The Los Angeles Instances is happy to introduce the Class of 2025 summer time interns, persevering with a time-honored custom of coaching the subsequent technology of multimedia journalists.
The 26 school college students and up to date graduates arrive to the El Segundo newsroom, beginning Tuesday, armed with concepts and vigor. They be a part of The Instances from faculties and college throughout the nation and from right here in California. Among the many cohort, some have advised tales overseas and others have utilized their expertise to sort out protection in nearer arenas, together with within the arts, training, innovation and migration.
They’re numerous thinkers and doers. Their background showcases work with policymakers, most cancers researchers, entrepreneurs and illustrators. Their assignments now will deliver them to all corners of our newsroom, from breaking information to knowledge reporting, from design and pictures to arts and leisure writing.
The interns have been chosen from almost 1,000 purposes and thru partnerships with Cal State Los Angeles, the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, the NAACP, the Dow Jones Information Fund, the American Assn. for the Development of Science, and the Asian American Journalists Assn.
Journalism is what binds them. Storytelling in its many varieties is what drives them. Please meet them beneath:
Annie Goodykoontz was born and raised in Phoenix. She is a rising junior on the College of Missouri-Columbia, learning journalism. This previous 12 months, she was the editor-in-chief of the varsity’s pupil newspaper, the Maneater. Final summer time, she labored as a breaking information intern on the Arizona Republic, the place she found her love for group journalism, together with writing about fires, rattlesnake bites, drowning deaths, the monitor lizard and whether or not it’s OK to choose fruit off a neighbor’s tree. She’s excited to proceed this ardour as a Quick Break intern this summer time on the Los Angeles Instances. In her free time, Annie likes to make random playlists, doodle in her reporter’s pocket book and go antiquing.
Aspen Anderson lately graduated from the College of Washington, the place she studied journalism and psychology. In school, she was a information reporter for the Each day and served as a legislative reporter in the course of the 2024 Washington session, contributing tales to newspapers throughout the state. She spent final summer time reporting for the Bangkok Publish, masking same-sex marriage legalization and associated coverage gaps. Final fall, she interned on the Vashon Beachcomber — certainly one of her hometown papers — masking the whole lot from a thrift retailer’s function within the world provide chain to a paddleboarding witch parade. Aspen is now a freelancer for the Seattle Instances options part, the place she writes the How-to-Seattle beat. She’s thrilled to hitch the options desk on June 24, doing what she loves most: human-centered, impactful reporting.
Avery Fox is a spring 2025 design graduate on the College of Texas at Austin and grew up in Arlington, Texas, because the daughter of two journalists. She has labored beforehand with the Dallas Morning Information as a summer time mentee and freelance illustrator, and extra lately with Texas Month-to-month journal as an artwork intern. In class, she pursued editorial structure design and printmaking, in addition to minors in sociology and humanities administration and administration. In her free time, she enjoys crafting, exploring nature and escaping into actuality TV. She is keen about enlisting the fashion and construction of journal design to higher interact and talk with the reader and is happy to discover this at The Instances as a design intern.
Cate Burtner is a latest graduate of Stanford College, the place she studied English literature and fell in love with books and storytelling. She wrote and edited for the Stanford Each day and Stanford’s literary journal, and tutored highschool college students in humanities lecture rooms throughout the bay. Cate has beforehand interned at San Francisco’s literary competition and a coverage nonprofit in Chicago. She is from the Pacific Northwest and is happy to search out the most effective hikes within the L.A. space. In her free time, Cate loves studying, drawing and listening to music. She shall be becoming a member of the L.A. Instances because the leisure and humanities intern in June. @cateburtner
Christopher Buchanan is a latest graduate of UCLA, the place he studied English literature. Whereas in school, he labored as a senior reporter for the Each day Bruin the place he lined nationwide and state politics, protests and college forms. Buchanan most lately served as a particular initiatives intern at NBC, following stints at CalMatters and American Banker; the latter as a member of the Dow Jones Information Fund. His work has additionally been featured in Politico and NPR-affiliate stations. He co-founded and serves as editor-in-chief of a web-based journal, Bum Diary, which covers a spread of mainstream and different subjects and has been featured within the Riverside Artwork Museum. He’ll be a part of The Instances as a Quick Break intern.
