Finding the Right Internship

How to find your niche

Graphic | Cory Montero

By: Alex Kendall
– Managing Editor

JOURNALISM

Enjoys persuasive writing, reporting breaking news and being a source of information

Ideal Internships:
KSDK
Riverfront Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
— See also Photography

PHOTOGRAPHY

Enjoys being behind the scenes, capturing life in the moment and telling a visually compelling story

Ideal Internships:
Alive Magazine
Habitat for Humanity
Botanical Gardens
— See also Music

BUSINESS

Enjoys the professional world, managing accounts and the ability to run their own establishment

Ideal Internships:
Scottrade
Edward Jones
Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
–See also Marketing

MUSIC

Enjoys various concerts, meeting local and regional bands and sounds from around the world

Ideal Internships:
Eleven Magazine
The Muny
Laclede’s Landing
— See also Broadcast

MARKETING

Enjoys branding a product, finding a target audience and getting that product into a consumer’s hands

Ideal Internships:
Nestle Purina
SanDisk
St. Louis Rams
— See also Business

BIOLOGY

Enjoys discovering how living creatures work, the habits and habitats of animals and the make up of the human body

Ideal Internships:
Butterfly House
St. Louis Science Center
St. Louis Zoo
— See also History

DESIGN

Enjoys the stroke of a brush, the beautiful curves of Helvetica and creating an image that will live on

Ideal Internships:
Saint Louis Artists’ Guild
Art Saint Louis
Non profit organizations
— See also Photography

BROADCAST

Enjoys being the face of radio programming, the occasional morning show and playing the latest hits on the air waves

Ideal Internships:
88.1 KDHX
Z 107.7
590 KFNS
— See also Journalism

HISTORY

Enjoys learning from the past, applying that knowledge to the present and preparing for the future

Ideal Internships:
History Museum
St. Louis Art Museum
St. Louis Historical Society
— See also Biology

SAINT LOUIS

Enjoys local sports teams, the Hill, Forest Park, toasted ravs, provel cheese and thin crust pizza

Ideal Internships:
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Magazine
St. Louis Blues
— See also: Everything Else