Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Work Schedule: Part to Full-Time
Description:
Help create an online community of fans by following the Arkansas Razorback athletics programs. Blogging and writing about the various teams will be the primary responsibility. The ESPN affiliated web site, CallingtheHogs.com, is currently in development and looking for enthusiastic, proactive interns to complete the staff.
The website will primarily cover the football, basketball, and baseball teams with a heavy emphasis on recruiting. Other sports will also be covered at a lesser degree. Members of the website will have the opportunity to purchase annual or monthly subscriptions for premium insider information. The site will consist of member forums, a Facebook-like community section and chat rooms to help build the community.
We are looking for writers to help us initiate discussion about Razorback athletics throughout the site and to cover the teams/players throughout their respective seasons. You will be in charge of every aspect related to the creation and maintenance of your own blog/articles along with updating Twitter and Facebook daily. You will also have the opportunity to grow the user base and will be compensated accordingly through that growth.
Additionally, successful writers will be given the opportunity to turn the internship into a full-time position.
All work can be done remotely and around your schedule. However, it will be expected that game summaries and player interviews will be published under tight deadlines. Overall expected number of hours worked per week is between 10-20.
Experience/Skills:
·       Professional and academic writing experience.
·       Strong interest and knowledge of college sports.
·       Must be mature and self-motivated
·       Seeking candidates majoring in English, communications, journalism,
creative writing or a related field.

How To Apply:
If you are interested in improving your writing and social networking skills please send me a resume, short cover email and two writing samples
to: careers@insideouttechnologies.com

Email: careers@insideouttechnologies.com

Tenaris is looking for a recent or December grad to become part of our Global Trainee program (brochure attached) at our mill in Blytheville, Arkansas. This person would work in our North American communications department supporting Employee Communications, and they should have a strong focus in journalism. They would be contributing to our on-line and print publications, and should also have a fairly good background in photojournalism and video projects as well, although not the focus of the job.

If you have any candidates you feel would fit our needs, I would love to review resumes and set-up interviews of those we see a possible connection.

Please contact:
Kimberly DeLaat
Employee Communications
Tenaris
2200 West Loop South, Suite 800
Houston, TX 77027
Direct: 713-336-7313
Fax: 713-767-4444
kdelaat@tenaris.com

DAAD is pleased to announce the third year of “internXchange,” an intensive scholarship-supported summer seminar/internship program in Berlin for 20 American journalism and communications students with strong German language skills.

For the first six weeks of the program, participants will take part in a seminar series to expand their academic understanding of the politics, society and culture of Germany, and the country’s current social conditions and media scene. The final five weeks consist of an intensive internship with a German newspaper, magazine, radio station or PR firm in or near Berlin. Participants receive a stipend and travel subsidy.

The application deadline is January 31, 2010. Up to 40 finalists will be invited to a selection interview in New York City (in early March).

For details on eligibility and the application requirements, please visit www.daad.org/page/internxchange/

Newsday (New York City) is offering several internships for journalism students interested in hands-on experience in print reporting, multimedia, and Web development. Click here for more details.

2010 SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Date: June 6 - August 7, 2010
Where: New York, New York

The IRTS Summer Fellowship Program teaches up-and-coming communicators the realities of the media industry and business world through a nine-week , expense-paid fellowship , which includes practical experience and career-planning advice. Fellows gain full-time, “real world” experience at New York-based media companies. In addition, the Fellowship provides the opportunity to network with industry professionals, take related field trips, and attend panels, lectures and group discussions.

ELIGIBILITY:
The Summer Fellowship Program is competitive. Students must be college juniors, seniors or graduate students at the time of application. For detailed eligibility information, log on to our website www.irts.org and follow the link to “College Programs.” http://www.irts.org/programs/sfp/sfp.html

COST: Travel, housing and living allowance included.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2009, 11:59PM

Information can also be found on the IRTS Broadcast Sales Associate Program, which is held in tandem with the Summer Fellowship Program. This diversity initiative is designed to give graduating seniors a jumpstart on the management track by providing customized sales training, in addition to the regular features of the Fellowship Program.

