Food & Events Intern - Summer 2027
Hearst Health
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Role Overview
Help our team lead the charge on coverage of North Texas’ buzzy food scene and cultural events in a market hungry for it. From breaking news to viral trends, you'll set the agenda and shape how our audience learns about the latest food trends and events.
With more than 15,000 restaurants, North Texas isn’t short on opportunities to cover food. A great Food & Events Intern candidate at The Dallas Morning News cares just as much about the latest restaurant opening as they do the effect of new tariff policies on prices for both small business owners and consumers. This role will also support the News’ coverage of local events—those things that make people’s leisure time worthwhile, from a new exhibit opening to the latest immersive experience blowing up on TikTok. Assignments will likely include a mix of quick-turn breaking news, in-depth features, data-driven enterprise, and listicles, spanning the North Texas dining scene, food business, current affairs and politics impacting the culinary world, and events and things to do around town.
What You’ll Do
- Write quickly and accurately on a variety of local topics related to North Texas food and events.
- Use social media as a tool to develop story ideas and respond to what our audience is talking about.
- Build stories with links, tags, SEO best practices, attractive web headlines and multimedia when appropriate.
- Work with editors to develop coverage that resonates with our digital audience.
- Assist with video and audio journalism, as needed.
What You’ll Bring
- Good news judgment, accuracy, speed, grammatical precision, a flair for headlines, energy, curiosity and an ability to provide the best local news coverage with impact, excitement and an eye toward digital success.
- Proficiency in digital content management tools.
- Familiarity with using social media for newsgathering and audience development.
- Demonstrated ability to work remotely via smartphone or laptop computer.
- Understanding of platforms and audiences and ability to compose stories appropriate to the platform of publication (e.g., voice, style, formatting, hyperlinks).
- Working knowledge of SEO techniques and other digital best practices.
- Familiarity with accepted newsroom tools for planning, authoring, communicating, etc.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members and across newsroom teams.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, producing stories quickly and accurately.
- Knowledge of digital news analytics.
- Valid driver's license and registered vehicle to travel to assignments.
About this role
Hearst Health's Food & Events Intern role at The Dallas Morning News puts you on the front lines of covering North Texas' restaurant and cultural scene for an audience of millions. You'll write across multiple formats—breaking news, features, data-driven investigations, and social-first content—while developing story ideas from trending topics and audience conversations. The work spans food business coverage, the policy and economics affecting restaurants, and the events and experiences shaping local leisure time.
Success in this role demands strong news judgment, accuracy under deadline pressure, and fluency in digital-first journalism. You'll need to understand SEO, social media newsgathering, content management systems, and how to adapt your voice and format for different platforms. A valid driver's license and vehicle are required to travel to assignments. This is a fast-paced environment where you'll collaborate with editors and across newsroom teams to produce stories that resonate with digital audiences.
This internship suits someone who combines curiosity about food, business, and culture with solid writing fundamentals and genuine interest in how digital journalism reaches people. You should be comfortable moving quickly, learning newsroom tools on the job, and working in-office in Dallas for the summer of 2027.
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