Independent Media Summer Internships

The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) sponsors a summer internship program aimed at giving Park students the opportunity to work at some of the best independent media institutions and advocacy nonprofits in the nation. Participating students are awarded financial stipends (of up to $3,200).

In past years, students have interned with:

• The American Prospect, DC
• Brave New Films, Los Angeles, CA
• Bust, 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 Los Angeles
• Free Press, Florence, DC
• Free Speech TV, Denver, CO
• Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA
• In These Times, Chicago, IL
• Indypendent, Brooklyn, NYC
• Insider Louisville, KY
• Insignia Films, NYC
• Institute for Policy Studies, DC
• Institute for Public Accuracy, DC
• The Ithaca Voice, Ithaca, NY
• KCETLink TV, LA
• Laura Flanders Show, NYC
• MADRE, NYC
• Making Contact, Oakland, CA
• Media Matters, DC
• Mother Jones, San Francisco, CA, or DC
• The Nation Institute, NYC
• Open Secrets, DC
• Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia, PA
• POV, Brooklyn, NYC
• Prometheus Radio Project, Philadelphia, PA
• The Progressive, Madison, WI
• The Real News Network, Baltimore, MD
• Seven Stories Press, NYC
• Stone Soup Films, DC
• Transient Pictures, Brooklyn, NYC
• Type Media Center, NYC
• Westword, Denver, CO
• WISE/Women’s Islamic Initiative, NYC
• Women’s Islamic Initiative, NYC
• Working Films, Wilmington, NC
• WRFI Community Radio, Ithaca, NY

Other internship possibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Bitch Media, Portland, OR
• Center for Public Integrity, DC
• Convergence Magazine, remote
• Gotham Gazette, NYC
• Grist, Seattle, WA
• Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, DC
• Prism, remote
• Project Censored, remote
• Truthout, Sacramento, CA
• Waging Nonviolence, remote/NYC
• YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA

Expect to work at the internship a minimum of 25 hours per week, at least 8 weeks (with some exceptions). Many outlets may offer remote opportunities, please inquire with the specific outlet of interest.

STEPS:

1. Students are required to reach out to outlets of interest and secure an internship.
2. Students submit application materials by April 16, 2025 for possible PCIM funding.

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 $3,200 to help defray the costs of the internship.

APPLICATION FOR SUMMER 2025! After securing an internship, submit the application attached below to Mickey Huff at mhuff2@ithaca.edu and Marcy Sutherland at msutherland1@ithaca.edu by April 16th, 2025. Please be sure to read and complete all application instructions before submitting.