Train with the world’s largest international multimedia news agency; work with seasoned reporters and editors; prove yourself in fast-paced newsrooms around the world. The Reuters Global Journalism Internships offer talented students and graduates an opportunity to learn and shine in our bureaus internationally.
The Job
The paid internships are a crash course in hands-on business, political and general news reporting. Every intern will report to a senior editor and be assigned a journalist mentor to provide advice and guidance during the summer. They’re expected to write regularly and deliver in-depth stories during their assignment.
Interns will receive several days of formal training before they start work, focused on writing skills, journalism ethics, and basic financial knowledge. They may also be able to take advantage of other, regularly scheduled training opportunities during the summer, depending on where they’re based.
Interns who excel may be considered for other opportunities, including the Reuters Journalism Trainee Program or junior reporting roles. The intensive Journalism Trainee Program, which begins in September 2012 in New York, London and Singapore, offers nine months of training and leads into a staff job if required standards are met.
AMERICAS
Ten weeks
New York City
5 positions
Washington D.C.
2 positions
Chicago or
Los Angeles
1 position
Sao Paulo or
Mexico City
2 positions
A Toronto internship will be on the website in a week or so.
EUROPE
Six weeks
London
6 positions
ASIA
About eight weeks
Singapore,
Hong Kong,
Tokyo, Beijing
6 positions
The Candidate
You are a student or recent graduate who is passionate about news and a quick learner.
You have a strong academic record in journalism, economics, business, law, accounting, languages or computer science.
You have journalism experience.
You are fluent in English and possess excellent writing and communication skills
You have good mathematics skills
You have the legal right to work in the country where you have chosen to apply.
THE TIMELINE: www.careers.thomsonreuters.com
October 2011
Applications open
January to March
Interviews and half-day assessments
July and August
Internships start
"The Reuters internship program was a great platform for me to report on the breaking news of the day and proved a wonderful training ground for my career ahead. In the past year I have covered the U.S. debt ceiling debacle, the Middle East uprisings, IMF-World Bank meetings, and spent a month helping out the Tokyo bureau with their coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster."
MARI SAITO
Markets Correspondent, Tokyo (Intern Tokyo 2008, Washington DC 2009)
