The Wall Street Journal Sports Reporting Internship (Summer 2027)

About the role

The Wall Street Journal sports internship offers college juniors (and graduate students enrolled by October 31 who will return to school in the fall) an unparalleled opportunity to gain practical work experience in our award‑winning newsrooms in New York, with mentorship and tailored training sessions. Interns work closely with reporters and editors to deliver news and feature stories, generate their own story ideas, and follow stories to completion under editorial supervision. The WSJ focuses on unexpected sports stories that appeal to both hardcore fans and casual readers.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with reporters and editors to deliver news and feature stories.
• Generate own story ideas and follow them through to completion with supervision and guidance from an editor.
• Contribute to the WSJ Sports coverage of unexpected stories that speak to hardcore fans and readers who don’t consider themselves sports nuts.

Requirements

• Be a college junior or a graduate student enrolled in a degree program by the application deadline (October 31) and planning to return to school in the fall.
• Have completed at least one prior reporting internship with a professional media organization, or have published exceptional work with a campus news outlet or as a freelancer.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of the sports world across all major leagues.
• Demonstrated ability in reporting, breaking stories, and writing narrative features.
• Ambitious, audience‑focused, and able to