Internship Opportunities
(Updated July 2008)
Not all internships are available every semester. Some internship are paid, but this varies a great deal.
Non-profit public relations
United Way of Greater Chattanooga
Moccasin Bend Girl Scouts Council
Arts and Education Council
Blood Assurance
Chattanooga Food Bank
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprises
Chattanooga Theatre Centre
Chattanooga Area Visitors & Convention Bureau
Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S.
Chattanooga Medical Society
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprises
Chattanooga Regional History Museum
Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association
Chattanooga Downtown Partnership
Chattanooga Room in the Inn
Cherokee Council of Boy Scouts of America
Girls Inc.
Hunter Museum of American Art
Kids on the Block
Crabtree Farms
Partnership for Families, Children and Adults
Friends of the Festival (Riverbend/summer only)
University Relations - UTC
Sports Information – UTC
Outdoor Chattanooga
American Cancer Society
Y.M.C.A.
American Junior Golf Association (stipend, summers only, must travel)
Congressman Zach Wamp's Congressional Office, Chattanooga
Senator Bob Corker’s Senatorial Office, Chattanooga
The Washington Center for Politics and Journalism (Washington, D.C.)
Tennessee Department of Education (Nashville/summers only)
Tennessee Legislative Internship Program (Nashville/spring only)
For profit Public Relations/Agencies/Advertising/Marketing
The Johnson Group
Derryberry Public Relations
Waterhouse Public Relations
Promotion departments of broadcast stations
Northgate Mall
Hamilton Place Mall
Comcast Cable marketing
Jarrard, Phillips, Cate & Hancock, Inc./Nashville (P.R. firm)
Specialty publications/printing
Chattanooga Times Free Press specialty publications, community news
Chattanooga Magazine
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (primarily writing and design)
True North Custom Publishing (writing, editing)
UltraLight Flying Magazine
Corporate/business
Ringgold Telephone Company
Unum Group
St. Barnabus Senior Living Services
Clarity Products
The Chattanooga Lookouts
Advertising/sales and/or production
The Chattanooga Times Free Press
North Georgia Newspaper Group
ARS Advertising
Comcast Cable
Sales departments of broadcast stations including WDOD/WDEF, WGOW/WSKZ, etc.
Newspapers
The Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Chattanooga Courier
The Pulse
Hamilton County Herald
North Georgia Newspaper Group (Signal Mountain Post and others)
American Society of Newspaper Editors (stipend, various cities)
Inland Press Association (stipend, various cities)
Broadcasting (Television and Radio and other production facilities)
Positions may be available in news, production, promotions and other areas
Comcast Video Productions
WDEF-Radio
WJTT/Power 94 Radio
J-103 Radio
WRCB Television
WTVC Television
WFLI Television
WUTC Radio
WGOW, WSKZ and Talk 102 FM – Citadel Broadcasting stations
WUSY - US101 and other Clear Channel Broadcasting stations
Atomic Films
Fire Eye Productions
UTC Video Production Center
Titans Radio (March 1 deadline for summer)
Comcast Sports South (Atlanta)
National internships
The Washington Center for Politics and Journalism, Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Institute/DC Internships
