2011 MLB.com summer internships

As another alum of this (also the year they didn't pay, not that I'm bitter), I will say it's probably about the best experience you can get in an internship.

One piece of advice for anyone interested: The full-time MLB.com beat writer for the team you're covering will have a HUGE impact on how much you enjoy and get out of the internship. This is the person you are interacting with nearly every day and who has a lot of influence over what assignments you do and how you do them. There is a lot of variation among that group, so if you're ranking your preferences of which teams you want to cover, think about that carefully and do as much research as you can.

 

As you can tell, I second everything said before me as, I too, was a part of the 2009 class.

 

I did this is 2006 (the $8.50 an hour summer). My experience, working with one of the best beat writers in the country, was invaluable. I'm a better reporter now because of that summer. Any questions, you can PM me as well.

 

Ah yes, I was also a part of the unpaid summer. I'll also echo what Dennis said. Having a good beat writer makes all the difference. For one thing, they decide whether you get your byline on gamers and features as opposed to less prominent stuff.

 

It's moments like this when I wish I was back in college...

 

Probably less since you need to be a college senior/junior or in grad school.

 

As you can tell, I second everything said before me as, I too, was a part of the 2009 class.
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$5000 one summer and $0 another summer seems a bit extreme. Why didn't MLB pay internships in 2009? Was it the Great Recession?

 

That's what they blamed it on, although I think it was more an excuse than anything. They reversed course after there was some backlash about it.

 

This program started, I think, 2 years after I graduated. And that is so disappointing, because this is a great opportunity.

 

do the published articles have to be baseball related?

 

No. They want hockey articles.