2024-2025 NM Local News Fellowships & Internships Application for Newsrooms
The University of New Mexico Department of Communication & Journalism, working in collaboration with NMSU and ENMU, seeks newsrooms to host full-time local news fellows and part-time summer news interns.

The FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM recruits host newsrooms and matches them with recent graduates for a 12-month, full-time, paid fellowship running from Summer 2024 to Summer 2025.

The INTERNSHIP PROGRAM recruits host newsrooms and matches them with current students for an 8-week summer paid internship running from June to August 2023.

This application serves both programs. The deadline is Monday, April 8, 2024.

Complete details are on our website: newmexicolocalnewsfellowships.org

For more information, contact Program Manager Gwyneth Doland at gwynethd@unm.edu or (505) 453-4353.

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Please describe your news organization in terms of its content, audience, staff size and other objective attributes. *
Location: Where is your newsroom based? *
Is your staff working remotely, in an office or a combination? Where will your intern or fellow work? *
Primary Contact: Who will manage this program? *
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Job description: What would a fellow or intern do in your newsroom? Please include specifics. How might a fellow's or intern's duties evolve over the course of this experience? (Our goal is to place fellows and interns in a position where they can both gain important skills and contribute significantly to the service you provide your community.) *
Please describe your newsroom's experience with emerging journalists. What has contributed to your successes? What has been challenging?  *
Who would be your fellow's or intern's designated mentor? Please describe the mentor's experience with emerging journalists. *
The Local News Fellowship & Internship Program promotes innovation, collaboration and community engagement by local news providers. Briefly describe how your organization is approaching innovation, collaboration and community engagement. *
Please describe your organization's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. *
The host newsroom agrees to abide by the terms of the fellowship/internship program. If selected, your newsroom will sign an agreement with the fellow/intern and with our program manager. The agreement will spell out the terms of the arrangement and your news organization will agree to serve as a UNM vendor in order to receive the grant money allocated to your newsroom. (Also, in the case of internships for credit, the school awarding credit would be a party to this agreement, to assure their educational goals are attained.) Please see our the details of these programs on our website (https://sites.google.com/view/nmlocalnewsfellowship/home) as they explain that you will agree to pay the trainee according to your standard employment procedures. You will agree to guide your trainee and provide ongoing feedback and growth opportunities. You will also agree to remain responsive to the program manager who monitors the program, and to provide progress reports as requested. *
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