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  Internships

Each year the National Geographic Society offers a limited number of students the opportunity to become involved in our activities through internships. These programs are highly competitive and target students with skills and determination in fields pertinent to the Society’s work.

Our geography internship is designed for geography and cartography majors enrolled in their junior or senior year of college or in a master’s program. Information about this program, which presently accommodates approximately 18 students at various times during the year, is sent late each summer to heads of geography departments at colleges and universities throughout the United States. They are asked to encourage only their strongest students to apply.

Our photography internship is awarded to the winner of the National Press Photographers “College Photographer of the Year” competition. Information on entering this contest can be obtained from the College Photographer of the Year Competition, Photojournalism Program, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 105 Lee Hills Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211, telephone +1 314 882 4442.

We provide an internship in journalism for one college student selected by the American Society of Magazine Editors. This student, as well as 50 or so they place with other magazines, must be in his or her junior year and must have demonstrated a commitment to journalism as a profession. Announcements about the program are available at college English or journalism departments. They can also be obtained from the American Society of Magazine Editors, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, telephone +1 212 872 3737.

Internships on our Television staff consist of three summer placements in the categories of story development/research, production, and public relations/marketing. Interested students should send résumés, by the last day in February, to: Peg Connor, National Geographic Television, 1145 17th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-4688.