The National Football League (NFL) and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) have announced a partnership to offer four summer internships for students at the League’s New York headquarters and Los Angeles office. The NFL-NABJ internship program will offer students seeking content opportunities in sports a hands-on, unmatched, and behind-the-scenes learning experience. Interns will be placed with NFL Communications (New York City), the NFL Media Group (Los Angeles), or NFL Football Operations (New York City).
“By providing diverse students with early exposure to fast-paced communications at the most popular professional sports league in the U.S., this new internship program will serve as a valuable laboratory for the next generation of storytellers and sports communicators,” said JOCELYN MOORE, NFL Executive Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs.
The new partnership will augment the NFL’s current summer internship program, providing selected students with the opportunity to explore all aspects of the business of professional football through challenging project assignments, speaker presentations, mentoring relationships, and networking opportunities.
Each intern will also receive a sponsored trip to the 2020 NABJ-NAHJ Convention and Career Fair which will take place in Washington, D.C. from July 8, 2020 to July 12, 2020. During the convention, interns will work as content creators for the NABJ’s Sports Task Force website and social media channels. As part of the program, all interns will be assigned a mentor selected by the Chair of the NABJ’s Sports Task Force, A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston.
The application deadline for the 2020 NFL-NABJ Summer Internship is Friday, January 17, 2020. To be considered, the applicant must be an NABJ student member and a rising senior, graduating in either fall of 2020 or spring of 2021. To view the application and a full list of requirements click here NABJ Application.
