Meet Times of San Diego's Four Spring Semester Student Interns

Times of San Diego is proud to welcome four spring semester interns from university journalism programs in San Diego and Phoenix.

The four are Tessa Balc from Point Loma Nazarene University, Serena Neumeyer from San Diego State University, and Kira Caspers and Fatima Gabir from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University.

Balc, a native of Chicago, is a senior majoring in political science and journalism. She serves as news editor of The Point Weekly Newspaper, and previously interned at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Neumeyer is a 2024 graduate of SDSU with degrees in journalism and interdisciplinary studies. The San Diego native served as social media editor for The Daily Aztec, and just completed an internship at The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Caspers is a junior from the Phoenix area who previously interned at the Arizona Republic and Times Media Group in Tempe. She has a scholarship to study journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Media Fellows.

“I’m very excited to join the Times of San Diego team,” Caspers said. “All of my student and professional reporting has been from Phoenix, so I’m looking forward to getting to know the people and city of San Diego.”

Gabir is a junior majoring in journalism and minoring in justice studies. She previously interned at Phoenix Magazine and wrote for The State Press, ASU’s student-run news organization.

Funding for their internships comes through Times of San Diego’s partnership with NEWSWELL, a nonprofit affiliate of ASU. The started last Monday and have already written numerous articles.

Times of San Diego plans to provide a number of internship opportunities every semester to journalism students in California and Arizona.