When I announced we’d be having a few interns (er, “microinterns”) this summer, I could not have guessed the response: 166 applicants from six countries, a huge swath of them terrific. It was a long battle winnowing their number down — and I ended up taking more than I’d expected — but these seven won [...]

A quick update on our summer microinternships: We got 166 applications from six countries. I’ve read them all, and there’s some real gold in there. And I have maybe five spots.
What I’m trying to say is that a bunch of great applicants are going to hear less-than-great news from me in the next week or [...]

A quick reminder: You’ve got one week left to apply for a Nieman Journalism Lab microinternship. The pay will be disappointing, but the experience will be thrilling! Details at that link.

It’s now often possible to walk around Boston without mukluks, so summer can’t be too far off. And that means it’s time to announce the first Nieman Journalism Lab summer internships.
Rather than a traditional full-time internship, we’re trying something a little different. We’re calling it a microinternship. (You can still put “intern” on your resume, [...]