Diamy Wang is a San Gabriel Valley native and rising senior on the College of Pennsylvania. She is pursuing majors in political science and gender, sexuality and ladies’s research, and a minor in Asian American research. At Penn, she is the chief editor of the Each day Pennsylvanian, the college’s unbiased pupil media group the place she labored as a deputy copy editor and the politics desk editor — reporting on the 2024 election, campus activism and federal scrutiny on the varsity. She was beforehand an viewers engagement intern on the Detroit Free Press via the Dow Jones Information Fund. When she’s not within the DP workplace, she enjoys searching via stationery shops or in search of a brand new iced latte taste. She is happy to hitch The Instances, her hometown paper, as a homepage intern on June 9. @diamywang
Elisha Williams, a natural-born storyteller, is a media fanatic majoring in digital journalism and communication on the College of Southern Mississippi. Often called “Massive Lish,” she is the charismatic host of Southern Miss Says, a man-on-the-street interview present that spotlights pupil voices with humor and coronary heart. Elisha additionally writes for the Scholar Printz, masking campus tradition and pupil life, and serves as chairman of the communications committee inside the Scholar Authorities Assn., the place she advocates for pupil engagement and campus initiatives. With a ardour for viewers engagement and creating impactful content material, Elisha is thrilled to deliver her creativity to The Instances’ viewers group. @elisha__williams
Fazlur Rahman was a enterprise journalist on the Each day Star, essentially the most extensively circulated English-language day by day in Bangladesh, earlier than transferring to Nevada in fall 2024 to pursue a grasp’s diploma in journalism on the College of Nevada, Reno. He’s anticipated to graduate in Could 2026. He spent a decade masking subjects corresponding to macroeconomy, finance, telecommunications, vitality, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Between 2021, when he grew to become deputy enterprise editor, and 2024, he edited main tales for each on-line and print editions, wrote breaking information, and produced information evaluation items. He enjoys enjoying cricket and soccer. He’s thrilled to have the chance to intern with the enterprise desk at The Instances.
Hailey Wang was born and raised in Taiwan and lately earned her grasp’s diploma from UC Berkeley’s Graduate Faculty of Journalism. Earlier than graduate college, she labored as a reporter for a monetary journal in Taiwan for 3 years, incomes two reporting awards. Her beats included enterprise, politics, local weather change and tradition. She has interned with Bloomberg Information and Lookout Santa Cruz, the place she advised tales via knowledge and interactive maps. Hailey is keen about uncovering hidden narratives in knowledge units, particularly these tied to underrepresented communities. When she’s not in entrance of her laptop computer, you’ll find her at an area espresso store or catching the most recent movie. She is happy to hitch the information and graphics group on July 7.
Ira Gorawara is a junior at UCLA double majoring in economics and communication with a minor in skilled writing. She helmed the Each day Bruin’s award-winning sports activities part, and reported throughout Asia for shops together with the South China Morning Publish, NDTV, Cricket Hong Kong and Rising Cricket. She can be the writer of “The ABCs of Life,” a brief story assortment, and is an writer for UCLA Blueprint, the place she writes on regional and societal points in Los Angeles. As an Indian born and raised in Hong Kong, she brings a worldwide lens to her storytelling and is thrilled to proceed rising her craft with The Instances’ sports activities division beginning June 23.
Isabelle Nunes is a rising senior at UC Berkeley, the place they examine media research and political science. On the Each day Californian, they served as a deputy information editor and social media editor earlier than being elected as the 2025-2026 employees consultant. Final summer time, they labored on the Public Coverage Institute of California as a digital advertising and marketing intern and are actually finishing their time period as an viewers improvement intern for KQED. Exterior of the newsroom, Nunes enjoys taking public transportation, studying and scrolling via Pinterest for design inspiration. They’re excited to proceed their journey within the journalism business as an viewers intern for The Instances.
June Hsu is a latest graduate of Pomona School, the place she studied public coverage evaluation and politics. Initially from Kauai, Hawaii, she served as editor-in-chief of the Scholar Life, the oldest school newspaper in Southern California, after holding roles as managing editor, information editor and information author. She is a fellow with CalMatters’ School Journalism Community and has interned with Voice of America. June additionally participated within the Politico Journalism Institute in Washington, D.C. When she’s not modifying, you’ll find her working in a espresso store, rewatching “Mates” for the tenth time or exploring California seashores — making an attempt to not miss residence an excessive amount of. She’s thrilled to hitch The Instances’ copy desk as a multiplatform modifying intern with the Dow Jones Information Fund.
