Internships
The go to place for any issue having to do with education across the nation
Education Across the States runs local internships across the country for aspiring journalists. Interns cover education where they live: school board and public meetings, in-person interviews, and research from primary sources — the reporting a national show can't do from a desk.
Published bylines on a national platform when your vetted work airs. Training in public-records and education-beat reporting. Real supervision and feedback on every submission. A portfolio of broadcast-standard work, and a completion letter from the producer at the end of a successful term.
Everything you produce is submitted to the producer for vetting — every claim checked against its source — before anything airs. Interviews are recorded only with clear consent. Nothing is ever invented: no quotes, no figures, no exceptions. Terms run one semester (12–14 weeks), hours are flexible and school-first, and the internship is unpaid and educational in structure, designed to pair with academic credit where your school offers it.
If your New Hampshire high school offers Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs), this internship can be built as one. Your school's ELO coordinator approves a learning plan with us before you start; a certified educator at your school awards the credit; we co-design the plan, supervise and mentor the work, verify hours, give midpoint and final assessment input, and join the final presentation. Guardian consent is required, and applications and check-ins run by email with your coordinator copied. We complete the state's work-based learning approval steps with your school. High-school interns do research and production-support work — source dossiers, research notes, episode preparation — all vetted by the producer before anything airs. Ask your guidance office or ELO coordinator, or write to us and we will send your school the partner information.
Email educationacrossthestates@gmail.com with your name, your city and state, your school or background, two writing or audio samples (class work is fine), one local education story idea from your community, and your availability. If it looks like a fit, the next step is a short call with the producer's office.