✱   Programs · Internships

Internships.

Real work, real bylines.

✱   Early Career Opportunities

More than just work experience.

An internship with Transitions is more than just work experience — it’s a chance to immerse yourself in global issues, develop practical skills, and contribute to meaningful journalism.

Based in Prague, our internships combine hands-on work with a wide variety of activities, including media analysis, internship trainings, and event coordination. Whether you’re interested in writing, non-profit work, or media strategy, you’ll combine real responsibility with a global perspective.

every track:
What all internships share
Location
Based in Prague, partially remote, with weekly meetings in and out of the Transitions office.
Schedule
Approx. 10–15 hours per week.
Conditions
Internships are unpaid. An internship does not constitute a commitment to future employment with Transitions — however, interns can use their supervisors and colleagues as references when applying for jobs.
✱   Choose your track

Four tracks. One newsroom.

  1. 01
    Journalism

    Editorial Assistant Intern

    Work alongside the Transitions editorial team — writing, researching, and helping shape multimedia content for a respected international publication.

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  2. 02
    Business, Marketing & Fundraising

    NGO Development Assistant

    An introduction to non-profit management, development, and fundraising — drafting real grant applications, working with international donors.

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  3. 03
    Social Media, Marketing & Business Dev

    Marketing / Social Media Intern

    Build our social presence, shape email and content marketing, and create campaigns for training courses, memberships, and the magazine.

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  4. 04
    Business & Finance

    Business Development Assistant

    Hands-on, “real” business development — research, planning, and implementation, reporting directly to the executive director.

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✱   Track 01

Editorial Assistant Intern

Area: Journalism

Since its founding in 1999, Transitions has become the leading news magazine covering its patch of territory, with correspondents and contributors in every country of the region. The Editorial Assistant Intern works closely with our editorial team, gaining valuable experience at a respected international publication. This internship provides an introduction to news magazine journalism and foreign reporting.

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Responsibilities
  • Writing feature articles for our website
  • Monitoring our media partners and news agencies for items of interest
  • Conducting general and targeted research to enhance Transitions' content
  • Helping to develop new media and multimedia content; locating photos for use with Transitions content
Desired skills

Journalism experience (writing and/or editing); experience with new media (i.e. blogging / social networks); regional knowledge of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and/or the former Soviet Union. We don't require any language skills, but any knowledge of languages of our coverage region — especially Russian — would be very welcome.

✱   Track 02

NGO Development Assistant

Area: Business, Marketing & Fundraising

Transitions is an international publishing and media-development non-profit organization based in Prague. As a public-service media entity, we're committed to using local voices to provide probing, informed coverage of post-communist Europe and the former Soviet Union. This internship provides an introduction to non-profit management, development (obtaining and managing grants), and fundraising. The intern gains invaluable experience with different donors and their requirements and is given a full introduction to project-cycle management.

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Responsibilities
  • Writing new grant applications — budgeting and background research
  • Editing narrative reports by non-native project managers from our coverage region
  • Drafting grant interim and final financial reports according to donor requirements
  • Researching potential new donors
  • Exploring new methods of fundraising, including crowdfunding
Desired skills

High proficiency of oral and written English; good knowledge of Microsoft Office; experience in drafting reports / projects, fundraising, and administrative work.

✱   Track 03

Marketing / Social Media Intern

Area: Social Media, Marketing & Business Dev

Transitions has numerous opportunities for students interested in journalism, the media business, development, and marketing. This internship provides an introduction to business and marketing practices at an international publisher and training institution — as well as insights into social business and social entrepreneurship.

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Responsibilities
  • Assisting with sales and marketing of training courses, corporate newsletters, and Transitions magazine memberships, alongside other available products
  • Assisting in visual content production and the further development of marketing and social-media strategies
  • Creating / editing promotion texts for email marketing campaigns and social-media accounts
  • Developing marketing materials and other media content for marketing needs
Desired skills

Extensive understanding of social-media platforms; excited about building our social-media presence; proficiency with graphical software (Canva, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign); native English speaker with a journalism-related, business-related, or social-media background.

✱   Track 04

Business Development Assistant

Area: Business & Finance

Transitions is in the process of creating a new business plan for its flagship news site and journalism training institute. It's therefore a great time for an intern who wants to engage in hands-on, “real” business development over the course of the semester — and see their work put into practice. The intern reports directly to the executive director.

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Responsibilities
  • Conducting targeted research for the business plan and collection of relevant data
  • Assisting in the creation of revamped business and financial plans, including presentation material
  • Assisting in the creation of marketing plans for the organization's products
  • Assisting in the creation of better income-tracking systems
  • Researching and identifying potential partnerships
Desired skills

Background in business and / or business-financial studies; ability to work independently and take initiative on specific projects; excellent research, strong Excel, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

How to apply

Send your CV & a short note about which track.

We read every application. Rolling intake — apply at least four weeks before you’d like to start.

transitions@tol.org