High School Sports Intern - Fall 2026
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HNP Dallas Morning News
Dallas, TX, US
Summary
The intern will cover high school football and volleyball, writing weekly posts and feature stories. Responsibilities also include capturing multimedia content and covering professional and college sporting events.
Job Description
High School Sports Intern
Join our SportsDay team as a fall intern covering high school football and other sports.
Job Description: The intern will be a member of The Dallas Morning News’ award-winning sports staff. Reporting assignments will be a mix of daily and enterprise coverage, mostly high school football, but there will be opportunities to cover college and professional sports, as well as general assignment news. Weekend work is required. A cover letter and résumé with references are required with all applications. Applicants should send no more than five published clips, and if sending links, please include a username and password.
What will you do?
● Cover high school football and volleyball games
● Write weekly posts on teams, games and players to watch
● Pitch and write features and enterprise or trend pieces on high school sports
● Take photos and videos using your phone at events
● Maintain an active presence on social media
● Cover college and professional sporting events, such as the State Fair Classic, the Red River Rivalry and Dallas Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars and Wings games.
● Work nights, weekends and occasional holidays as dictated by the news cycle
What will it take to be successful?
● Strong writing and editing skills
● At least one previous internship in sports media
● Strong news judgment and excellent verbal and analytical skills
● Experience covering breaking news
● Strong organizational and time-management skills
● The ability to work under pressure with assigned deadlines
Experiment with Advanced AI to enhance journalism and reporting efforts
Our state-of-the-art AI tools, including ChatGPT Enterprise as well as the many Hearst DevHub-built tools, act as a smart assistant for routine work. In our newsroom, you will use AI to:
- Generate headline options, SEO keywords or alert language
- Clean up grammar, apply style and improve clarity
- Version stories for different formats (video, audio) or platforms (social media)
- Monitor public meetings and get alerts with transcripts and video
- AI-assisted data processing and summarization, human-verified before use
Advanced AI is not a journalist, but it can facilitate and accelerate the work of journalism.
Exclusive Partnership with OpenAI
Through our strategic content partnership with OpenAI and our exclusive ChatGPT Enterprise license, we have unparalleled access to the latest advancements in AI technology.
About the Hearst DevHub
A key segment of our editorial innovation team is the AI group, which works on developing ambitious, reader-facing experiments and projects with accuracy as a core metric.
About The Dallas Morning News
Since 1885, The Dallas Morning News (www.dallasnews.com) has been North Texas’ trusted source for credible, independent journalism — reporting with accuracy, fairness and integrity. Each week, we reach more than 4 million people across print, digital, and social platforms, covering the stories that shape life in Dallas and across the state. From politics and public policy to business, culture and sports, our mission is to inform, engage and reflect the diverse communities we serve.
Our staff works in the office at least three days a week. The Dallas Morning News believes a collaborative and inclusive work environment is essential to a thriving workplace. We support one another as we produce revelatory work with our community in mind. We are in search of a diverse group of candidates.
About Hearst Newspapers:
With 2,500 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, including the Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany). Our portfolio also includes several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites such as Chron., CT Insider, MySA and SFGATE, along with marketing services businesses like Medium Giant and entertainment brands such as King Features Syndicate.
At HNP, we’re investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories — growing newsrooms, diversifying tools and evolving platforms — to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.
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We are at the intersection of what matters
- To the local communities we serve.
- To the national conversation we inform.
- To the employees we invest in.
- To the advertisers whose results we deliver.
Today, Hearst Newspapers (HNP) employs over 2,500+ employees and encompasses more than 75 brands across a national network, with an unparalleled commitment to the communities we serve.
While our reach is national, giving us a vast array of resources, our focus is local. Our comprehensive portfolio of modern local and regional brands, services, and solutions redefines what ‘local news’ means and how it connects communities across the country. We inform, educate, and entertain 45 million digital visitors monthly and over 6 million print readers weekly through a collective network of 50+ leading websites, 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, innovative digital products, and businesses such as King Features, Hearst DevHub, and more.
It is our mission to be the most trusted, most respected and most accurate source of news and information in the communities that we serve. We place our readers' interests above all others, and dedicate ourselves to the principles of truthfulness, fairness and independence. We understand that the free flow of accurate information is vital to our system of government and the foundations of our economy.
In addition to our journalistic commitment, HNP partners with thousands of local, regional, and national businesses, providing best-in-class advertising and marketing services each year.
Please consider joining us at HNP. You will have the opportunity to create your story and evolve your local news landscape. Your headline awaits!
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Newspaper Publishing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
New York, NY
We are at the intersection of what matters
- To the local communities we serve.
- To the national conversation we inform.
- To the employees we invest in.
- To the advertisers whose results we deliver.
Today, Hearst Newspapers (HNP) employs over 2,500+ employees and encompasses more than 75 brands across a national network, with an unparalleled commitment to the communities we serve.
While our reach is national, giving us a vast array of resources, our focus is local. Our comprehensive portfolio of modern local and regional brands, services, and solutions redefines what ‘local news’ means and how it connects communities across the country. We inform, educate, and entertain 45 million digital visitors monthly and over 6 million print readers weekly through a collective network of 50+ leading websites, 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, innovative digital products, and businesses such as King Features, Hearst DevHub, and more.
It is our mission to be the most trusted, most respected and most accurate source of news and information in the communities that we serve. We place our readers' interests above all others, and dedicate ourselves to the principles of truthfulness, fairness and independence. We understand that the free flow of accurate information is vital to our system of government and the foundations of our economy.
In addition to our journalistic commitment, HNP partners with thousands of local, regional, and national businesses, providing best-in-class advertising and marketing services each year.
Please consider joining us at HNP. You will have the opportunity to create your story and evolve your local news landscape. Your headline awaits!
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Newspaper Publishing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
New York, NY
