The Internship Experience
This five week internship builds bridges between CHARM’s youth publishing programs with Baltimore’s rich publishing and media landscape. Summer interns are placed at local publishing, media, and bookstore sites across Baltimore.
Interns spend two days a week as a cohort, and the other three days a week at their sites. On CHARM Days, interns build a community where they share what they are learning at their sites, ask questions, learn and reflect together, while developing skills for college and their future career. They hear from guest speakers, research topics in publishing, and engage in workshops.
For Interns
Baltimore City students ages 14-21 are eligible to apply, and must be accepted through our partner, YouthWorks to participate in the program. Interns spend three days a week at CHARM, and two days a week with a local publishing organization.
For Site Mentors
Site Partners host interns two days a week for five weeks, and are a core part of what makes this program so meaningful to our young people!
Interns work towards answering these guiding questions:
What skills, knowledge, and experiences support careers in publishing and media?
What stories and whose voices are amplified in Baltimore’s publications?
How has the media landscape changed in Baltimore over time? How might it evolve?
What role does CHARM play in Baltimore’s publishing landscape?
How might your experience in this landscape inform your actions moving forward?
Thanks to our Past supporters!
Baltimore City Youthworks * Baltimore County Summer Youth Employment Program * Baltimore Children and Youth Fund * The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation * The Abell Foundation * Constellation Energy * Baltimore Unity Hall * Trivia Night Donors * Councilman Zeke Cohen’s Fun Friday Grant * Macht and Cohen Family Philanthropies.
Past Site Partners:
The Afro, Arts Every Day, The Baltimore Banner, The Baltimore Beat, Baltimore Unity Hall, Charm City Books, Greedy Reads, Hopkins Press, The Ivy Bookshop, Publik / Private, Silent Books Publishing, Snug Books, Technical.ly Baltimore, Urban Reads
Click through the photos for scenes from Years 1 and 2 of our Summer Publishing Internship