<p>Chicago Public Media is excited to welcome our 2026 summer intern class to the newsroom. These seven rising journalists will contribute across the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ through early autumn, embedded in teams working in audio, engagement, photography, video and news.</p><p>Please join us in welcoming the class of 2026:</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-c60000" name="image-c60000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b90a843/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6398x3591+0+338/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe0%2F99%2Fee8d59bc42478a136f3bb36a0b18%2Fannabellerivera.JPG 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/604c61b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6398x3591+0+338/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe0%2F99%2Fee8d59bc42478a136f3bb36a0b18%2Fannabellerivera.JPG 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c206f1d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6398x3591+0+338/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe0%2F99%2Fee8d59bc42478a136f3bb36a0b18%2Fannabellerivera.JPG" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Annabelle Rivera, a young woman with long hair wearing a pink sweater and white top, smiles in front of a gray backdrop." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c206f1d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6398x3591+0+338/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe0%2F99%2Fee8d59bc42478a136f3bb36a0b18%2Fannabellerivera.JPG 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f0c12e9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6398x3591+0+338/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe0%2F99%2Fee8d59bc42478a136f3bb36a0b18%2Fannabellerivera.JPG 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c206f1d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6398x3591+0+338/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe0%2F99%2Fee8d59bc42478a136f3bb36a0b18%2Fannabellerivera.JPG" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Annabelle Rivera at the Chicago Public Media studio, Tuesday, June 16, 2026.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p><h3>Annabelle Rivera, Audio News Intern</h3><p>Annabelle Rivera joins WBEZ as an audio news intern. A 2025 graduate of DePaul University, she majored in journalism with a minor in international politics.