The Park Center for Independent Media sponsors a summer internship program aimed at giving justice-oriented students the opportunity to work at some of the best independent/progressive media institutions and advocacy nonprofits in the nation. Participating students are awarded financial stipends (of up to $3,000).
In recent summers, students have worked at many leading independent media organizations and progressive nonprofits. Here's a partial list:
- The American Prospect, DC
- Brave New Films, Los Angeles
- Bust.com, NYC
- Center for Study of Responsive Law, DC
- Center for Media and Democracy, Madison, WI
- City Limits, NYC
- CommonDreams, Portland, ME
- Democracy Now!, NYC
- The Documentary Group, NYC
- E Magazine, Norwalk, CT
- FAIR, NYC
- Feminist Majority Foundation, DC or LA
- Free Press, Florence, MA, or DC
- Free Speech TV, Denver
- Global Exchange, SF
- In These Times, Chicago
- Indypendent,Brooklyn
- Insider Louisville, KY
- Insignia Films, NYC
- Institute for Policy Studies, DC
- Institute for Public Accuracy, DC
- KCETLink TV, LA
- Laura Flanders Show, NYC
- Lumiere Productions, NYC
- MADRE, NYC
- Making Contact/Nat'l Radio Project, Oakland, CA
- Media Matters, DC
- Mother Jones, San Francisco or DC
- The Nation Institute, NYC
- Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia
- POV/American Documentary, Inc., Brooklyn
- Prometheus Radio Project, Philadelphia
- The Progressive, Madison, WI
- The Real News Network, Baltimore, MD
- Seven Stories Press, NYC
- Stone Soup Films, DC
- Transient Pictures, Brooklyn
- Urbanite magazine, Baltimore
- Westword, Denver
- WISE/Women's Islamic Initiative, NYC
- Working Films, Wilmington, NC
- WRFI Community Radio, Ithaca
Other internship possibilities (partial list)
- Bitch Media, Portland, OR
- Center for Public Integrity, DC
- Gotham Gazette, NYC
- Grist, Seattle
- YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA
To apply please use the application form below. Email applications to Hannah Brooks at hbrooks@ithaca.edu
Expect to work at the internship a minimum of 25 hours per week, at least 8 weeks (with some exceptions).
Students are selected for the program through a competitive application process – generally requiring a minimum 3.25 GPA and a minimum of 45 credit hours earned by the time the internship begins. They receive academic credit (between 1 and 3 credits), for which they pay tuition fees and are award a stipend of up to $3,000 to help defray the costs of the internship.