Jim Welch Internship Program News Today

VTDigger accepts applications for newsroom internships during specific sessions. Our internships are paid positions.

Welch led the Burlington Free Press in the 1980s and was a founding editor of USA Today. He joined VTDigger in 2018, serving as a senior editor and, for much of the past year, interim executive director.

The Jim Welch Internship Program For nearly half a century, Jim Welch distinguished himself as a reporter, editor and newsroom leader in Vermont and Washington, D.C. He served as executive editor of the Burlington Free Press, deputy managing editor of USA Today and, for the final chapter of his career, as a senior editor — and interim executive director — at VTDigger.  Throughout his years in journalism, Welch always focused on developing the next generation of journalists. He worked close...