Journalism internship applications due March 19

The Delaware Community Foundation announced its new journalism internship program to increase media coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in southern Delaware.

Rising college juniors and seniors, and recent graduates are invited to apply. People identifying as Black, indigenous or people of color are particularly encouraged to apply by the deadline of Friday, March 19.

Funded by a Community Needs Grant from the COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund and participating media outlets, this program will embed college students as reporting interns in established Delaware print, broadcast and online news outlets to focus on Black and brown communities which are hit hardest by the pandemic.

The DCF journalism internship program has two goals.

The program will increase mainstream multimedia news coverage of southern Delaware BIPOC communities, focusing on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 and elevating the underlying reasons. The program will increase representation of BIPOC interns in Delaware newsrooms, building a pipeline for greater representation over the long term.

It  also will facilitate collaboration among the newsrooms to generate more in-depth coverage and get the information to a larger audience by leveraging multiple news platforms.

“Strong local journalism fosters stronger communities, increases civic engagement, and provides information that informs good public policy decisions,” said Allison Taylor Levine, DCF vice president for marketing and communications. “This internship program will help deepen our understanding of some of Delaware’s under-covered communities and build a pipeline of underrepresented voices for our newsrooms.”

Participating Delaware news outlets confirmed to date are Cape Gazette, DelawareOnline/The News Journal, Delaware Public Media, Delaware State News, Technical.ly Delaware and WHYY.

For full program details and to apply, go to delcf.org/internship2021.