Internships
Job Identification: 442136
Job Category: Business & Finance
Posting Date: 11/19/2025
Apply Before: 12/03/2025, 12:58 PM
Degree Level: High School Graduate
Locations: 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620, US
On-site
Essential Personnel: No
WUSF is looking for several college students ready to work in a professional newsroom during the Spring 2026 semester. We’re looking for people with a passion for the headlines and for bringing news to the public radio audience. Our interns work closely with the WUSF News team of seasoned reporters, learning how to research, write, and produce stories for radio and online platforms. It’s a semester where students are treated like real journalists from the start, assigned stories that matter to millions of Tampa Bay area residents.
It’s where they will discover how public media tries to serve its audience differently from commercial news organizations. And WUSF News interns will get a well-rounded dose of what it takes to succeed as a journalist - from deducing what stories to pursue, to gathering sound and writing stories that sing.
WUSF News Internships are considered mentorships, working with the news staff of WUSF. The scholarship duration is one semester and will begin shortly after the start of the semester.
WUSF News interns are paid for their work.
During the spring semester, these are one and two-day-a-week day a week opportunities. Every shift is eight hours long. The applicant must be a student who is interested in journalism and in learning more about researching, writing, and producing news for radio and digital platforms. The applicant should be a good writer, able to take constructive criticism during the editing process, and have some knowledge of public media’s unique reporting style and programming.
WUSF is seeking several interns for the spring semester. Please indicate in your cover letter which semester AND which position(s) you are interested in and why.
Spring internships (up to five) include:
WUSF Rush Family Radio News Internship (two interns) – The Radio News internship is two days a week. Position will include researching assignments, conducting interviews, writing, producing, and voicing daily and in-depth news radio stories, and writing a digital report.
WUSF-USF Zimmerman Rush Family Radio News Internship (two interns) – The Zimmerman internship is one day a week. Position will include researching assignments, conducting interviews, writing, and producing daily audio and digital stories. Students must be enrolled in the USF Zimmerman School.
WUSF Stephen Noble Digital News Internship (one intern) – The Digital News internship is one to two days a week (one must be Friday). Position will include producing visual and audio material for WUSF social media sites, as well as reporting radio and digital stories that will drive web audience, and pulling stories from the weekly Florida Roundup live call-in show.
All internships may also include pulling stories from the daily Florida Matters Live and Local show.
Dates of Internship: January 5, 2026, to May 7, 2026. Orientation will take place at the start of the semester.
Average Number of Hours Per Week: 8 - 16 hours per week.
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. one or two days a week (Monday-Friday). No partial day shifts are available.
Contact Information for Questions about Recruitment: Mark Schreiner at mschreiner@wusf.org
Responsibilities
Researching stories; conducting interviews by phone; gathering sound for stories remotely and in the field; writing copy for stories; assisting reporters as needed; producing news spots and in-depth pieces as assigned (based on knowledge and skill development).
Qualifications
Minimum: These positions require a high school diploma, or equivalent, with one year of general office experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience.
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Preferred: The ideal candidate will be an active consumer of local and national news (including NPR) and should have knowledge of or have taken courses related to journalism, communications, and/or public broadcasting. Experience reporting and writing for other publications, including student newspapers and stations, is a plus. The student must have a working vehicle and a current driver's license class E.