The IRTS Foundation is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization, which brings together the wisdom and power of today’s leaders to train and educate the next generation of media and communication professionals. Our programs and diversity initiatives help ensure that the business responsible for informing, entertaining, and educating the public reaches its highest potential in this exciting digital age.

Privacy is important to IRTS Foundation. At any point, send an e-mail to submit@irts.org with “Unsubscribe” (please use all caps) in the subject line if you would rather not receive future email notices from IRTS.

AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship

The 2010 AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship application is now available online.

Please share this opportunity with your students.

Science is a global activity, but the demographics of the journalists who cover it don’t reflect that diversity. The Minority Science Writers Internship is for undergraduate students who are interested in journalism as a career and who want to learn about science writing.

The Internship takes place each summer at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of AAAS’s Science magazine, the largest interdisciplinary journal in the world. Interns spend 10 weeks at Science under the guidance of award-winning reporters and editors, and have a chance to experience what science writers do for a living. Interns are expected to contribute to the weekly news section, including bylined articles in the print and electronic news service.

The paid internship includes travel costs to and from the internship site in Washington, D.C. Living accommodations and expenses are the responsibility of the Intern. The Internship runs from June to mid-August.

The 2010 summer program application deadline is March 1, 2010. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate academic program when they submit their application.

• Learn more about the Internship
• Download the Minority Science Writers Internship Application

AAAS
Minority Science Writers Internship
1200 New York Ave., NW, Room 608
Washington, DC 20005
202-326-6441
www.aaas.org/mswi

State Farm, the nation’s number one insurer of autos and homes, has an outstanding editorial internship opportunity for the summer of 2010 at the company’s headquarters in Bloomington, Il. We are looking for a student to work on the State Farm News Hub, a daily website that provides news and information to nearly 200,000 State Farm employees, agents and agent team members. Additionally, the successful candidate will work on State Farm Red Magazine, a 32-page quarterly internal publication which tells the State Farm story through the eyes of our employees, agents and policyholders. Duties will include, writing and researching articles for both communication vehicles, helping with editorial decisions, and communication strategy.

Qualifications needed:

-Journalism or communications major

-Completed sophomore year and planning to return to school following the internship

-Excellent oral communications skills

-Outstanding writing skills

-Desire to work with a highly skilled team of journalists

This is a competitively paid internship with housing and relocation assistance. For more information on the internship experience at State Farm please go to

http://www.statefarm.com/about/careers/internships/internships.asp

If you are interested in this internship opportunity please send a resume and writing samples by October to 25, 2009.

Interested in working with some of the best reporters and editors around? We offer 10 weeks of intensive, hands-on experience in a region where big stories are the norm. We place interns throughout the paper – Metro, Sports, Business, Features and latimes.com. These paid internships usually run from mid-June to late August.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be actively working toward a college degree in the U.S. Graduates may be eligible if you’ve finished school within six months of the start of the internship. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license and access to a car in good working condition. Little training is offered, so previous internship experience is preferred.

TO APPLY: Please submit a cover letter, a resume, a one-page personal essay, up to 12 work samples and a list of three references. SEND TO: Randy Hagihara, Senior Editor for Recruitment, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. For further information, contact Hagihara at 1-800-LATIMES, Ext. 77992 or at randy.hagihara@latimes.com. More information is available at: www.latimes.com/internships. APPLICATION DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JANUARY 1, 2010.

The Washington Post offers 12-week, paid reporting internships on the Local, Financial, Sports, Style and Editorial desks, as well as internships for Visual Journalists, Web Producers and Web Designers. It has a heavy Web and multimedia focus and is open to college juniors and seniors, as well as grad students. The program has served as a launching pad for quite a few students, many of whom work today in the Post newsroom and others. The Post requires that intern applicants have previously had at least one professional internship.

The deadline to apply is November 1. The application can be located at www.washingtonpost.com/intern.

The Washington Post is also seeking interns with strong skills and interest in online journalism. Prospective interns must be students currently enrolled in a degree program, and, if selected, must submit one of the following on or before the first day of the internship: 1) documentation showing that academic credit is being received (i.e. a copy of the course registration), or 2) a letter from a professor, department head, or academic advisor stating that the internship significantly contributes to the student’s current degree program, or 3) a letter from the school stating that the internship is part of a work-study or independent study program.

