Internships

Due date: Thursday, May 8, 2025

Looking to learn about the ins and outs of media entrepreneurship and content creation through behind-the-scenes experience with a women-owned creative production company?

The Gold Horse, a boutique creative production company based in Los Angeles and New York, is seeking up to 4 passionate and detail-oriented Entrepreneurial Interns from Pitt to join dynamic leader Dalit Gwenna Branch and team at our LA hub. As a Gold Horse Entrepreneurial Intern, you will dive into the fast-paced world of creative production which is essentially supporting product advertising and asset production through photoshoots and video shoots.

We execute content creation for top-tier brands as well as supporting inspiring smaller brands with iphone content. Working closely with our experienced creative team, you’ll contribute to delivering innovative, memorable content that engages audiences across platforms—from glossy print to viral social media campaigns. All prep is typically done remotely, while on shoot days we come together. This unpaid internship offers hands-on experience for those eager to build a career in creative production, advertising, social media, fashion, branding, or media.

See attached PDF for more details.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter indicating why you are interested in this position, to engintern@pitt.edu by Thursday, May 8. If you have questions, please direct them to jmh173@pitt.edu.

You’ll get experience with InDesign, photography, features, straight news, event coverage, and event previews for this community newspaper. Interns write weekly articles for publication.

Are you interested in learning more about health and/or medical writing as a career?

Check out this internship opportunity with The Office of Strategic Communications (Health Sciences) with either Pitt Med Magazine, a quarterly magazine for all audiences about current science and health, or the Strategic Communications Team, a team focused on various professional communications across several platforms. The OSC is currently taking applications for summer and fall internships. See information below and the listing on Pitt Med's website here.

Pay: This is an unpaid internship that offers academic credit

Interns will work a minimum of 12 hours per week

To Apply: send a resume, up to three writing samples, and the attached form to pitths@pitt.edu.

TribLive.com, Western Pennsylvania’s most visited news website, hosts a funded summer internship for ambitious, enterprising students interested in journalism. The TribLIVE intern works alongside a dynamic team of award-winning journalists in Pittsburgh, Tarentum and Greensburg. The Trib was named Best Overall Newspaper four of the last five years by the Pennsylvania chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Trib's news platforms include two daily newspapers (Tribune-Review), 11 weeklies and TribLIVE.com, which receives more than 300 million pageviews a year. As a TribLive intern, 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. Applications for the summer program open in February, with a deadline in early March.  

For more information, contact Luis Fabregas at lfabregas@triblive.com.  

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.

Internships may involve grant writing, fundraising, working with children in need, creating guides, and helping this local nonprofit encourage outdoor activities. Send a resume, cover letter, and 3 references to publicprograms@ventureoutdoors.org. For more information about these internships, you can email info@ventureoutdoors.org or call 412-255-0564.

Due date: Friday April 12, 2024

Are you interested in writing for the tourism and travel industry?

Visit Erie, the leader of marketing Erie’s tourism industry, is seeking applications for summer and fall 2024 internships in Marketing.

Bonus – you’d be working with a Pitt News alum! Visit Erie has had a great experience with the last two Pitt students who interned and would always like to see more. #H2P

See attached flyer for details.

Deadline extended -- Students should apply here April 12: https://visiterie.com/internships

90.5 WESA is Pittsburgh's NPR News Station. The internship program includes training sessions and mentoring by professional reporters, hosts, and editors. Internships are unpaid and candidates must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate school program. Academic credit can be awarded based on mutual agreement between the intern's school and 90.5 WESA.

This internship site has a number of opportunities for students focused on science/environmental. They offer a variety of hands-on projects in areas such as plant ecology. The Conservancy is a nonprofit "dedicated to protecting the region's exceptional natural places." Of special interest is the Fawcett 10-week summer Digital Multimedia Communciations Internship. You would work at Fallngwater in Mill Run, PA, so would need transportation. Their main office is on Waterfront Drive in Pittsburgh and you can call them at 412-288-2777.

The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project (WPWP) works to improve the teaching and learning of writing in schools and communities throughout Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, Beaver, Lawrence, and Butler counties.  The Project engages teachers in their own writing and professional growth and increases opportunities for young people to develop their writing abilities. The WPWP is a site of the National Writing Project, a member of the Pennsylvania State Writing Project Network, and a program of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education. 
 

During the internship period, interns will write public-facing blog posts about the project and project’s history, work (organize, interview, and edit) on the WPWP at 40 digital storytelling initiatives, and manage the project’s social media presence.  
 

WPWP internships are available during the fall, spring, and summer semesters. For more information, contact Dr. Khirsten Scott at KLE37@pitt.edu. 

You’ll learn about TV production, help cover news stories, and learn what’s it’s like to work in TV production. One previous intern got to write the script for the Thanksgiving Parade!

Are you an excellent writer looking for an internship opportunity that will build your skills, portfolio, and network?

The Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Marketing and Communications team needs you. The team includes writers, editors, designers, and multimedia developers who share the stories of our college by translating cutting-edge technical, scientific, and engineering-based content into written and visual stories for a more general audience.

We are looking for a creative communicator to help us with a variety of writing and communications projects, such as:

• Science writing features and briefs
• Alumni and student profiles
• Documentation

• Editing and proofreading

• Fundraising materials

• Social media content
• Research and benchmarking

• Other projects based on skill set and interest

See attached flyer for full details.

This independent public-radio station on the Southside teaches you about radio. Ask to work in content and production. You’ll write CD reviews, create event calendars, write on-air announcements and learn Adobe Audition.

Due Date: Monday, September 1 2025

Want to develop multimedia content for a boutique, Pittsburgh media company involved in podcasting, video, live events, and community engagement?

To apply, send a resume and writing samples OR social media content calendars or strategies/campaigns to Rachael@yajagoff.com and John@yajagoff.com. For video content submissions, please use Dropbox or Google.

The YWCA "empowers women and their families, advocates for fair and equitable conditions and challenges social and racial injustice". Examples of their programs include a women's resource center, child care, Keystone STARS, Homewood-Brighton Child Development and Education, youth services and STEM education, health and wellness, and a center for race and gender equity. Their headquarters are on Wood Street in downtown Pittsburgh. You can work with young people as a mentor but they also need people for research, writing, events, graphic design, social media, communications and development.