{"id":963,"date":"2026-04-01T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/?page_id=963"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:04:03","slug":"2026-snowden-interns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/2026-snowden-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Snowden Interns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">April\u00a0 1, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">EUGENE, Ore. \u2014 Twenty-one student journalists from four Oregon universities have been awarded internships from the 2026 Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The reporting and photojournalism interns will spend their summers working for news outlets in Oregon and southwest Washington. The program is supported through generous gifts from the family of Charles Snowden, a longtime editor at the Oregon Journal and The Oregonian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The highly competitive Snowden program selects interns based on their passion for journalism, record of experience, commitment to ethics, and academic performance. The Snowden program is grateful to the 17 news partners that will host the interns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Now in its 29th year, the Snowden program has awarded more than 420 journalism internships to students attending Oregon colleges and universities. The program is based at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC). The universities represented by the interns include Oregon State University, Willamette University, the University of Portland and the University of Oregon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cAt a time when local journalism is more challenged than ever and also more important than ever, the SOJC is gratified to partner with Oregon newsrooms to match these outstanding journalism students with local news providers,\u201d said Regina Lawrence, interim dean of the UO School of Journalism and Communication. \u201cAs always, we are grateful to the Snowden family for making this opportunity possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Here are the 2026 Snowden interns and their news partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Tarek Anthony<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Evanston, Illinois. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/\"><strong>The Oregonian<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>Portland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Shane Balian<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Pasadena, California. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.registerguard.com\/\"><strong>The Register-Guard<\/strong><\/a>, Eugene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Ryland Bickley<\/strong>, Oregon State University. Hometown: Harrisburg, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtoday.com\/\"><strong>The News-Review<\/strong><\/a>, Roseburg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Hannah Bush<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Napavine, Washington. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.klcc.org\/\"><strong>KLCC<\/strong><\/a>, Eugene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Joseph Chiu<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Pleasanton, California. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/\"><strong>The Columbian<\/strong><\/a>, Vancouver, Washington<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Billie Corsetti<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Sherwood, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/eastoregonian.com\/\"><strong>East Oregonian<\/strong><\/a>, Pendleton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Ruby Duncan<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Beaverton, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/\"><strong>The Bulletin<\/strong><\/a>, Bend<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Brook Ferris<\/strong>, Oregon State University. Hometown: Palmer, Alaska. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salemreporter.com\/\"><strong>Salem Reporter<\/strong><\/a>, Salem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Amelia Fiore<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Littleton, Colorado. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiagorgenews.com\/\"><strong>Columbia Gorge News<\/strong><\/a>, Hood River<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Peyton Gast<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Clackamas, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijpr.org\/\"><strong>Jefferson Public Radio<\/strong><\/a>, Ashland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Leo Heffron<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Portland, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/lookouteugene-springfield.com\/\"><strong>Lookout Eugene-Springfield<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Eugene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Stephanie Hensley<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Healdsburg, California. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/\"><strong>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/strong><\/a>, Portland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Sasha Love<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Arcata, California. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyastorian.com\/\"><strong>The Astorian<\/strong><\/a>, Astoria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Mikayla Mesko<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Portland, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.streetroots.org\/\"><strong>Street Roots<\/strong><\/a>, Portland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Aishiki Nag<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Tigard, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/eugeneweekly.com\/\"><strong>Eugene Weekly<\/strong><\/a>, Eugene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Reilly Norgren<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Clatskanie, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salemreporter.com\/\"><strong>Salem Reporter<\/strong><\/a>, Salem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Kalena O\u2019Connell<\/strong>, University of Portland. Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestgrovenewstimes.com\/\"><strong>Forest Grove News-Times<\/strong><\/a>, Forest Grove<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Bayla Orton<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Bend, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.registerguard.com\/\"><strong>The Register-Guard<\/strong><\/a>, Eugene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Skeet Starr<\/strong>, Willamette University. Hometown: Portland, Oregon. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/\"><strong>The Bulletin<\/strong><\/a>, Bend<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Saj Sundaram<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Denver, Colorado. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/\"><strong>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/strong><\/a>, Portland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Brooke Tach\u00e9<\/strong>, University of Oregon. Hometown: Murrieta, California. News Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtoday.com\/\"><strong>The News-Review<\/strong><\/a>, Roseburg<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April\u00a0 1, 2026 EUGENE, Ore. \u2014 Twenty-one student journalists from four Oregon universities have been awarded internships from the 2026 Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism. The reporting and photojournalism interns will spend their summers working for news outlets in Oregon and southwest Washington. The program is supported through generous gifts from the family&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":983,"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963\/revisions\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowden.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}