Military Veterans in Journalism is pleased to announce the return of the MVJ-NPR internship collaboration. MVJ and NPR will select one military veteran to serve as NPR’s Throughline and The Sunday Story intern during the 2025 Fall/Winter Internship program.
This internship is an opportunity to work with two different teams on all aspects of podcast production — assessing pitches, booking interviews, prepping interviews, researching, writing and assembling drafts, editing audio, and scoring. The selected intern will be exposed to the podcast production process from start to finish – seeing episodes go from pitch to publish. This is a fun and demanding six-month role as an active collaborator on two ambitious teams — three months will be spent with The Sunday Story and three months will be spent with Throughline.
Interns at NPR are given real-world, hands-on responsibilities from their first day and work alongside top professionals. The internship will be a 40 hour per week paid program. This will be a great early career step for veterans working to advance within the journalism world – you’ll get valuable experience providing coverage across platforms and learn from established storytellers at one of the industry’s top newsrooms.
Application deadline: July 27, 2025, 11:59 PM ET
During the six-month program, interns will have the opportunity to experience and support the work of the team in the following areas:
- Conduct research for stories we’re working on
- Contribute to interview and script preparation
- Log taped interviews and/or correct computer-aided transcriptions
- Book guests and arrange interviews via phone, Zoom, tape syncs, ISDN, etc.
- Provide feedback at pitch and editorial meetings
- Write digital copy for NPR.org and social media
- Mix and score audio for episodes and promos
- Assist in fact-checking
- Give feedback on unfinished episodes in group edits
- Find archival tape for episodes
Interested candidates should note what NPR is looking for:
- Audio production experience
- Knowledge and comfort with a Digital Audio Workstation (ProTools preferred but not required)
- Strong interest in (and love for) longform journalism/storytelling and podcasts
- Curious about current events, social issues, and history, and surprising ways to shed light on them
- Proficient on social media platforms, including Threads, Facebook, and Instagram
Interns are expected to work 40 hours per week for 6 months and will be paid throughout the internship. NPR provides interns with multiple benefits and amenities, including immediate eligibility to contribute electively to a Principal 403(b) retirement plan and access to the Transit Flexible Spending Account for commuter benefits, among others. Interns have access to professional development opportunities and can benefit from flexible work hours and telecommuting options.
Please see the full job description here for more information.
