College students and 2023 grads have until Feb. 20 to apply for Rural News Network internships at nonprofit newsrooms

College students and 2023 college graduates can apply until Feb. 20 for paid internships available at nine nonprofit newsrooms in the Rural News Network of thhe Institute for Nonprofit News.

The Scripps Howard Fund created the internship program in partnership with INN, to give students of diverse backgrounds high quality, hands-on experience, at no cost to the newsroom.

Six internships will last 10 weeks and three will last 20 weeks. The nine news organizations will host and hire the interns.

The 20-week internships will be at The Daily Yonder, Carolina Public Press and Indian Country Today. The 10-week internships will be at KOSU (Oklahoma State University), South Dakota News Watch, Lower Cape Community Access TV in Massachusetts, Oklahoma Watch, The Conversation US and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

The application is here. Details about compensation are here.