Due date: Friday April 11, 2025
Eager to learn more about the workings of a professional newsroom? Curious to use your reporting and writing chops?
TribLive.com, Western Pennsylvania’s most visited news website, is looking for an ambitious, enterprising summer intern. The intern will work alongside a dynamic team of award-winning journalists in Pittsburgh, Tarentum and Greensburg.
The intern will work with editors to produce content for the Trib’s various platforms. You’ll have the opportunity to shadow reporters as they go about their days, whether in the courthouse or covering breaking news events. You will be given assignments to report and write several stories a week on various topics determined by your editor. The editor will work with you to sharpen your journalism skills such as interviewing techniques and how to search for public records.
Requirements:
- A passion for news, a competitive nature and collaborative spirit
- Basic understanding of journalism with at least one completed journalism course
- Ability to write clearly and accurately, with strong command of basic rules of grammar
- Ability to meet deadlines and complete work under pressure
This internship pays $15 an hour, for up to 22.5 hours a week, funded by the Trib and a Pitt English Department Internship Grant. The internship is part of the Trib’s robust internship program, which hosts about a dozen student journalists every summer.
In order to receive funding, you must:
- Be a University of Pittsburgh English major (including DNID), minor, or certificate student, including PPW, Children's Literature, Public Communication of Science and Technology, and Disability Studies.
- Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Provide internship summary, materials, and thank-you for funder at end of internship.
Students may typically only receive ONE English Department Internship grant during their time at Pitt.
To apply, email a cover letter and two to three writing samples to Executive Editor Luis Fabregas at LFabregas@triblive.com.
See attached PDF for additional details.