About this role
SFGATE UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Summer Intern, 2026
Your Impact:
We are looking for two budding digital journalists to join us here at SFGATE, the most-read media site on the entire west coast, for the summer of 2026. This opportunity will immerse the right candidates in the fast-paced world of digital media. They will learn the basics of day-to-day operations for a website with around hundreds of thousands of visits per day and contribute to the daily news cycle, getting valuable real-world clips, plus being part of daily audience building conversations. This position will work closely with our editors to assist with various curation and content-related tasks in all sections of the site. Responsibilities will be tailored to the candidates’ skillsets, but could include story research, article packaging, social media responsibilities, getting photos in the field, attending press conferences and other duties as may be assigned. You will get an opportunity to learn content ideation and occasionally write stories, as needed and as a development opportunity.
Why SFGATE?
Launched in 1994, SFGATE.com was one of the first large-market media sites in the world and served as the exclusive digital home of the San Francisco Chronicle for 19 years. In 2019, the Chronicle (which can now be found online at the paywalled sfchronicle.com) and SFGATE officially became two separately run entities with their own editorial staffs and independent newsrooms.
Today, SFGATE is a digital-only publication that boasted more than 28 million visits a month in 2025 and tells the stories of the people, places and ideas that make San Francisco, and the Bay Area at large, the weird and wonderful place that it is. We help readers navigate their day, whether it’s by keeping them updated on big breaking news, guiding them to interesting local experiences or sharing a part of the Bay they haven’t seen before.
The site is home to seven verticals: Culture, offering a unique mix of the entertainment news you actually need, and the underground stories from hidden corners of the Bay Area you want; Local, the premier destination for everything that life in San Francisco encompasses (from wildly expensive real estate to schools to what it’s like to live above a raucous bar); Sports, covering the intersection of sports and culture; Travel, covering everything from flight deals and travel news to hotel hacks and under-the-radar day trips; Politics, where we keep you up to speed on all local, state and national politics that have implications in the Bay Area; Food, where we tell you the backstory of the people behind the bar and in the kitchen; and News; plus, SFGATE has satellite editors covering California Mountain Towns (including Lake Tahoe), the Central Coast, and Hawaii, plus entire bureaus covering Los Angeles and National Parks across the American West.
Requirements:
- Must be a current student in UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism
- Interns will work 30 hours a week for 8.5 weeks, June-August 2026.
- Passion for journalism and the internet, including keeping a pulse on what’s trending
- Knowledge of the Bay Area
- Ability to quickly grasp new concepts
- Strong attention to detail
- Familiarity with online publications
- Experience at a school newspaper/magazine or similar publication
- Enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn
- Familiarity with social media, particularly Twitter, Instagram and Reddit
HNP Overview:
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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About Hearst Television
We’re ambitious. We’re smart. We want to be the best, to put our mark on every story we tell and every project we take on. We have an uncompromising sense of integrity and an insatiable hunger for quality. And we’re looking for people like us. When you work at Hearst Television, you’ll have the opportunity to create your own Hearst career story. The opportunity to be developed, empowered, and rewarded.
We set a certain standard of excellence for ourselves. But don’t worry, you won’t be trying to meet that standard alone. Our employees enjoy some of the best support in the industry. We foster a culture of diversity, stability and support – you’ll really feel like part of the Hearst Family.
You’ll be able to rely on of one of the largest, most stable news and broadcasting organizations in the country. Hearst Television has been privately owned for over a century - we’re here to stay. We own and/or operate 35 television stations and two radio stations. We reach 21 million U.S. television households across 39 states. Our stations operate web and mobile platforms which reach 25 million unique visitors every month.
Hearst Television has been honored with numerous awards for journalism and innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award. Our community service has been widely acknowledged, including our support for organizations like the Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media, the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation and the Broadcasters Foundation of America.
If you seek to excel in your role, whether it’s in news, sales, marketing, engineering, IT, production, graphics/design, radio or technical, a career at Hearst Television could be the perfect opportunity for you. If you can not only see the bigger picture, but be a part of shaping it, we want to hear from you.
What you'll do
- Interns will assist with various curation and content-related tasks, including story research, article packaging, and social media responsibilities. They will also have opportunities to write stories and participate in daily audience building conversations.
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