Decades-Old AP Internship Program In Jeopardy?

The news that the Associated Press may be cutting its internship program for minorities has been making its way around the Internet, but the situation is more serious than that.

The AP no longer has a minority-focused internship program—that was dissolved about ten years ago to make way for a much bigger, broader program—but the AP is “examining all programs, including internships, as part of the companywide budgeting process during this challenging time,” spokesman Paul Colford told MJD.

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