PRINCETON, N.J. — The Dow Jones News Fund will train and send 86 undergraduate and graduate students to work as news and sports copy editors, multimedia editors and business reporters at news organizations across the country this summer. The students were selected from among 600 applicants for the prestigious paid internships.
“DJNF’s internship programs continue to enjoy the strong support of the media because of our ability to adapt to its needs,” said Rich Holden, executive director. “By partnering with the top journalism schools, we have been able to match talented student journalists with excellent opportunities to learn from and work with professional journalists.”
Richard J. Levine, president of the Fund’s board of directors, said, “The flow of young talent into journalism and the willingness of the nation’s publishers and editors to support the Dow Jones News Fund’s intern program in the face of serious financial challenges bodes well for the future of quality journalism in this country.”
DJNF paid summer internship programs, which began in 1962, will feature seven training sites starting in May. Interns work a minimum of 10 weeks and those returning to college will receive $1,000 scholarships.
Fourteen multimedia interns will be trained at Western Kentucky University by Dr. Pam Johnson. They are: Michelle Dendy, University of Central Florida, The Palm Beach Post; Grace Muller, Pennsylvania State University, AccuWeather, State College, Pa.; William Smith, University of West Florida, The Denver Post; Stefania Ferro, University of Florida, The Indianapolis Star; Andrew Faust, High Point University, Scripps Networks; Mary Kenkel, University of St. Thomas, frontdoor.com; Shane Hall, University of Texas, Austin, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Jarod Phillips, Texas State University, International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.; Derrick Haynes, Howard University, WSJ.com; La Toya Tooles, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Center for Investigative Reporting, CalWatch.org, Berkeley, Calif.; Alyssa Brumback, Ball State University, Patch, Chicago metro area; Andrew Krietz, Michigan State University, Patch, Boston area; David Uberti, Northwestern University, Patch, Detroit area, and Jannon Barrow, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism, Patch, Berkeley area.
Ten copy editing interns for the northeast metropolitan region will be trained at Temple University, Philadelphia, by Dr. Ed Trayes. They are: Jonah Comstock, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Newsday; Caitlin O’Conner, University of Florida, The Wall Street Journal; Christine DiGangi, DePauw University, The New York Times Regional Group; Jordan Gamble, University of Notre Dame, The New York Times; Kirk Greenwood, Lehigh University , The Hartford Courant; Emilee Lindner, St. Bonaventure University, Dow Jones Newswires; Maggie Astor, Barnard College, The New York Times; Wesley DuPlantier, University of Missouri, Columbia, WSJ.com; Samuel Weigley, DePauw University, The Wall Street Journal; Caryn Wilson, Florida A&M University, The New York Times.
Eleven copy editing interns assigned to midwestern states will be trained at the University of Missouri, Columbia, by Brian Brooks, associate dean of the School of Journalism. They are: Erin Ivie, University of Utah, Bay Area News Group; Stephen Krause, Wayne State University, Detroit News; Shaina Cavazos, University of Missouri, Columbia, The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill.; Dana Meredith, University of Kansas, Kansas City Star; Kristina Vragovic, Indiana University, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Andrew Jenkins, University of Missouri, Columbia, Kansas City Star; Renee Selanders, University of Oklahoma, The Indianapolis Star; Jessica Stephens, University of Missouri, Columbia, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Amy Barnette, University of Memphis, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Pooja Kansal, Indiana University, The Los Angeles Times; Sarah Tucker, University of Missouri, The Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald.
Eleven editing interns assigned to news organization in the West will attend training at the University of Texas, Austin, led by S. Griffin Singer. They are: Nicole Hill, University of Oklahoma, Austin American-Statesman; Margaux Henquinet, University of Missouri, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo; Nora Simon, University of Oregon, The Oregonian; Celia Darrough, University of Oregon, The Stockton Record/San Joaquin; Carol Fan, University of California, Los Angeles, San Francisco Chronicle; Chris Lusk, University of Oklahoma, The Dallas Morning News; Leslie Hansen, University of Texas, Austin, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise; Kenneth Contrata, University of Arizona, The Denver Post; Katie Goodwin, University of Nevada, Reno, San Francisco Chronicle; Geoffrey DeCanio, The University of Texas, Center for Investigative Reporting, CalWatch.org, Berkeley, Calif., and Kelly Belton, Louisiana Tech, The El Paso Times.
Eleven interns who will work as copy editors in Pennsylvania, suburban New York and southern states will be instructed by John Dillon at Pennsylvania State University. They are: Deborah Pearsall, Lehigh University, St. Petersburg Times; Gabriella LaVerghetta, University of Maryland, Media General Consolidated Editing Center, Richmond; Chelsy Tracz, University of Central Florida, The Palm Beach Post; Erin Fischesser, Miami University, The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette; Laurie Stern, Pennsylvania State University, The Journal-News, White Plains, N.Y.; Zachary Aldrich, University of Missouri, Naples (Fla.) Daily News; Caitlin Sellers, Pennsylvania State University, The Roanoke (Va.) Times; Sarah Rankin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Media General Consolidated Editing Center, Tampa; Justin Sanak, University of Central Florida, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Arielle Retting, Radford University, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk; Edgar Ramirez, Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Nine sports copy editing interns will be trained at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, by Dr. Charlyne Berens. They are: Matthew Pentz, Ohio University, The Hartford Courant; Jennifer Romeo, Virginia Polytechnic University, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y.; Davis Harper, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post; Quin Loendorf, University of Montana, The Denver Post; Jessica Gillespie, University of Central Florida, The Journal-News, White Plains, N.Y.; Alex Iniguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Matthew Draper, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, The New York Post; Joel Petterson, University of Kansas, The New York Times; Ryan Winn, Indiana University, The Chicago Tribune.
Twenty business reporting interns will attend training at Dow Jones & Company in New York directed by Michelle LaRoche, training and recruitment editor for Dow Jones Newswires. They are: Lisa Stryjewski, Rice University, Barron’s; Austin Kurth, University of Texas, Austin, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Tania Chen, Northwestern University, Dow Jones Newswires; Nathalie Tadena, Northwestern University, Dow Jones Newswires; Sisi Wei, Northwestern University, Dow Jones Newswires; Georgia Wells, Stanford University, MarketWatch.com; Dawn Lim, New York University, MarketWatch.com; Sara Sjølin, New York University, MarketWatch.com; Johanna Somers, University of Missouri, Naples (Fla.) Daily News; Justin Hilley, University of Kansas, The Denver Post; Shalini Ramachandran, Emory University, The Wall Street Journal, Atlanta; Jack Nicas, Boston University, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago; Alexandra Wexler, Stanford, The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong; David Ferry, University of California, Berkeley, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco; Richard Autry, Bowling Green State University, The Wall Street Journal, New York; Saabira Chaudhuri, New York University graduate, The Wall Street Journal, New York; Wesley Lowery, Ohio University, The Wall Street Journal, New York; Aatekah Mir, Daniel Pearl Fellow and senior sub-editor at the Express Tribune, Lahore, Pakistan, The Wall Street Journal, New York. In addition, the Advertising Specialty Institute of Trevose, Pa., selected Mae Fairfield, Muhlenberg College, and Ashley Reid, a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.