Kara Alexander is a rising senior majoring in journalism at Cal State L.A. She works as a multimedia reporter for the College Instances, uncovering price range cuts affecting the CSU system — significantly at her campus — analyzing knowledge on meals deserts in South Los Angeles and constructing sources throughout town. She has lined Cal State L.A. sports activities groups in the course of the common season and postseason, specializing in ladies’s tennis, males’s baseball and males’s basketball. Most lately, she participated within the information convention for the LAFC sport in opposition to the San Jose Earthquakes. Kara’s work displays a powerful ardour for telling impactful, community-driven tales. In her free time, she enjoys going to the gymnasium, mountain climbing, curler skating and thrifting. Initially from Hawthorne, she’s excited to remain native — and much more thrilled to sharpen her expertise as a sports activities intern at The Instances.
Katerina Portela, raised in Florida and Hawaii, lately graduated from San Diego State College the place she was honored as the varsity’s prime journalism undergraduate. She contributed award-winning options protection to her college newspaper and led the creation of a student-made mini-magazine named Lifeless Air for the campus radio station. Portela additionally labored as an investigative information assistant at KPBS, a PBS and NPR affiliate, the place she edited audio, researched public databases, dealt with social media content material and wrote investigative articles on regional points. She enjoys exploring museums, listening to stay music, and discovering new favourite eating places. She will be able to’t wait to hitch The Instances because the Picture intern and appears ahead to diving into L.A.’s vibrant metropolis tradition (and its road tacos, in fact).
Lauren Harvey is a graduate pupil at USC learning communication knowledge science. Born and raised in Huntington Seaside, she graduated from UC Berkeley in 2024 with levels in English and public well being. Her work has appeared within the San Francisco Chronicle, uDiscover Music and Fifty Grande journal. When she’s not writing, she’s educating yoga sculpt and energy coaching lessons at CorePower Yoga or taking good care of her canines, Odin and Hash Brown. She’s excited to hitch The Instances on the Leisure and Arts group.
Lauren Ng is a Torrance native and rising junior at New York College learning journalism, meals research, public coverage and knowledge science. She’s thrilled to hitch the Meals part at The Instances, the place she hopes to discover the intersections between meals, tradition and politics. This fall, Lauren would be the managing editor on the Washington Sq. Information, NYU’s unbiased student-run newspaper, the place she previously served because the tradition editor and eating editor. Lauren has additionally labored as an editorial assistant at Meals Repair, a biweekly e-newsletter that covers American meals coverage. When she isn’t writing about good eats, you’ll find her making an attempt new eating places round L.A., cooking together with her household or purchasing at her native Complete Meals.
Luke Johnson is a documentary photojournalist initially from San Diego at the moment based mostly in Washington, D.C., whereas he pursues his M.A. in new media and photojournalism at George Washington College. In 2023, he graduated from Elon College with a B.A. in journalism, a B.A. in cinema and tv arts and minors in pictures and psychology. Beforehand he has interned for the Gillette Information Report, the Seattle Instances, the Indianapolis Star, the Kansas Metropolis Star and San Diego Journal. His work has been featured within the Washington Publish, the Related Press, the New York Instances, USA As we speak and Sports activities Illustrated, amongst others. He’s excited to be again residence in Southern California, becoming a member of the group as a photojournalism intern.
Lupita Fernandez Garcia is a rising senior at UCLA finishing her bachelor’s diploma in English whereas minoring in skilled writing. From the Bay Space, her ardour for journalism and group illustration was unraveled in highschool via Mosaic Journalism, the place she would go on to publish articles for the Mercury Information. Her ardour for group constructing is showcased via her dedication to her Latina-based sorority, Phi Lambda Rho Sorority Inc., aiming to protect the retention of Latinas in increased training. Her love for inventive and communal areas has manifested into becoming a member of The Instances as a group engagement intern. Additionally a trend and music fanatic, she is prone to be noticed at any native thrift retailer listening to rock en Español.
Marcos Magaña was born and raised within the japanese Coachella Valley, a predominantly agricultural desert area in Southern California. He holds a bachelor’s diploma and two grasp’s levels from UCLA in city and regional planning and geospatial data programs, the place he targeted on points carefully affecting his residence group, together with environmental justice, spatial inequality and local weather vulnerability. He’s now pursuing a PhD in atmosphere and sustainability at UCLA’s Institute of the Surroundings and Sustainability, the place he investigates the biosocial dimensions of maximum warmth publicity in low-income and racialized communities, with a deal with desert geographies. By interning with the atmosphere and well being desk, he goals to develop the talents to successfully talk his analysis to broader audiences, to make his work extra accessible and impactful past educational settings.
