Press Interns doing news reporting?

I interned with a local newspaper when I was 17 or so. Yes, I did contribute articles to the paper, but they were mostly events the reporters didn't want to cover - a new playgroup initiative, repairs to the church tower, that kind of thing.

Of course, that's when they still had small local newspapers, but I suspect the situation hasn't changed much.

I know nothing about the New York news world, or, indeed, big cities in general, but if there was some sort of a neighbourhood connection to the auction, a local artist, a well-known local seller, or someone who used the neighbourhood in their art, i.e. some sort of local interest, I can imagine a local paper or website being interested. Especially if there's nothing more remarkable going on: no local celebration, political event, etc.

A blogger would be more believable. Newspapers and magazines are focused more on previewing upcoming events rather than covering past ones.s

I think you misunderstood me.

I was a reporter for almost a decade. Newspapers and magazines would rather preview events for their reader rather than cover them and by the time your story is produced the event is over. Unless something special happened, or its a big event that lots of people care about, there's not a lot of purpose in telling readers what they missed.

Typically newspapers and especially magazines, only cover really popular events and sports, because everyone cares about sports. Do enough people care about small art auctions? Probably not. Could a blogger whose interested in a particular painter show up? Absolutely. If you really want a reporter to be there, an believable way to do it is to have a reporter who keeps an art blog. Lots of reporters keep blogs these days, and most of them are passion projects. While I was covering hard news I kept a blog about Indycar. I know a sports editor who does a flower blog.