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Internships at the Asbury Park Press

Summer Newsroom Internships: 2 reporters
Apply To: Sally Pakutka
Mailing Address: 3601 Highway 66, Box 1550; Neptune, N.J. 07754-1551
Phone: (732) 643-4250
Fax: (732) 643-4013

E-mail Address: sallyp@app.com

Summer Newsroom Internships: 1 photo/design
Apply To: Harris Siegel
Mailing Address: 3601 Highway 66, Box 1550; Neptune, N.J. 07754-1551
Phone: (732) 643-4259
Fax: (732) 643-4013

E-mail Address: harriss@app.com


Application Deadline: January 31

High school students who want to write for the newspaper's teen section should contact Gretchen Van Benthuysen, editor of Whatever. Phone: (732) 643-4211, E-mail Address: teen@app.com

Updated: November 2005

Circulation: Daily, 161,139; Sunday, 215,053

ABC Audit: September 2004

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Internships at the Courier News

Summer Newsroom Internships: 1 reporter, 3-4 other positions unpaid
Spring Newsroom Internships: 2 unpaid (1 reporter, 1 photographer)
Apply To: Paul Grzella, Managing Editor
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6600; Bridgewater, N.J. 08807
Phone: (908) 707-3248
Fax: (908) 707-3252

E-mail Address: pgrzella@gannett.com
 
Application Deadline: January 1 for spring, April 1 for summer, July 1 for fall, November 1 for winter 2008-09

High school students who want to write for the newspaper's teen section should contact Bill Canacci, editor of Teen Scene, at bcanacci@thnt.com .

Summer Advertising Internship: 1
Apply To: Andrea Thorne, advertising director
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6600; Bridgewater, N.J. 07076

E-mail Address: athorne@gannett.com

Updated: December 2007

Circulation: Daily, 39,614; Sunday, 39,032

ABC Audit: March 2005

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Internships at the Courier-Post

Summer Newsroom Internships: 7 unpaid (1 features reporter, 1 metro reporter, 1 sports reporter, 1 business reporter, 1 copy editor, 1 graphic artist, 1 photographer)
Apply To: George Clark, Assistant Metro Editor
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5300; Cherry Hill, N.J. 08034
Phone: (856) 486-2402
Fax: (856) 663-2831

E-mail Address: gclarke@courierpostonline.com


Application Deadline: April 30

High school students who want to write for the newspaper's teen section should contact April Hellmer, editor of St@tic, at Static@courierpostonline.com , or call her at 856-486-2448.

Updated: November 2005

Circulation: Daily, 76,508; Sunday, 91,110

ABC Audit: December 2004

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Internships at The Daily Journal

Summer Newsroom Internship: 1 reporter
Apply To: David Stump, Managing Editor
Mailing Address: 891 E. Oak Road, Vineland, N.J. 08360
Phone: (856) 563-5244

Application Deadline: March 31

Updated: December 2003

Circulation: Daily, 17,636

ABC Audit: December 2003

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Internships at the Daily Record

Summer Newsroom Internships: 1 (usually a reporter)
Apply To: Jack Bowie, Managing Editor
Mailing Address: 800 Jefferson Road; Parsippany, N.J. 07054
Phone: (973) 428-6200
Fax: (973) 428-6666

E-mail Address: jbowie@gannett.com


Application Deadline: January 15

Updated: December 2007

Circulation: Daily, 41,492; Sunday, 43,427

ABC Audit: December 2004

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Internships at the Herald News

Spring and Fall Newsroom Internships
Apply To: Steve McCarthy, Managing Editor
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 471 West Paterson, N.J. 07424-0471
Phone: (973) 569-7111
Fax: (9735659-7129) 565-7208

E-mail Address: stevem@northjersey.com

Updated: December 2004

The Herald News is published as an edition of The Record (Bergen County), whose daily circulation is 175,963.

