2025 Missouri statehouse reporting internship at Lee Enterprises Inc in Jefferson City, Missouri

Job Description:

Title: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2025 Missouri statehouse reporting internship

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is seeking a college student or new graduate who is relentlessly curious, willing to learn and eager to develop their journalism career for our 19-week full-time paid Jefferson City reporting internship.

This person will work alongside the Post-Dispatch's award-winning statehouse reporters as we cover legislation, legislators, government, politics and the Capitol for readers in our diverse region of 2.8 million people. This person will cover breaking news and be encouraged to develop enterprise ideas.

We are looking for someone with fresh eyes for engaging stories, a track record of excellent work (school publications and websites included) and the willingness to be challenged in a fast-paced and digitally focused job.

If this sounds like you, please attach a resume, six examples of your best work and a cover letter that tells us why you want to pursue journalism and the types of stories you're most passionate about.

The internship is 37.5 hours per week, Jan. 6 to May 17.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 73 markets in 26 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.
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