


The Youth Intern Program is an intensive summer paid intern program for St. Paul high school students entering 9th though 12th grades. Interns work with mentors and with each other for seven weeks during the summer to make meaningful media about community issues. This program provides interns with hands-on media production experience.

The YIP application deadline of May 1st, has now passed. Thank you to all St. Paul youth who applied! We will be reviewing applications and interns will be selected by June 11th. Please note that due to the number of applicantions we receive, we are not personally able to reply to all applicants.
The SPNN Summer Youth Intern Program is an intensive paid experience where St. Paul teens work together to create meaningful media about community issues. This year, the program will take place over seven weeks from July 6th-August 19th. No experience is necessary. Interns must be entering 9th-12th grade fall 2010 and live and attend school in St. Paul.
If you did not apply this year, don't worry! Make sure to sign-up for our e-newsletter so that you make sure to hear about this SPNN Youth opportunity and many more!
One of YIP 2009's Public Service Announcements, Teens and Stress.
Check out new youth-produced videos from SPNN's 2009 Youth Intern Program in our Media Library. This year youth tackled issues from consumerism and college to choices about sex. In all, they produced two Public Service Announcements and two documentaries. Make sure to stop by their program page in the Media Library to watch more cool videos!
A historical and contemporary look at gangs in Saint Paul. From the 2008 Youth Intern Program.
This documentary, created during the 2008 Youth Intern Program, looks at some of the problems being left to the next generation and how youth can work to be engaged and create change.
Created during the 2008 Youth Intern Program, this documentary explores the cultural expectations of women of color.