The intern will be assigned a mentor to help teach them the skills that will help qualify them for a job in online journalism.

Hours per week: 16 hours maximum, unpaid, with flexible scheduling.
DEADLINES: Applications for Spring Semester starting in January must be received by Nov. 1.

Please send Resume, Cover Letter and materials specified below for the specific job you are seeking. Materials should be sent by email to the address below. Please specify in Subject Line which job listed below is your first choice. This will improve your chances.
Email applications or questions to: springintern@washpost.com

Internships are available for:

WEB PRODUCER : Intern will learn how to publish online news articles and blog posts, update web pages and section fronts, edit video, develop photo galleries and work with interactive data bases. The ideal candidate should: have journalism experience, reporting or editing at other news organizations or at a college newspaper; be immersed in the news and have strong news judgment; have basic html and familiarity with online publishing systems. Please submit in electronic form the links to any Web pages or interactive features you have developed, or submit these products on CD.

PRODUCER, Arts & Living: Intern will learn how to produce articles, photo galleries and special reports within the feature sections; update news headlines and wire copy; update & maintain archives and databases. Qualifications include: Interest in and solid knowledge about entertainment and pop culture, movies in particular; and strong computer skills and desire to learn new tools and technology. Please submit in electronic form the links to any Web pages or interactive features you have developed, or submit these products on CD.

PRODUCER, Interactivity, Comments & Groups: Intern will learn how to perform a variety of editorial and production tasks for live “newsmaker” Q&As, panel discussion sites (On Faith, On Leadership, The League) and social web features (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) Strong Internet skills mandatory. Knowledge of HTML/CSS and website production, Movable Type Enterprise and blog production, Adobe Premier Pro and video production tools, Adobe Photoshop, and social networking sites helpful. Interest in religious issues, sports, or business/leadership - the topics of our panel discussions - are each a plus.

DESIGNER, News, Features & Information: Intern will learn to craft presentation of Post content across platforms including creating graphics and presenting data in print and online. Strong news judgment, photo and copy editing skills are required. Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, CSS and html skills are key. Please send 5 to 10 examples of print and/or digital design and graphics work via links or PDF format. Links to Web design work are acceptable.

VIDEO NEWS EDITOR: Intern will learn how to produce daily news video, audio, and podcasts. Will have opportunity to learn how to handle multimedia treatment of breaking news coverage.

The deadline to apply for this January’s New York Times Student Journalism Institute is rapidly approaching. Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 24 (next week) for this extraordinary opportunity offered by The New York Times to student members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Your NAHJ membership must be current to apply. To join or renew your membership, go to http://www.nahj.org/membership/membershiptypes.shtml

For 11 days, from Jan 2 through 12, at the University of Arizona in Tucson you have a chance to work one-on-one with journalists from one of the world’s most prestigious publications. You’ll participate with two dozen other students who share your passion for news, forming friendships that will last a lifetime. All costs, including transportation to and from Tucson, are paid by The New York Times, and there’s even a small stipend so you have some spending money in Tucson.

Student participants cover Tucson from a newsroom supervised by Times staffers, who work closely with individual students on their assignments. There are opportunities for student writers, photographers, web producers, page and graphics designers, copy editors and video and audio journalists. (You don’t have to settle on just one thing; the Institute allows you to experiment with a range of newsroom jobs if you want to.) Students work is presented on a Web site (www.nytimes-institute.com) and in a newspaper.

To apply, you must provide:
–An essay of up to 500 words on why you want to be a journalist.
–Six work samples, which may include published clips of your writing or stories you have edited (with headlines); portfolios with six published or unpublished examples of graphics or photographs; or examples of your audio or video work.
–A recommendation (sent separately) from a professor or an editor of a news organization for which you have worked.

All material must be sent to:
New York Times Student Journalism Institute
PO Box 2690
Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108

Applications for the program can be downloaded from:
http://www.nytimes-institute.com/miami09/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tuscon2010_app.pdf

Don Hecker, Director
New York Times Student Journalism Institute
hecker@nytimes.com
(212) 556-1576