Please join us in welcoming our new class of fall newsroom interns for POLITICO and E&E News! This group is part of our extensive internship program, which places about 30 students in our newsrooms each year. They staff POLITICO and E&E News in Rosslyn and bureaus in New York, Florida, and California during the fall, spring, and summer.
Check out their bios and team assignments below:
Christian Robles: Greenwire
Christian Robles, originally from Washington, D.C., is a recent graduate of Yale University. During his time with the Yale Daily News, Christian served as public editor and was an Education Beat Reporter. Christian has held previous internships with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Wall Street Journal. Fun fact: Christian graduated with an associate degree from The George Washington University before graduating high school.
Olivia Alafriz: Breaking News
Olivia Alafriz, originally from Southern California, is a recent graduate from American University. Olivia served as a news staff reporter at The Eagle while at AU and previously interned with CNN as CNNPolitics Kfile intern. Fun fact: Olivia is a runner and is currently training for a half marathon.
Anna Canizales: Magazine
Anna Canizales, from Houston, TX., is a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Austin. While at the UT Austin, Anna served as managing editor for their newspaper The Daily Texan and previously interned with the Texas Tribune as a reporting fellow and copy editor. Anna is excited to be out of the Texas heat and experience seasonal weather changes here in Washington.
Hannah Pinski: Transportation
Hannah Pinski, from Wheaton, IL., is a recent graduate from the University of Iowa. Hannah served as executive editor at The Daily Iowan and has previously held internships with the Star Tribune, Iowa City Press-Citizen, and Cedar Rapids Gazette. Fun fact: Hannah has played the violin for 12 years and considers herself to be an avid coffee enthusiast who likes running and won't shut up about Taylor Swift.
Jason Beeferman: New York City
Jason Beeferman, from Long Island, NY., is a recent graduate from Northwestern University with both his bachelor's and master's in journalism. While at Northwestern, Jason was a senior staffer for The Daily Northwestern and has held internships with The New York Post, The Chicago Sun-Times and The Texas Tribune Fun Fact: Jason loves hiking, biking and after spending some time in Texas he is a big fan of tripe (tripa) tacos.
Forest Hunt: California
Forest Hunt, an alum of POLITICO Journalism Institute is a recent graduate from The Evergreen State College. Forest grew up in Los Angeles, Cali., but has lived in Olympia, WA., New York, NY., and Roskilde, Denmark. Forest has held internships with Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting and Cooper Point Journal. Fun fact: A decade ago, Forest hiked 100 miles and summitted Mt. Whitney - all while wearing their mother's wedding dress. This past year, they descended 220 feet into a vertical cave entrance and received certification for cave rescue.
Summer Interns extended into the Fall:
Jasper Goodman - Economy
Sejal Govindarao - California
Evan Peng - Healthcare
Andrew Zhang - Breaking News
Source: POLITICO LLC
Original content:
https://www.politico.com/blogs/meet-politico/2023/09/26/meet-politicos-2023-fall-editorial-interns-00117344
