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

Program Number:   72131
Program                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Sponsor:          Association for Women in Sports Media

SYNOPSIS:
The sponsor offers an annual scholarship/internship program for female college students who plan to pursue careers in any sports media.

Deadline(s):      10/31/2009
Established Date: 01/17/2003
Follow-Up Date:   09/01/2010
Review Date:      09/21/2009

Contact:

Address:          3899 N. Front St.
Harrisburg, PA 17110
U.S.A.
E-mail:           internships@awsmonline.org
Web Site: http://www.awsmonline.org
Program URL: http://www.awsmonline.org/internscholar_about.html
Tel:
Fax:
Deadline Ind:     Receipt
Deadline Open:    No

Award Type(s):    Student Scholarship

Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
Any/No Restrictions

Locations Tenable:    U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories)

Appl Type(s):     Graduate Student
Undergraduate Student
Woman

Target Group(s):  NONE
Funding Limit:    $0   SEEBELOW
Duration:         0
Indirect Costs:   Unspecified
Cost Sharing:     No
Sponsor Type:     Professional/Academic Assoc & Soc.

Geo. Restricted:  NO RESTRICTIONS

CFDA#:

OBJECTIVES:
The sponsor offers an annual scholarship/internship program for female college students who plan to pursue careers in sports media.

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be a full-time female student seeking an undergraduate or graduate degree during the 2009-10 academic year. All applications must be accompanied by an application fee.

FUNDING
All interns will receive a $1,000 scholarship from AWSM in addition to whatever pay the internship provides. Copy editing interns will receive an additional $1,000 scholarship from the Associated Press Sports Editors.
(cas)

KEYWORDS:         Journalism
Photography
Broadcast Media
Public Relations
Sports/Athletics
Internet

SUBMISSIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR A ONE-OF-A-KIND $10,000 UNDERGRADUATE JOURNALISM AWARD AND PAID INTERNSHIP

THE WINNER CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN AN INTERNSHIP AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE NEW YORK POST OR FOX NEWS CHANNEL AND RECEIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN NYC

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce that applications for the “2010 Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award,” the nationwide undergraduate competition whose winning prize is unmatched by any institution in the country, are now being accepted.

The winner will secure the following awards:

• A cash prize of $10,000
• A paid internship of his or her choice at Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal or the New York Post
• Residential housing in New York City, if necessary.

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation will present the award to the undergraduate columnist, editorialist or reporter whose work best reflects the spirit of the writings by Eric Breindel: Love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism.

The award, created in memory of the New York Post editor and columnist, includes opinion journalism, news coverage and online articles. It is open to undergraduate writers and reporters of all political convictions and backgrounds and submissions may include college newspapers, magazines or periodicals, as well as online articles published on accredited college institution web sites. The award recognizes the editorial pursuit of freedom and American ideals.

In the past the award has been presented by Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corporation and Roger Ailes, Chairman of Fox News Channel and Fox Television Stations.

Last year’s winner, Carl J. Kelm, was a recent graduate of Stanford University with a major in political science and a minor in history and chose an internship at The Wall Street Journal.

The winner two years ago John Wilson, chose an internship at the New York Post and was subsequently hired as the Associate Editorial Page Editor. The first winner, Matt Mireles, attended Columbia University in New York and chose an internship at Fox News Channel. He is currently involved in creating technology for the new era in communications.

Those who wish to be considered should submit no more than two editorials, columns or news stories, per person, written in the 2009-2010 academic year. Articles specifically produced for and published by an established newspaper or magazine web site will be accepted as well as internet exclusive material. All rules governing submissions appear on the attached page. A confidential panel of judges appointed by the Foundation will judge the entries. The winner will be announced in June 2010.

ABOUT ERIC BREINDEL

In 1977, Eric Breindel graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was editorial chairman of the Harvard Crimson and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his A.B. from Harvard, Eric studied politics at the London School of Economics. He went to Harvard Law School where he received his J.D. in 1982.

Eric Breindel became the Editorial Page Editor of the New York Post in 1986. Breindel was appointed Senior Vice President of News Corporation in 1997. His nationally syndicated column appeared weekly in the New York Post and he was the moderator of a weekly national public affairs television program, Fox News Watch, on the Fox News Channel. A book of his columns, titled A Passion for Truth: The Selected Writings of Eric Breindel, was published in 1998.

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt entity based in New York City.

FOR AN APPLICATION OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT GERMAINE FEBLES AT (212) 843-8031 OR GFEBLES@RUBENSTEIN.COM OR VISIT WWW.ERICBREINDEL.ORG