Reporting Intern, New York (Spring 2027)

About the role

POLITICO is seeking exceptional college students and recent graduates for its Spring 2027 reporting internship in New York. You’re an enterprising and creative journalist eager to report and write for an audience of political and policy junkies. You’re excited to play a critical role in our coverage of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the City Council and politics and policy in America's biggest city. POLITICO is a leading politics and policy newsroom with 1,100+ publishing professionals across key democratic capitals.

Responsibilities

• Pitch, report and write stories of consequence, both for our audience of influential professionals in New York and POLITICO's wider national readership.
• Cover spot news as assigned by editors.
• Work with our New York Playbook team to write and produce our daily newsletter on politics in the state.
• 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.

Requirements

• Demonstrated interest in New York politics and policy.
• Strong foundational reporting and writing skills.
• Excellent news judgment.
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadlines.
• Entrepreneurial mindset.
• Proven experience in a newsroom. At least one professional news media internship or job preferred.

Benefits

• Cover the biggest stories in New York as they unfold, with a behind-the-scenes view of how news gets made.
• Be a full-time reporter. Work independently (and with your team) on breaking news, enterprise, newsletters and more.
• Report in the field as needed.
• Build your skills through biweekly intern-specific trainings, newsroom sessions and direct feedback.

Pay

$23/hr

Schedule

Hybrid, full-time 40 hours/week