The Key Reporter is delighted to introduce our staff of ΦBK Writing Interns for spring 2026.
The Society’s Writing Internship Program serves new ΦBK members who are looking for an opportunity to gain professional experience and support ΦBK’s mission to advance excellence in the liberal arts and sciences in higher education.
The program is open to members in their first year and recent graduates. Each intern receives a $1,000 stipend for their articles published on our website, keyreporter.org.
RACHEL BARTZ (ΦBK,COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY)
Rachel Bartz graduated from the College of William and Mary in May 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and a minor in economics. She was inducted by the Alpha of Virginia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, served as president of the William & Mary Debate Society, and was a member of the Lutheran Student Association. Her undergraduate research focused on the relationship between party turnover and corruption in Mexico. In 2025, she published an op-ed in the Diplomatic Courier examining recent Mexican judicial reforms and briefly lived in Mexico City. She has interned in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade division at the Congressional Research Service and was a Research Fellow at American University, where she contributed to a data set analyzing anti-government protest movements. She is currently working at an immigration law firm in the Bay Area and hopes to write, read, travel, and speak more Spanish.
EMELIA DELAPORTE (ΦBK, VIRGINIA TECH)
Emelia Delaporte is a spring 2025 graduate of Virginia Tech, where she received dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in communication (multimedia journalism) and English (professional and technical writing), as well as double minors in natural resources recreation and biodiversity conservation. She was inducted into the Mu of Virginia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa shortly before graduation.
Emelia’s passions include creative writing, journalism, environmental education, and outdoor recreation. In her spare time, she volunteers with her local Audubon Society and freelances for an environmental journal. She is a published writer with poems and prose upcoming in four university magazines. She is currently serving with a nonprofit in Richmond, Virginia, working to encourage youth to spend time outdoors.
MIRIELLA JIFFAR (ΦBK, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)
Miriella Jiffar is a master’s student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, concentrating in magazine journalism. She is a 2025 graduate of the University of Virginia, where she studied English, cognitive science, and French. She was inducted into the Beta of Virginia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in Spring 2025. As part of the Distinguished Majors Program in English at UVA, she was awarded Highest Distinction for her honors thesis, “Andromeda in Color: Literary Whitewashing and the Metamorphosis of a Classical Myth.” Her writing has been published in The Foundationalist Journal, The Virginia Literary Review, and Iris Magazine, among other places.
ALIA YEE NOLL (ΦBK, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)
Alia Yee Noll is a senior at the University of Southern California studying journalism with minors in documentary film and gender studies. She was inducted by the Epsilon of California chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at USC in April 2025. She is passionate about accessible arts and culture storytelling, and her byline can be found in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and USC’s Daily Trojan. She has also interned at the Getty Center, helping research and develop new art publications.
About Our Program
Phi Beta Kappa’s writing interns help publicize the work of the Society and write stories about our alumni members. New members of Phi Beta Kappa within their first or second year are considered for this position. Interns make a five-month commitment to the program and prepare a minimum of five short articles about Phi Beta Kappa alumni, news, or events for The Key Reporter website. Interns write and conduct research remotely. A staff presence in the national office in Washington, DC, is not required.