ABC Audit: December 2004

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Internships at the Jersey Journal

Nine-Month Paid Internships and Three-Month Summer Internships: 11 (5 reporters, 1 photographer, 1 graphic artist/page designer, 1 copy editor, 3 editorial clerks/assistants)
Apply To: Margaret Schmidt, Managing Editor
Mailing Address: 30 Journal Square; Jersey City, N.J. 07306
Phone: (201) 217-2480
Fax: (201) 653-2243

E-Mail Address: mschmidt@jjournal.com

Application Deadline: Internships are staggered, so no deadline applies

High school students who want to write for the newspaper's teen section should contact Craig Garretson, assistant managing editor.

Other Internships
Apply To: Paul Lanaris, Advertising Director; Mandy Otero, Circulation Director; Sharon Ambis, Classified Advertising.

Updated:November 2004

Circulation: Daily, 28,174

ABC Audit: June 2004

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Internships at the New Jersey Herald

Four-Month Summer Internships: 2 reporters
Apply To: Christopher Frear, Editor
Mailing Address: 2 Spring Street, Newton, N.J. 07860
Phone: (973)383-1500
Fax: (973)383-8477

E-mail address: cfrear@njherald.com

Application Deadline: February 28

Updated: December 2007

Circulation: Daily, 16,040; Sunday, 21,755

ABC Audit: December 2004

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Internships at The Press of Atlantic City

Summer Internships: 2 or 3 reporters and one copy editor/layout editor
Apply To: Jim Perskie, Associate Editorial-Page Editor
Mailing Address: Devins Lane, Pleasantville, N.J. 08232
Phone: (609) 272-7267
Fax: (609) 272-7224

E-mail address: jperskie@pressofac.com


Application Deadline: April 1 (especially interested in students from the newspaper's coverage area of Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean Counties)

Updated: November 2007

Circulation: Daily, 72,802; Sunday, 91,266

ABC Audit: September 2004

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Internships at The Star-Ledger

Summer Internships: 10 (news, graphics, photo, sports and business)
Apply To: Tom Curran, Associate Editor
Mailing Address: Summer Internship 2007, 1 Star-Ledger Plaza, Newark, N.J. 07102
Phone: (973) 392-4141
Fax: (973) 392-5845

E-mail Address: tcurran@starledger.com


Application Deadline: November 1

Updated: December 2007

Circulation: Daily, 396,871; Sunday, 598,547

ABC Audit: December 2005

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Internships at The Times, Trenton

Summer Internships: 2 unpaid (for college credit), stipend included
School-Year Internships: 2 unpaid (for college credit only)
Apply To: Peter Callas, Managing Editor
Mailing Address: 500 Perry Street, Trenton, N.J. 08605
Phone: (609) 989-5685
Fax: (609) 394-2819

E-Mail Address: pcallas@njtimes.com


Application Deadline: March 15 for summer internships; August 15 for fall; Nov. 15 for winter; Dec. 15 for spring.

Updated: November 2004

Circulation: Daily, 72,818; Sunday, 76,703

ABC Audit: March 2004

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Internships at The Trentonian

Summer Internships: 1 reporter (unpaid)
Apply To: Bob Tennant, Editor
Mailing Address: 600 Perry Street, Trenton, N.J. 08618
Phone: (609) 989-7800, ext. 201
Fax: (609) 393-6072

E-Mail Address: btennant@trentonian.com

Application Deadline: April 1

Updated: December 2004

Circulation: Daily, 43,925; Sunday, 34,622

ABC Audit: March 2004

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Internships at 24 Horas

Summer Internships: 5 unpaid (reporter, photographer, artist/graphics, Web page, marketing)
School-Year Internships: 5 unpaid (reporter, photographer, artist/graphics, Web page, marketing)
Apply To: Igor Alves, Director of Marketing and Development
Mailing Address: 68 Madison Street, Newark, NJ 07105
Phone: (973) 817-7400
Fax: (973) 817-8383

E-Mail Address: imalves@24horasnewspaper.com


Application Deadline: May 31 for summer internships; August 31 for fall; Jan. 31 for spring.

Updated: December 2007

Circulation: Daily, 10,000

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