Bloomberg Industry appoints eight summer interns

Bloomberg Industry Group announced Thursday that it will have eight summer interns in its newsroom.

“Our talented interns come to us with a wide range of experiences from previous internships, university papers, print and online publications and broadcast channels,” said Cesca Antonelli, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg Industry Group. “We are pleased to welcome them and are confident that they will hit the ground running and make important contributions here.”

Bloomberg Industry Group’s 2024 news interns are:

Lilac Burke is in the master’s program in journalism at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY. She has worked as a freelance education reporter and as a general assignment reporter at Inside Higher Ed. Her work has also appeared in the Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Washington Post, The Hechinger Report and a dozen other publications.

Gabe Castro Root is a rising senior at American University studying journalism and sustainability. Castro-Root has interned at the San Francisco Chronicle, The Charlotte Observer and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the DC Science Writers Association and is a 2024 White House Correspondents’ Association Scholar.

Thomas Gleason is a junior at the University of Missouri studying documentary and photojournalism. He interned at Missouri Business Alert as a banking and financial reporter and most recently worked as a visual journalist for the Columbia Missourian.

Olivia Gyapong is a junior at the University of Missouri, double majoring in journalism and political science and minoring in constitutional democracy. Gyapong has worked for Brussels-based policy and politics channel Euractiv, covering global affairs and EU transport policy. She has worked for the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow and as an intern at WAMU 88.5 and DCist. Gyapong also covered youth and primary education as a reporter at the Columbia Missourian.

Avani Kalra is a junior at Northwestern University, where she most recently served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. She has covered environmental policy and breaking news for the Chicago Tribune, breaking news for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was a general assignment intern at the Wisconsin State Journal.

Caitlin McLean will graduate from Georgetown University this month. At Georgetown she was editor-in-chief of The Hoya. She has interned at NBC News, USA Today and The Hill.

Owen Racer is completing a master’s degree in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on audio and health and science reporting. After earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Cincinnati, Racer contributed reporting to NPR member stations including WHYY, WWNO and WVXU. While reporting from New Orleans, he contributed to KFF Health News, Biz New Orleans, Comstock’s Magazine and various business magazines.

Alexis Waiss is graduating this month from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has done stock reporting for the Arizona Republic, election reporting for PolitiFact and reporting on social justice and politics for the Arizona PBS affiliate Cronkite News. Her work has been featured in USA Today and several local Arizona media outlets, including the Phoenix Business Journal, the Copper Courier and Arizona Mirror.