Politico Editorial Internship, New York Summer 2025
Application Deadline: Application decisions will be rolling, and the last day to apply is November 15 at 5:00pm EST.
Internship Dates: June 2025 - August 2025
Hours: 40 Per Week
Compensation: $23/HR
POLITICO's New York team is seeking an editorial intern for Summer 2025. The intern will work from our Lower Manhattan office, contributing to our Playbook newsletter and coverage of Mayor Eric Adams, the City Council and politics and policy in New York City.
They welcome applicants who are recent graduates. Applicants who are still in school must, at least, be rising juniors. The ideal applicant will have experience at a school publication and/or previous experience at a professional news outlet.
What You’ll Do:
Pitch, report and write stories of consequence, both for our audience of influential professionals in New York and POLITICO's wider national readership
Cover spots news as assigned by editors
Work with our New York Playbook team to write and produce our daily newsletter on politics in the state
The intern will be involved in all aspects of content creation and production, including research, reporting, writing, editing and aggregating. Some of this work will occur in early morning hours
What You’ll Need:
A can-do attitude, initiative, good time management and the ability to work well under pressure
Strong critical thinking skills and a desire to not only develop your own story ideas but explain their broader meaning to a sophisticated audience
The ability to write quickly and cleanly while on deadline
Prior hands-on experience as an intern at a professional news outlet and, ideally, experience working on a student publication
A passion for politics and policy and a thirst to learn how New York works
Application materials:
Resume
Cover Letter
Letter of recommendation (please submit with the other documents in your application. If need be the recommender should send it to careers@politico.com)
3-5 original clips to showcase your experience
Learn More & Apply HERE!
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