Jobs at Broadband Breakfast
A front-row seat in politics and technology!
About Breakfast Media LLC and Broadband Breakfast
Broadband Breakfast is the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. The company’s annual Digital Infrastructure Investment conference champions a robust 21st century information economy.
Breakfast Media LLC (d/b/a/ Broadband Breakfast) is a unique media company. We cover red-hot issues at the intersection of technology and politics. We began as a voice in the wilderness advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere. Our rallying cry is “Better Broadband, Better Lives.” Better Broadband is vital: We need it now more than ever.
Reporters for Broadband Breakfast learn a lot and enjoy a front-row seat for one of the biggest issues of our time: Broadband’s Impact on our economy, government and society. You’ll dig into tech and telecom’s dirty secrets, including controversies over Section 230, competition, privacy, net neutrality, broadband infrastructure and radio spectrum.
Academic and Journalism Internship
Seeking Interns for Reporter Positions and Software Engineering (full and part-time positions available). Reporters and Software Engineers for Broadband Breakfast work on Capitol Hill and interact daily with the Editor, Managing Editor, Assistant Editor and Marketing Director on reporting, writing and software engineering.
Academic and internship credit available; event registration costs will be provided. Academic and Journalism Reporter Interns are expected to write one to two “Roundup” articles a week, and between five to eight other articles a week. Most articles are short, between 300-500 words, with feature pieces ranging from 800-1,200 words.
Requirements:
- At least two years of undergraduate experience (graduate students and law students may also apply)
- Live or have the ability to work in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area
- Knowledge of technology and telecommunications policy issues a plus but not required
- Familiarity with modern software engineering environment, including Content Management Systems and Customer Relationship Management software.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in a video conference four times a week at 8:30 a.m. ET.
- Attend and report on events and newsworthy items in Washington as assigned by an editor.
- Write and file news stories for Breakfast Media publications, including Broadband Breakfast, and respond to questions from editors. After stories are posted on WordPress, repost stories on social media.
- Attend and support monthly Broadband Breakfast Club events and weekly Broadband Breakfast Live Online events.
To apply:
Please send the following to drew@breakfast.media:
- Two 500-to-800-word writing samples on any topic
- Resume
- List of two references
Deadlines:
- Spring 2025: December 13, 2024
Former Broadband Breakfast reporters and editors have gone on to work at Amazon, Booz Allen, CTC Technology and Energy, Daily Signal, The Federalist, FiberTower, Future of Music Coalition, Google, U.S. House of Representatives, IBM, The Independent of London, Institute for Local Self Reliance, Newsweek, Reason, Telegeography, U.S. Senate, U.S. Trade Representative, Vanity Fair, the U.S. Commerce Department, including the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the White House Office of Science and Technology.
See our current Team of Reporters and Editors.
Former Broadband Breakfast Reporters and Editors:
- Masha Abarinova
- Hanna Agro
- Ryan Barba
- Megan Boswell
- Jasmine Campos
- Sophie Draayer
- Uhunoma Edamwen
- Enoch Eicher
- Taormina Falsitta
- Mala Goodrich
- Ashlan Gruwell
- Riley Haight
- Heather Heimbach
- Zoey Howell-Brown
- David Jelke
- Elijah Labby
- Joel Leighton
- David McGarry
- Michael D. Melero
- Mike Ogunji
- Em McPhie
- Adrienne Patton
- Ty Perkins
- Sudha Reynolds
- Casey Ryan
- Derek Shumway
- Theadora Soter
- Tim Su
- Liana Sowa
- Samuel Triginelli
- Tim White
Contact information:
- Email sales@breakfast.media for sponsorship and advertising.
- Send press releases to press@breakfast.media.
- Send events to calendar@breakfast.media.
- To be considered for Broadband Breakfast Live Online, email events@breakfast.media.
- Send Expert Opinion commentaries to commentary@breakfast.media. We request between 500-800 words, and a high-res photo of the author.
- Visit our Jobs page.
- Broadband Breakfast is located at 1750 K Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington, D.C., 20006.
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