Product Internship - Summer 2025

The Minnesota Star Tribune is an innovative modern media organization building on an extraordinary 157-year legacy. With seven Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other accolades, we stand as a beacon of journalistic excellence in Minnesota. Together, we are the heart and voice of the North.

Our mission is to build a better Minnesota by connecting us with the people, ideas, and stories that strengthen our communities. We’re seeking dynamic leaders who are passionate about journalism and democracy to help shape this future. If you are excited about reinventing one of our state’s most trusted institutions and leading us into a new era of growth and excellence, we want to hear from you.

Job Summary:

The Minnesota Star Tribune offers a 10-week summer internship with our digital product department. We select talented college juniors, seniors and graduate students with an interest in the business and technology side of local news. Product interns will be assigned to one of the department’s four teams: analytics, engineering, design, or product management. They will work with departments around the company, including news, advertising, consumer growth and marketing. Each internship will be crafted around the applicant’s skills and interests.

The internship runs from June to early August, with a weekly stipend of $850.

Preferred qualifications:

•  College junior, senior, graduate student, or recent graduate.
•  Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
•  The ability to juggle multiple projects at once.
•  Strong organizational and project management skills.
•  A track record of collaboration.
•  The ability to learn new concepts quickly.

What you’ll do:

This intern will work with product managers, engineers, designers and analysts on projects with company-wide impact. Projects could include user research, UX strategy, A/B testing, product design, AI and innovation exploration, product strategy, data analysis, and more. Throughout the hiring process, applicants will have the opportunity to share their skills, passions, and interests to collaboratively build what their summer projects could look like. Interns can expect to leave The Minnesota Star Tribune with a stronger news product portfolio and an expanded understanding of product thinking in local news.

Application requirements:

•  Three to five examples of work that demonstrates your skills and approach to product. Feel free to get creative with the work you share.
•  A short memo detailing what you would like to work on as a product fellow at The Minnesota Star Tribune. Please include how your project will help us better serve our audience, and how your skills could facilitate such a project in ten weeks.
•  A resume detailing your experience, and three references, including their titles, phone numbers and email addresses.
• Two letters of recommendation. At least one of those letters should come from a manager who has seen you work in a professional environment. Please do not submit letters of reference from fellow students.

All applications must be submitted by Friday, Nov. 1 at 11:59 p.m.

Contact Sydney Lewis with questions at sydney.lewis@startribune.com.