Scholarship, Internship, Internship Grant, and Fellowship Opportunities

AAJA offers scholarships and grants worth more than $20,000 every year. These opportunities have different deadlines and criteria, so please read the individual descriptions carefully. 

We’re always excited to see your work and award outstanding young AAPI journalists through these opportunities! To see the most recent scholarship, internship and fellowship recipients, click here.

For high schoolers

We currently do not have any active opportunities for high school students. Please check back for updates.

For College Students, Recent Grads, and Masters Students

White House Correspondents’ Association Scholarship $5,000  
Award towards the 2025-2026 academic year, to be used towards the recipient’s education, luncheon with WHCA, a mentor from the WHCA and more. 
Application closed: January 31, 2025 

Stanford Chen Internship Grants (2) – $1,500 
Available to offset living expenses and costs for college juniors, seniors and graduate students in journalism who have secured a summer internship.
Application deadline: April 30, 2025

Vincent Chin Memorial Scholarship $1,500
Available to current student journalists for writing about the legacy of Vincent Chin in essay form.
Application deadline: April 30, 2025

IJA / AAJA Pacific Islander Scholarship (2) $5,000
The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) and AAJA’s Pacific Islander Task Force with support from The Omidyar Group, offers two $5,000 scholarships to help offset the cost of internships, tuition, student loans or journalism training. These scholarships are intended to help Indigenous peoples of the Pacific, particularly Polynesians, Micronesians and Melanesians, pursue careers in journalism, especially in the U.S. and U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands.
Application deadline: May 31, 2025

Sports Journalism

      • This internship provides rising juniors or seniors with hands-on experience in sports media while supporting diversity in journalism.
        Application closed: February 14, 2025
      • ESPN / AAJA Sports Task Force Internship
        ESPN and the AAJA Sports Task Force are offering a paid internship for college sports journalism students as a Production Intern in the summer of 2025.
        Application closed: February 14, 2025
      • Michael Kim Journalism Fellowship $2,500 
        Available to young sports broadcast, podcast, or radio journalist/recent college graduate who has less than three years of professional experience. Ideal candidates are journalists in their first TV market. 
        Application closed: March 10, 2025
      • Al Young Sports Journalism Scholarship $2,500
        This scholarship awards $2,500 to an undergraduate student of Asian American Pacific Islander descent pursuing sports journalism as a career. Applicants will be judged on academic and journalistic achievement, financial need, a strong commitment to a sports journalism career and dedication to AAJA’s mission. 
        Application closed: March 10, 2025

      • Jimmie & Suey Fong Yee Grants $2,000
        The AAJA Sports Task Force awards two $2,000 grants to students or recent graduates who are pursuing careers in sports journalism. The scholarship is intended to financially support the recipients’ registration, travel and lodging costs for AAJA’s 2025 National Convention from July 30 – August 3 in Seattle, Washington.
        Application Deadline: April 30, 2025

Partner Newsroom Internships

      • ABC News / AAJA Alexa Valiente Summer Internship
        One paid summer internship with ABC News in New York City or Washington, D.C. is available for current students pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. 
        Application closed: February 14, 2025
      • AAJA-Sacramento Internship with The Sacramento Bee
        In partnership with The Sacramento Bee, AAJA Sacramento is sponsoring a paid 10-week internship program for aspiring journalists. The program begins in May or June. Applicants must be current AAJA student members. 
        Application closed: March 15, 2025

Broadcast

Print/Digital/Online

For Mid-Career Professionals

Dinah Eng Leadership Fellowship
The Dinah Eng Leadership Fellowship widens opportunities for mid-career AAJA members pursuing the strategies and skills needed to enter news management and advance within its ranks.  
Spring Application Deadline: April 30, 2025

Previous Opportunities

  • AAJA Sports Task Force x Bleacher Report Social Content Internship 
    This internship, open to rising juniors and seniors, offers hands-on experience creating social content for major sports events, a $5,000 scholarship, and mentorship to support diversity in sports media.
    Application closed: February 14, 2025

NBCU Summer Internships 
Paid summer internships with Comcast NBCUniversal in New York City, New Jersey, Washington DC, and Los Angeles are available for current students pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. We offer the opportunity to work within NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Local Stations & Telemundo!
Previous Application Deadline: December 6, 2024

Mary Quon Moy Ing Memorial Scholarship $2,000
This scholarship awards $2,000 to a graduating high school senior who will be attending a college or university to pursue a journalism career. A winner will be selected based on academic and journalistic achievement, financial need, commitment to journalism and/or sensitivity to AAPI issues.

CIC / Anna Chennault Scholarship $5,000 
Available to a graduate student who is passionate about journalism and pursuing journalism as a career. This grant pays for educational costs, travel and registration to AAJA’s annual National Convention.

Lloyd LaCuesta Internship Grant up to $1000 
Available to an Asian American male who has secured a broadcast news internship for the summer season (May or June through August)

Intern for AsAmNews
Earn college credit and valuable experience at AsAmNews. This internship is open until a qualified applicant is selected.

Other Opportunities

AAJA members may access other internships, fellowships, scholarships, grants through our Career Center, in partnership with Journalism Next. If you are an employer seeking to post diversity and inclusion opportunities to our members, please visit our Career Center. If you have questions about posting an opportunity on the Career Center, please reach out to support@aaja.org. 

For more details about AAJA’s opportunities and how to apply,
watch our scholarship information session. 

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