To encourage young people to enter the industry, WBJ has run an Editorial Internship Program over the last nine years, offering a place where college students can hone their skills and learn about the importance of journalism.
Professional journalism development is a hallmark of WBJ. Nearly every reporter who has come through our newsroom in the past 10 years has been near the start of their careers. They stay with us for two to three years, on average, before moving onto the next stage of their careers. Former WBJ reporters now grace the halls of Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Boston Business Journal.
WBJ Editor Brad Kane
To encourage young people to enter the industry, WBJ has run an Editorial Internship Program over the last nine years, offering a place where college students can hone their skills and learn about the importance of journalism. Our philosophy is to throw the interns right into the deep end of the swimming pool and offer assistance if they struggle to swim. The goal is for them to write a lot, and that experience is showcased in WBJ's Sept. 8 edition.
Lucy Coran, WBJ editorial intern for this summer, wrote her first feature-length story “A helping hand”, focused on the first cohort of startups at Cliff Rucker’s Auxilium entrepreneurial hub, which offers both financial and professional assistance. Coran is now headed back to Smith College in Northampton to study biology and sociology, with maybe a little bit of journalism thrown in.
Sara Bedigian, who was editorial intern in summer 2024 and is now a semi-regular freelance writer for WBJ, writes about the relatively unknown phenomenon of search funds in her “Becoming a CEO” story. Bedigian served as editor-in-chief of the UConn student newspaper for the last year and is now juggling a part-time job and two internships as she completes her studies.
He isn’t a WBJ intern, but Jake Reardon wrote his first professional story for WBJ with “CPA shortage”. A graduate of Boston University and the University of Rhode Island, Reardon is curious about pursuing a career in journalism and is giving it a go with his insights into a national accountant shortage.
As we head into the fall semester, two new interns are joining WBJ: Jill McSorley from Assumption University and Charlotte Powers from the College of the Holy Cross. The internship program is run by Managing Editor Eric Casey, who anchors this entire edition with his latest opus on the cannabis industry, “Revolutionary collapse” about the rise and fall of one of the biggest marijuana companies in the state.
Brad Kane is editor of the Worcester Business Journal.
