City Spoonful (www.cityspoonful.com) is a food news website dedicated to exploring the communities that make up New York City with a mix of food-related news and feature stories, videos and restaurant reviews. We are looking for writers, photographers and videographers with a love of food and a sense of adventure. We are a start-up (i.e. we can’t afford to pay contributors as of yet.) But we can offer a place to publish your work as you begin to build a portfolio. So if you have a great idea, a passion for exploring off-the-beaten path neighborhoods or just really have a hankering to review that restaurant on your block, shoot us an email. We’re also looking for reporters to attend foodie events throughout the city.

Research intern should have strong background in biological sciences, especially relating to cancer and oncology. Intern will assist with research for a documentary film series for PBS about cancer. Candidates should be consistent and reliable.

MedHelp, a fast-paced health start-up, is looking for a talented and experienced freelance health writers to write on a variety of health, medical and lifestyle topics. If you're passionate about health and know how to engage, inform and inspire people to live their healthiest through your words, we want to hear from you!

Writers must:
* have health, lifestyle or medical writing experience
* be current on the latest nutrition, health and medical information
* be able to read and interpret medical studies and turn that into intelligent, zingy prose for a general audience
* be knowledgeable about best practices for writing for the web, including SEO
* be able to work independently, meet tight deadlines and approach each assignment with creativity and intelligence.

Topics will be assigned but pitches are also welcome (and encouraged)!

You'll be paid for your work on a per-article basis -- the rate will be determined by your experience and professional credentials (if applicable).

Check out some samples of our work below and visit www.medhelp.org.

http://www.medhelp.org/healthy-living/articles/11-Excuse-Proof-Reasons-to-Start-Walking-/260
http://www.medhelp.org/cancer/slideshows/Get-the-Facts-About-Ovarian-Cancer/268
http://www.medhelp.org/healthy-living/slideshows/12-Foods-That-Make-You-Smarter/267
http://www.medhelp.org/neurology/articles/5-Tips-to-Prevent-Cognitive-Decline/250
http://www.medhelp.org/eye-care/articles/9-Common-Eye-Myths-Dispelled/166?page=1

The Overseas Press Club’s Freedom of the Press Committee is looking for a spring contributor to assist with documenting and publicizing attacks on the press worldwide in articles for the web site, letters to foreign governments and through social media. The contributor will be invited to attend the annual awards ceremony on April 25, 2012, and paid $500.

The Overseas Press Club was founded in 1939 in New York by a group of foreign correspondents. The OPC seeks to maintain an international association of journalists working in the United States and abroad; to encourage the highest standards of professional integrity and skill in the reporting of news; to help educate a new generation of journalists; to contribute to the freedom and independence of journalists and the press throughout the world, and to work toward better communication and understanding among people.

Contributors will research and write pieces for the OPC website, based on published and online sources, covering current stories and controversies of interest to OPC members. Contributors will use social media to discuss press freedom issues and raise the OPC profile.

Our ideal candidate is interested in international journalism, familiar with news programming and current events, uses social media. He or she has strong research and writing skills, is well organized and detail oriented, mature and responsible, and can work independently.

The OPC internship runs for 12 weeks, starting on Feb. 20 through May 11, 2012. We require approximately 5-7 hours a week of work. The intern will be paid $500 at the end of the internship.

Please send a resume and a short cover letter explaining your interest in international journalism and why you want to intern with the OPC by email to: awright@columbia.edu

Please write INTERNSHIP on the subject line and include two references, with one professional reference in possible.

We will accept applications until Feb. 10, 2012.

Creatives sought to help build an online and hard-copy version of a news-magazine. The magazine will examine project is expected to run approximately three months.

The premiere version of the magazine will look at different perspectives of the Occupy Movement. Theses perspectives range from celebrity interviews (Interview Magazine concept) to analyses by lauded economists. Other perspectives juxtapose ideas of a homeless person against the, "1%". The online version of the magazine will also seek to introduce a new advertising model. It is the first that is intended to embed relevant ads into the content of articles.

Huffington Post Women is seeking an intern to work closely with the editor researching stories, writing quick posts, updating social media accounts, maintaining a calendar of upcoming books, TV, movies, etc, calling in books, assisting with basic photo research and resizing, and completing various other editorial tasks.

Qualification:
The candidate must be extremely web savvy and a frequent user of social media. The ideal candidate is a fast learner, maintains a personal blog, and knows Tumblr and/or StumbleUpon.

This is a spring internship at 40 hours / week at $10/hr.

HuffPost Small Business, a leading destination for news, advice, and features related to the entrepreneurial community, is looking for a reporter intern to join our team. The position involves researching and reporting daily news stories, writing longer profiles, compiling multimedia projects such as slideshows, and assisting with general site maintenance. We are looking for a recent graduate with past journalism experience and, if possible, video shooting/editing experience. Ideal candidates have a strong interest in business and entrepreneurial issues, and past experience in the field is preferred, but not required.

This is a spring internship at 40 hours / week at $10/hr.

We’re seeking aspiring sports journalists and editors who have a passion for working in the football industry. Participants will receive hands-on experience in the new age of sports reporting, with an option to earn full or partial credit for their work.

Interns will work with our team of veteran on-line journalists to hone their skills while writing about topics they enjoy – both original pieces and assigned. They will receive honest feedback on their work from FN supervisors, and also the FN community. Some interns may have the opportunity to serve as editor to content that flows into the FN system.

Upon completion of the program, the intern will have built a solid portfolio of work to add to their resume. Many of our previous interns have decided to stay on board the FN team as a regular contributor with the goal of achieving paid employment status with Football Nation.

The Daily is looking for a production assistant/intern to assist with page creation for our New York Fashion Week editions and other fashion magazines in January & February--opportunity for future jobs also available. PA will help production team including silo of images for layouts, linking images into the pages, reviewing each page for errors/corrections etc. Must have knowledge of PhotoShop and InDesign. Will be trained, work alongside experienced team and receive inclusion on our mastheads. Must also be self-motivated, positive, and a team-player dedicated to meeting daily deadlines.

Are you passionate about how technology is shaping the future of journalism? Are you obsessed with reading and learning about the industry? Are you a creative, innovative and future-forward thinker and writer?

If so, we want to talk to you. Early this year, we're launching a new website and want to completely rethink how we promote our blog.

How can you help?
- Maintain the NewsCred editorial calendar
- Write short daily blog posts (1 quick paragraph a day) on something interesting happening in the news about the news
- Every other week, write a longer thought / "how-to" piece about how you can use technology is shaping the future of journalism
- Rally guest contributors to join the effort
- Sync up our Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and blog activity
- Note: you'll have the opportunity to work with our creative directors to turn this blog into a full-blown online publication for Q2 2012. We'll give you the guidance you need, but the position is flexible with tons of room to grow

What does the job entail?
Up to 20 hours per week (we're flexible around your schedule)
Working at our office under the supervision of the Marketing Director
Paid ($12/hour)

So what exactly is our blog about?
We see a huge opportunity for publishers and brands to leverage quality journalism, innovative technologies and creative content marketing strategies – to get noticed, build trust, create a better brand experience and drive sales. Our blog should address these opportunities and provide a useful point of view for how to make them actionable.

Who will you work with?
We're a team of 20 people across 3 countries (NY, Bangladesh and London). We're developers and engineers, PHD's and sales people, marketers and journalists, editors and technologists. Best of all, we have a lot of fun - we're all hardworking, young, creative and energetic.