AAAS Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship 2025 (Paid) Deadline: 10January 10, 2025
Applications are open for the AAAS Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship 2025. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is proud to offer a summer internship program for students interested in journalism as a career and who want to learn about science writing. Experience what it’s like to cover the scientific and technological issues that shape our global community. The internship is made possible each year by generous sponsors.
The Internship takes place at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of AAAS’s Science magazine, the largest interdisciplinary journal in the world. The program is a paid, 11-week experience, under the guidance of the weekly magazine’s award-winning staff of professional science writers and editors.
Program Details
The program is designed for individuals with a deep commitment to extending the reach of science journalism into communities where there is currently limited participation. By training science journalists with a commitment to diverse communities, the program will help to build the capacity of those individuals to report on scientific issues to a general audience and expand access to the profession to persons including, but not limited to, individuals from diverse populations.
The internship takes place each summer at the Washington, DC headquarters of AAAS’s Science magazine, the largest interdisciplinary journal in the world. Interns spend 11 weeks at Science under the guidance of award-winning reporters and editors and have a chance to experience what science writers do for a living. Interns are expected to contribute to the weekly news section, including bylined articles in the print and electronic news service.
Benefits
- The paid internship provides for travel to and from the internship site in Washington, DC. Living accommodations and expenses are the responsibility of the Intern.
Eligibility
- Applicant must currently be enrolled in an undergraduate, community college or graduate journalism program (current students not enrolled in a formal journalism program but with some journalism experience are welcome to apply, as are those who will be graduating in the spring of 2025).
- A dual major or a minor in a scientific discipline may be advantageous but is not required.
- Preference will be given to applicants who have reported and written news articles on scientific subjects or on technical issues. Such experiences include writing for campus newspapers, university publications, radio stations, online publications, and other media outlets, or interning at another news organization.
Application
The internship runs from approximately June 2, 2025 to August 19, 2025. Interns are expected to attend an in-person orientation and wrap-up session with AAAS Mass Media Fellows. The orientation will run June 4-6, 2025, and the wrap-up is scheduled for August 18-19, 2025.
For more information, visit AAAS Internship.
Visit HERE to check out many more Scholarship opportunities.
Receive Scholarship Updates through our Social Media Channels:
- WhatsApp: Scholarship Region WhatsApp
- Facebook: Scholars Region
- Twitter: @scholarsregion
- Telegram: Scholarship Region
Kindly Note
All Jobs and Opportunities Published on mucuruzi.com are completely free to apply. A candidate should never pay any fee during the recruitment Process. Even if mucuruzi.com does its best to avoid any scam job or opportunity offer, a job seeker or an opportunity seeker is 100% responsible of applying at his own risk.
Check well before applying, if you doubt about the eligibility of any offer do not apply and notifie to mucuruzi.com via this email: mucuruzi2016@gmail.com and remember to never pay any fee to have a job or get any opportunity, if you do so, do it at your own risk.
