Mississippi Today is inviting college juniors and seniors with a passion for journalism to apply for summer internships.
The Mississippi Today internships provide aspiring journalists the opportunity to work in a Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom, and learn a multitude of skills that will prepare them for a career in mission-driven, public service journalism.
This summer, Mississippi Today is offering two distinct intern positions.
The Video intern will work with Mississippi Today’s Audience Engagement team to produce social vertical video content and traditional long-form videos. Areas of focus may include filming, editing, graphics, storyboarding and social media distribution.
The Special Projects intern will work with Mississippi Today’s experienced reporters and editors on large, comprehensive projects in the fields of Health, Politics and Justice. Areas of focus may include data crunching, submitting records requests, graphics creation, reporting and writing
“These internships are designed to be as immersive as possible,” says Managing Editor Michael Guidry. “Our interns get to work alongside experienced editors and journalists, contributing to the enterprise reporting Mississippi Today has become trusted to deliver.”
Among past interns are Alex Rozier, Simeon Gates and Richard Lake. Rozier has been Mississippi Today’s data and environmental reporter since 2017. Gates was a 2024 reporting intern and now serves as the newsroom’s general assignment reporter. Lake joined Mississippi Today in 2024 as its Audience Engagement Specialist.
“Mississippi Today’s internship threw me right into the mix of local reporting, something that was hard for me to find just coming out of college,” Rozier said. “At a lot of other journalism internships, you get stuck doing data entry or transcribing interviews. But here I was immediately getting assigned stories to do by myself. Even though I was new to the state and much greener than my colleagues, I felt treated like an actual reporter, and like I was actually needed to fill holes in our reporting.”
“My Mississippi Today intern experience elevated my skills and professional development in ways that still impact my day to day in my current role,” added Lake. “Utilizing interns as actual team members that are enabled to handle impactful projects, alongside the best journalists in this state, is what sets this opportunity apart from others.”
The paid, 10-week internship runs June 9 through August 8. Candidates interested in the video internship can apply here. Those interested in the reporting internship can apply here. Deadline to apply is Friday, May 9. Additional questions? Contact HR Director Dylan Penny at dpenny@deepsouthtoday.org.
