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Oct 14, 2009

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.

Scroll down to the Planet Money info:

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.

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Sep 22, 2009

Spend your summer at the WSJ

The Wall Street Journal is looking for 18 journalism students for its summer internship program.
The interns will dive into business and information reporting for 10 weeks from June to Aug. at one of the Journal's many bureaus throughout the country, helping the WSJ's audience better understand business life. Interns will receive a pay of $700 per week.
Candidates must be undergraduate or graduate students. Most selected applicants have typically had previous newspaper internships and been heavily involved in their college's newspaper. An applicant's clips and previous journalism experience will have major impact on his or her acceptance. Journalists selected for final consideration will be asked to attend an interview.
To apply, mail your cover letter, resume and at least a dozen of clips (photocopied on letter or legal-size paper and unbound) to:

Cathy Panagoulias
Assistant Managing Editor
The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281

Applications must be received by Nov. 1 of this year. All candidates will be notified of the newspaper's intern selection by the end of February.

Learn more about the internship here.

IMAGE CREDIT: online.wsj.com

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Sep 6, 2009

Go for The Big Money in New York

Slate's The Big Money is looking for an editorial intern at its headquarters in New York.
The intern will:
  • Pitch article ideas and cultivate them into complete stories.
  • Assist in research.
  • Aid in the production process and daily operations.
Candidates must be current students enrolled in a degree program. Applicants should be passionate about business, finance and economics and have experience in HTML, Web applications and Photoshop. People with previous editorial experience will be preferred in the application process.
The position is unpaid and takes place from Sept. to Dec. To apply, e-mail your resume, cover letter, three clips and a short critique of a story that has been published on The Big Money to tbminterns@gmail.com. Include your availability from Sept. to Dec. when applying.

Learn more about the position here. Applications are due Sept. 11.

IMAGE CREDIT: thebigmoney.com

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Jun 1, 2009

JobsPage relaunches with eNewsletter

Joe Grimm, the former recruiter for Freep.com, has relaunched JobsPage and created a new eNewsletter to accompany it. The Web site offers "Career Strategies for Journalists" and provides workshops, articles with career advice, journalism job/internship listings, an "Ask the Recruiter" section, and more.
Check out the new site here.

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