Young journalists can gain experience working for an international news desk in the United Kingdom.

The intern will help coordinate up and coming journalists, work directly with a managing editor and potentially write and research articles.

The internship is unpaid, and will last four to six months. Applicants must be a students or graduates of a journalism course, and be passionate about writing and journalism. A resume, cover letter and writing sample should be sent to international@freshties.com.

Young journalists can apply for an internship with Deutsche Welle in Germany. The Berlin deadline is in April, and there is no deadline to work in Bonn.

The internship lasts for one to two months, and gives young journalists the chance to gain practical experience in a communications department.  Applicants must be at least in their third semester of university, and have some experience in radio, TV or multimedia.

Interns do not need to be fluent in German if they are interested in working in a foreign language department. For more information, click here.

The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester.

Deadline: September 15, 2010
Program dates: January 11 to April 16, 2011

The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester. The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Stories written by Scripps Howard interns may be published in newspapers across the United States.

The internship is open to undergraduate journalism or communications students who intend to pursue careers in journalism after graduation. Interns must be fluent in both spoken and written English. Interns who are selected in the program will work in one of two periods: January to April or September to December.

The internship is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, which strives to advance the cause of a free press through support of excellence in journalism, quality journalism education and professional development. International participants in the program are recruited and selected by the International Center for Journalists, which provides training and other assistance to journalists across the globe.

For more information, click here.