Editorial Internship, The Daily Beast's Obsessed

Job Description

Editorial Internship, The Daily Beast’s Obsessed

The Daily Beast delivers award-winning original reporting and sharp opinions from big personalities in the arenas of politics, pop culture, world news, and more. Fiercely independent and armed with irreverent intelligence, The Daily Beast now reaches more than 20 million readers per month. The Daily Beast is based in New York and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC).

Job Description  

The Daily Beast’s Obsessed is seeking a talented, motivated, and dependable Editorial Intern to join our award-winning newsroom on-site in New York. Open to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate students and post-grads, the internship program is an exciting opportunity for emerging journalists to learn how a newsroom works while gaining hands-on experience. The roles are full-time (37.5 hours/week) for three-month periods

Ideal candidates are entertainment obsessives who can work quickly, write cleanly and with some flair, and both take initiative and direction. We are currently looking for eager and talented candidates to start in January 2026.

Qualifications

* Experience writing and reporting stories about entertainment and pop culture.

* A voracious news diet with a focus on celebrity, TV, film and Hollywood.

* Prior knowledge of web publishing and using a content management system is a plus.

* Comfort meeting quick deadlines.

To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter that includes links to 4-6 portfolio pieces.

This position pays an hourly rate of $18.50. The Daily Beast is a globally recognized publication at IAC with our headquarters in New York City.  

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement listed here?  If you’re interested in joining the Beast but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with this job description, we encourage you to give it a shot all the same. It might turn out that you’re just the right candidate for this or other roles. See more about our commitment to diversity at https://www.thedailybeast.com/company/diversity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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