Planet Money internship: Nov. 15 deadline

Internships are available at Planet Money and lots of other departments at NPR. And the deadline to apply is coming more quickly than you think.

NPR Internships.

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This internship is based in New York. Assists with researching stories for Planet Money’s podcast and radio reports, creates original content for the Planet Money blog, maintains data bases and external contacts, and performs routine administrative tasks as well. Must have excellent writing, researching and analytic skills, and the ability to work independently, quickly and accurately under deadline pressure. Knowledge of basic principles of economics and finance preferred. Web skills essential, including knowledge of HTML tags, blogging software such as Moveable Type. Experience with other tools, like Photoshop preferred. Please submit writing samples.

While you're there, check out the Social Media desk internship.

Good luck.

Supervise Planet Money

National Public Radio's Planet Money is looking for a supervising editor in New York.
The editor will conduct all planning and production for the Planet Money series. The editor will supervise staff, plan and monitor the unit's budget and coordinate with other NPR divisions.

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor's degree or a similar combination of experience and education.
  
• At least 10 years of professional journalism work with previous management experience.
• An understanding of how to plan and schedule in a union environment.
  
• A comprehensive knowledge of business and economics.
• The ability to relocate and work diverse shifts.

Applicants with developed skills in audio production and previous work in the broadcast industry or public radio environment are preferred. Knowledge of Web 2.0, social media, blogging, search engine optimization and data visualization is a plus.

View the job posting and apply online here.

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Work on Planet Money

National Public Radio's series Planet Money is in need of an executive producer at its headquarters in New York.
The producer will oversee the series as a whole, including production, staff and spending. The selected candidate will also work as a representative of Planet Money with NPR departments including Development, Sponsorship, Member & Program Services, Finance, Strategic Planning, Legal and IT.
Applicants should have a bachelor's degree or an "equivalent combination of education and experience." Candidate should have at least 10 years' experience in broadcast journalism and editing. They should also have:

• Experience managing editors, producers and on-air journalists.
• Journalistic or editorial experience reporting on business and economics.
  
• The ability to schedule in a union environment.
• A willingness to relocate and work a variety of shifts.

Knowledge of advanced audio production is a plus, as is an understanding of Web 2.0 including social media, digital production, data visualization and search engine optimization.

To learn more and apply online, visit here.

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NPR ombud sounds off on "Planet Money" interview

NPR ombudsman, Alicia Shepard, walks readers through a heated NPR podcast for Planet Money in a new blog post. 

The podcast, controversial because of host Adam Davidson's unprofessional interview tactics last month with TARP watchdog Elizabeth Warren, was the cause of numerous listener comments via e-mails and voice mail messages. 

The Planet Money blog also received a record- 788 total comments about the interview.

From the post:

"It's important for journalists to treat whomever they are interviewing with respect -- and to keep their opinions to themselves. Davidson did neither. Instead, Davidson conveyed that he didn't think Warren was doing her job properly. He admits that his anger was misdirected. "

WSJ chimes in on press coverage

NPR talks with economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, David Wessel, to chat about the highly-criticized role of media coverage during the financial meltdown on Tuesday's Talk of the Nation newscast.
Listen to the conversation here.