The Boca Raton Tribune’s Internship Program: Teaching The New Generation of Journalists
Since 2011, The Boca Raton Tribune Internship Program has been giving local high school and college students an opportunity to achieve real world journalism and business experience.
For more than 4 years, The Boca Raton Tribune has been providing hyper-local independent journalism in Boca Raton without any external investment. All the funding for this program was provided by the Heizer Family, the owners of the newspaper.
Through the years, they have been investing more and more in the talented students of Boca Raton. But now it’s your time to participate in this program.
Today, even with our limitations, we are changing students’ lives by providing them with real workplace experience. They have been motivated, encouraged, and trained by us to be the professionals that they need to be in order to attain success in their path.
Many have soared thanks to this program like WAPTV News Anchor Jennifer Ortega, who began her career here at The Boca Raton Tribune. But she is not the only one – we are proud to say that we have many former interns working at mainstream newspapers in South Florida such as The Palm Beach Post and the Sun-Sentinel.
The fall semester has already begun and the Tribune currently has 8 interns at the office.
Our Fall Internship program ends on December 12th. Students who begin in the middle of the semester will be required to complete their period after the semester ends.
With the IndieGoGo campaign, the Tribune will be able to train up to 20 eager students, more than we have ever before.
The internship program is already one of the most talked about If we want to expand this program, we need to hire more mentors, buy high-end equipment and software, and give our interns financial assistance to pay for their transportation. Along with that, we want to be able to provide them with lunch for the days they are at the office. We know their potential, and we know they can soar. But we can’t do it alone – we need your help.
Boca Raton has the perfect combination to make this program a success:
- Two major state schools, PBSC and FAU.
- A variety of High Schools with IB and STEM Programs, Magnetic Schools, and Schools of Arts in our backyard.
- Experienced and award-winning journalists who have retired and are ready to lead the younger generation in their footsteps.
- A handful of retired CEOs and high-level executives eager to spread their knowledge.
- People like you, who believe that we can change lives
In keeping with the spirit of a community newspaper, we want to give all of our readers a chance to contribute and benefit from our efforts. We depend upon the support of readers like you in order to succeed in nurturing the talents of local students.
Our goal is to help local talent stay local by giving students a pathway to a full-time career. Everybody knows how hard it has been these days for students to get professional experience in the career of their choice. We also know that without experience, these students will end up inside jobs, bringing much frustration and disappointment to many young lives.
In short, our mission is to train local students for local jobs and to prepare them for real community leadership.
You can find more information on the internship program here, or by clicking on the photo below.
