Breaking News Intern - Fall 2026

Job Description

Job Description

Breaking News Internship

The Daily Beast delivers award-winning original reporting and sharp opinions from big personalities in the arenas of politics, pop culture, world news, and more. Fiercely independent and armed with irreverent intelligence, The Daily Beast now reaches more than 20 million readers per month. The Daily Beast is based in New York and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC).

Job Description

The Daily Beast is seeking a talented, motivated, and dependable Breaking News Intern to join our award-winning newsroom on-site in New York as part of the Cheat Sheet/breaking news team. Open to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate students, and post-grads, the internship is an exciting opportunity for emerging journalists to learn how a newsroom works while gaining hands-on experience. The roles are full-time (37.5 hours/week) for three-month periods between September through November. It will include evening and weekend shifts.
Ideal candidates are newshounds who can work quickly, write cleanly and with some flair, and both take initiative and direction.

Qualifications

* Experience writing breaking news.

* A voracious news diet and appetite that covers politics, pop culture, power, and big issues in the national and global conversations.

* Prior knowledge of web publishing and using a content management system is a plus.

* Comfort meeting quick deadlines.

To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter that includes links to 4-6 portfolio pieces. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The pay for this position is $19.00 per hour.

Additional information

Don’t meet every single requirement listed here? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet each and every qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re interested in joining the Beast but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with this job description, we encourage you to give it a shot all the same. It might turn out that you're just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.