calvert, Editor-in-Chief, via email brianc@hcn.org for further information.
How to Apply
Deadline: Winter/Spring interns apply by Nov. 1, 2019. Summer/Fall interns apply by Mar. 15, 2020.
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
- A cover letter
- A résumé
- Contact information for three references (phone and email)
- Three writing samples (plus multimedia samples, if applicable)
Please send in your materials via email to Brian Calvert, Editor-in-Chief, at brianc@hcn.org. Be sure to title your subject line with "Internship Application".
In case when emailing is not an option, please mail your materials to the following address:
Western State Colorado University/ ATTN High Country News
Brian Calvert
Kelley Hall
600 N. Adams Street
Gunnison, CO 81231