Niamh Ordner is a senior at Rice College majoring in integrative biology, with analysis expertise in plant molecular biology and computational most cancers genomics. She at the moment works as a science writing intern for Rice’s Faculty of Pure Sciences and serves as a author and editor for Catalyst, the college’s undergraduate analysis journal. Whether or not she’s explaining the aim of peroxisomal focusing on indicators or the science behind her favourite sci-fi novels, she is all the time the happiest when she utilizing her data to spark curiosity in others. This summer time, she’s past excited to hitch the Los Angeles Instances as a mass media fellow via the American Assn. for the Development of Science, sponsored by the American Statistical Assn.
Nicole Macias Garibay is a transborder storyteller and bilingual journalist from the U.S.-Mexico border. She is a latest graduate of Arizona State College in her residence state, the place she studied journalism. Nicole grew up crossing the border every single day to attend college within the U.S. — an expertise that fuels her drive to report on migration, Latino tradition and the Hispanic group. She wrote for La Voz — The Arizona Republic, interned at Telemundo Arizona and launched VOCES, a bilingual journal devoted to telling tales para la comunidad, por la comunidad. The primary time she drove into L.A., Nicole advised her dad and mom she would work at The Instances in the future. She’s excited to start that chapter on June 23 as a De Los intern.
Piper Heath is a soon-to-be graduate of the College of Nevada, Reno, finishing twin levels in journalism and political science. Presently a lobbying intern on the Nevada Legislature, she beforehand labored on the Nevadan the place she developed experience in social media technique and community-focused reporting. She contributed to the New York Instances as an election stringer in the course of the 2024 presidential election and reported on tradition and politics on the Paris Olympics. Her work consists of publishing in the North American Congress on Latin America and interviewing acclaimed writer George Saunders. A chilly brew connoisseur in her personal proper, she is past excited to start out as a enterprise intern on June 9 via a partnership together with her college.
Quinae Austin is a first-generation school pupil and mom from South Central Los Angeles. She holds an affiliate diploma in journalism from Cerritos School and is pursuing a broadcast journalism diploma at Cal State L.A. Her expertise consists of writing for the College Instances, the campus student-run newspaper and dealing on the campus radio station. Enthusiastic about amplifying marginalized voices via varied media, Quinae lately self-published a poetry e book, “Welcome to my Naeborhood,” exploring themes of id, resilience and transformation. Her love for writing has additionally taken her overseas, the place she wrote about her time on the College of Durham in England. Via her journalism and artistic writing, Quinae goals to raise underrepresented voices and create significant connections. She is happy to hitch The Instances as a group engagement intern on July 7.
Quincy Bowie Jr. is a passionate multimedia journalist and artistic nonfiction artist who most frequently explores the intersections of id, tradition and media in his work. A proud Alabama native, he lately graduated from USC, the place he studied journalism and documentary. In his time there, he contributed to the Each day Trojan, USC Annenberg Media and produced a number of documentaries and quick movies. You will discover his earlier work at CNN, Spectrum Information and Memorías de Nomada. Exterior of labor, he spends his time in search of good books, honing his craft, and trying to find L.A.’s greatest soul meals spot.
Samantha H. Chung is an Angeleno and a latest graduate of Harvard School, the place she studied English and East Asian research. She served because the books govt and editor-at-large for the humanities part of the Harvard Crimson, the place she developed a ardour for cultural criticism and humanities reporting. She can be an avid fiction author and her work has been printed in magazines corresponding to Unusual Horizons, F&SF and Fusion Fragment. When not writing, Chung may be discovered determine skating, watching horror films, or taking a look at footage of bizarre fish. She is thrilled to hitch The Instances as a multiplatform modifying intern beginning June 9. @samhchung
Zurie Pope was born and raised in southwest Ohio. A former pupil of the College of Cincinnati, Zurie studied journalism and political science. Zurie’s journalism profession began with writing for his highschool newspaper. Since then, he has labored for the Nation journal, the Washington Blade, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Ohio Capital Journal and the college’s pupil newspaper, the Information Report. All through his experiences, he has maintained an curiosity in long-form investigative journalism, targeted on cash in politics, LGBTQ+ rights and extremism. When he’s not working, Zurie likes to go on lengthy walks, memorize poetry and uncover new bookstores. Zurie shall be becoming a member of The Instances on June 9 as an Ida B. Wells Society intern.
