Reporter Internship-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 Lee Enterprises Inc | |
 United States, Missouri, St. Louis | |
 Oct 23, 2025 | |
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Reporter Internship-St. Louis Post-Dispatch 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. The internship is 37.5 hours per week starting on January 4, 2026, and runs through May 15, 2026. 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. Why Lee? Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. 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 75 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors. Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we participate in E-Verify. 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 . | |