Newsroom Internship: DC Study Away (Spring 2027)

Charter Communications; Washington; On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Charter Communications’s Spectrum News internship offers a part-time, semester-long opportunity for Syracuse University Newhouse students participating in the DC Study Away program. You'll contribute to real newsroom projects while balancing your coursework, gaining hands-on reporting, production, and digital storytelling experience.

You’ll work with reporters, producers, editors, and audience engagement teams, receiving mentorship and exposure to multiple tracks within a dynamic media

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.
• Must participate in a Newhouse Study Away Program in DC during the internship term.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Pitch, research, and develop stories.
• Assist with live shows, field production, and newsroom operations.
• Create content for broadcast, digital, social, and streaming platforms.
• Learn professional editing, shooting, and writing.
• Work with reporters, producers, editors, and audience engagement teams.
• Support daily newsroom operations and special projects.
• Contribute to multimedia storytelling initiatives.
• Gain exposure to multiple tracks, including Reporting/MMJ, Editorial & Story Development, Digital & Audience Engagement.

Skills

Enrolled at Syracuse University

Study Away Program in DC

Authorization to work in the U.S.

Job description

Charter Communications’s Spectrum News internship offers a part-time, semester-long opportunity for Syracuse University Newhouse students participating in the DC Study Away program. You'll contribute to real newsroom projects while balancing your coursework, gaining hands-on reporting, production, and digital storytelling experience.

You’ll work with reporters, producers, editors, and audience engagement teams, receiving mentorship and exposure to multiple tracks within a dynamic media