About one-sixth of NPR’s staff started as interns.
have been removed from the careers site. The company confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the program has been canceled for the summer.
“We are seeing a worldwide set of economic challenges that have weakened the advertising industry and negatively affected media and technology companies. A major portion of NPR’s revenue comes through corporate sponsorships, which are sensitive to changes like this in the economy,” the network said in a statement to. “Unfortunately this means we have to make hard choices and, in addition to a near hiring freeze, we made the difficult decision to cancel this summer’s internship program.
This is not the first time NPR has canceled the summer internship; it took the same step in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But while that was likely due to a variety of pandemic-related factors , this cut is purely for financial reasons. Two weeks ago, NPR CEO John Lansing sent an email to staffers saying that the network isin corporate sponsorships, and will need to make $10 million in budget cuts this financial year. That accounts for about 3% of NPR’s annual budget.
While the program will hopefully return, there is a time pressure for young graduates. Currently, you have to have graduated in the past year in order to be eligible for the internship, meaning that 2022–2023 graduates could miss out on a major pipeline to public radio careers. NPR did not respond as to whether they will extend the eligibility window moving forward.
Beyond the impact on current NPR staffers who rely on intern labor and the would-be interns in need of experience, the move is another worrying sign for the state of the media business. Between the layoffs at
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