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Communications

Host Organizations from the Last Three Years

  • Altoona Mirror
  • Hubbard Broadcasting
  • Penn State Altoona
  • St. Luke's University Health Network
  • WTAJ-TV 10

Suggested Host Sites to Explore

Note: These organizations may or may not be actively seeking interns at this time. You should feel free to contact them to inquire about the possibility of an internship or to contact the college’s Internship Coordinator to discuss a strategy for approaching organizations in which you are interested.

Local

  • Altoona Blair County Development (ABCD) Corporation
  • Altoona Curve Baseball
  • Altoona Symphony Orchestra
  • American Cancer Society of Blair County
  • ArtsAltoona
  • Blair County Chamber of Commerce
  • Clearwater Conservancy
  • Forever Broadcasting
  • Greater Huntingdon Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Home Nursing Agency
  • Intermunicipal Relations Committee, Council of Governments
  • JPL Productions
  • Lakemont Park--Events Management
  • Lion Country Supply
  • Manning Photography
  • McIntyre's Candies
  • McLanahan Corporation Marketing and Communications Intern
  • Minitab--Trade Show & Corporate Events Intern
  • North American Communications (NAC)
  • Operation Our Town
  • PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) internships
  • Penn State Altoona Sustainability Council Internship
  • PennDOT Cultural Resource Management summer internship
  • Pennsylvania Business Central
  • Pennview Suites
  • Roaring Spring Library PR internship
  • Sinking Valley Country Club
  • The Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • U.S. Senator Bob Casey
  • Western PA Conservancy--Watershed Conservation
  • WHVL-TV
  • WPMT Fox43 York-Harrisburg-Lancaster
  • WPSU
  • WTAJ-TV: Communications

Pennsylvania

  • Heinz History Center
  • Independence Blue Cross summer internships
  • Municipal Intern Program (Pittsburgh Area)
  • National Aviary
  • PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) internships
  • PA Game Commission
  • PA Historical & Museum Commission internships
  • PA House Legislative Fellowship Program
  • PA Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
  • Penn State Center Philadelphia
  • PennDOT Cultural Resource Management summer internship
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art summer internship
  • Philadelphia Zoo internships
  • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  • Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
  • Study Away Pittsburgh
  • Target Corp., Stores Executive Internship
  • U.S. Senator Bob Casey
  • UPMC Summer Associates Program
  • WB17/WPHL-TV Philadelphia
  • West Pharmaceutical Services
  • Western PA Conservancy--Watershed Conservation
  • Wilma Theatre internships in Arts Administration
  • WTAE-TV
  • WTIF-TV/Radio

National

  • Academy of Television Arts & Sciences summer internships
  • Ad Agencies Nationwide
  • American Red Cross summer internship
  • American Society of Magazine Editors summer internship program
  • Americans for the Arts
  • CBS News Internship Program
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Children's Defense Fund
  • Chronicle of Higher Education editorial internships
  • Conservancy of Southwest Florida
  • Disney Professional Internships
  • Diversity in the Arts Summer Internship Program
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Dow Jones Internship Program
  • Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media summer internship
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Goldman-Sachs--New Analyst
  • Human Rights Watch
  • IAVA--Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
  • Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Legal Momentum internships
  • Louis Carr Internship Foundation summer internships in communications
  • Marino PR
  • Mayo Clinic internships
  • NASCAR internships
  • National Chambers of Commerce Directory
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Internship Program
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Organization for Women Internships
  • National Public Radio internships
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • NBC Universal
  • New York Times summer internships
  • Nickelodeon internships
  • Pixar
  • Ripken Baseball internships
  • Sierra Club (D.C. office)
  • Sierra Club (S.F. office)
  • Sierra Magazine editorial intern
  • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Smithsonian Internship Opportunities
  • Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
  • StoryCorps
  • T. Howard Foundation Diversity in Media Internship Program
  • Television Academy Foundation internships
  • The Georgia State Games
  • The Nation internship program
  • The Recording Academy
  • Time Warner internships
  • U.S. Department of State Summer Internship Program
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  • Viacom internships
  • Walt Disney World College Program
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  • West Pharmaceutical Services
  • White House Internship Program
  • Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
  • Zappos

Transferring to University Park?

Visit the Career Services and Internships page on the Penn State Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications site.

Additional Internship Resources

Communications students might also find internship opportunities through the following academic programs:

  • Business
  • English
  • Integrative Arts
  • Multidisciplinary Studies

Major-Specific Resources

  • Biology
  • Business
  • Communications
  • Criminal Justice
  • Engineering Technology
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
  • History
  • Human Development and Family Studies
  • Integrative Arts
  • Kinesiology
  • Mathematics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Rail Transportation Engineering
  • Security and Risk Analysis
  • Visual Art Studies
  • General Internship Opportunities
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Internship Spotlight: Payton Perry

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