Posted On: August 3, 2015
Journalism Internship
Media Organization: New York Magazine
Company Description
New York Media is the parent company of the ground-breaking magazine New York; the up-to-the-minute news and service website nymag.com; the Grub Street food site; the entertainment and culture news site Vulture; the fashion and lifestyle site The Cut; Science of Us, a window into the latest science on human behavior; New York Weddings and New York Design Hunting magazines; and signature events including Vulture Festival, New York Taste, and New York Weddings. New York Magazine is read by more than 2.1 million people per issue. Through smart writing, beautiful photography and sophisticated design, New York chronicles news and social trends, explores the city’s cultural life, and serves as a navigational tool for all aspects of urban living. The New York Media websites attract more than 30 million monthly unique visitors.
New York Media has won numerous awards for its print and digital properties in recent years, including 37 National Magazine Awards, three Cover of the Year Awards, and the 2014 Gold Medal for Magazine of the Year from the Society of Publication Designers (SPD). New York was No. 2 on Ad Age’s 2014 Magazine A-List.
Job Description
New York Media is pleased to offer a Junior Reporting-Writing Internship program beginning in September. During the three-month program, interns will be responsible for identifying, researching, and reporting newsworthy stories for the Daily Intelligencer, New York Magazine’s news website. Ideal candidates have a good eye for the people, topics, and events worth covering right now, display a reporter’s instincts for finding and following the stories that matter, and write with originality and style. A journalism background is not required; an appetite for news and a voracious curiosity is.
Full-time applicants are preferred, but part-time applicants will also be considered. Positions pay on an hourly basis at New York State minimum wage. No phone calls, please. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted. Please regard your résumé as having been received unless your email is bounced back. New York Media is an Equal-Opportunity Employer.
To Apply
Interested applicants should send a cover letter, résumé, three writing samples, and answers to the five application questions below to jrwp@nymag.com by August 15.
Junior Writing-Reporting Application Questions:
1. Where do you get your news? Please list three outlets you read daily and three you wish you read more.
2. Pretend you’re the news editor for the day. Pick one day this month and find five stories you think nymag.com should put on its homepage. Write a headline and propose an angle for each story.
3. Imagine the New York mayor announces a plan to legalize recreational marijuana use. Give three ideas for how you might cover the story.
4. Do you have any special skills or areas of expertise we should know about?
5. Please provide three references.