Health Editorial Summer 2025 Intern

U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for nearly 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews.

We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

We are looking for a motivated journalism student who’s interested in consumer health and wellness to join our Consumer Advice Health team this summer. The role will be primarily to assist with developing story ideas, updating health stories, outreach to experts, creating video and graphics for social media, and fact-checking and medical review . For the right intern, bylined writing opportunities are also possible.

Are you up to the challenge?

• Help research and write content on Medicare, Senior Living, Healthy Aging, Wellness and Disease Prevention
• Fact checking
• Update, edit and optimize older health stories
• Create videos and other multimedia products for social media
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Eligible candidates must be one of the following:
• Part-time or full-time students who have completed 48 credit hours (rising juniors/seniors and graduate students) and are enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university
• Part-time or full-time students enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited college or university
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, professionalism and maturity in the workplace
• Effective communicator in both written and spoken English
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in use of MSOffice Suite and Google Docs
• 3.0 GPA or above preferred
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of AP style
• SEO savvy and some familiarity with Google Analytics, Semrush or other SEO tools
• Interest and/or familiarity in writing consumer advice content about health and wellness
• Video and graphics capability
• Social media savvy
  
  
  

Summer Intern Program Description:

• 10 weeks; starting on Monday, June 2 through Friday, Aug 8, 2025
• We expect interns to work 37.5 hours/week, Monday- Friday
• All candidates must be able to work a hybrid in-office work schedule from our Washington, DC or New York offices.
• Internship pays $17.50 per hour
  
  
  

What it’s like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset!

We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.

• Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity
• Focus on fostering personal and professional growth
• Collaborative Work Environment : Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers
  
  
  

Other Job Info:

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
• Please submit a resume and cover letter for consideration.