Consult with your MSTD academic adviser to see if you meet the GPA and course requirements for an internship. Deadlines for applications are three to four months before the internship begins. Once you know you are eligible, apply for internships directly to media organizations three to six months before they would begin. You are responsible for sending any required information. Many students apply for a dozen summer internships to land even one.
Internships take varied forms.
They can be full or part time jobs during the summer or part-time during a regular semester. Sometimes students take the fall or spring semester off from school for an important professional experience. In some cases, interns get minimum wage or have their basic expenses covered. In most cases, students work for no pay at all, simply to get professional experience. However, in many cases, U.S. Labor Department regulations require that students working for little or no money be registered for at least one hour of college credit in order to be exempt from minimum wage standards.