Starting Date: Late August/early September to December
Supervisor: Michael Fell, Managing Editor
Compensation: For course credit only

Responsibilities:

TV Guide Magazine interns gain experience in several departments at the magazine. Beginning in the research department, the student will fact check stories and assist the researchers in news, highlights, and feature stories for publication. The student will work closely with editors and staff writers to help compile information for special packages such as our Fall Preview and Winter Preview, among others. The student will attend our daily morning news meetings and weekly editorial meetings and is welcome to pitch ideas to the staff. Interns will also transcribe interviews with actors/producers/directors, communicate with network publicists, and research TV Guide’s rich archives. Depending on the student’s skill set, he or she may have the opportunity to cover red-carpet events, conduct phone interviews for stories, and write short articles for print and online.

Qualifications:

We’re looking for interns who are passionate about TV, celebrities, and entertainment. Enthusiasm, efficiency, and organizational skills are essential, in addition to proficiency with computers and social media. Interns must be strong writers, and experience in journalistic research and conducting interviews is a plus. Journalism, media studies, and communications majors are preferred. TV Guide Magazine will provide the intern with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at a fast-paced, biweekly entertainment magazine.

Time Commitment: Minimum of two days per week; regular hours are 10am–6pm (flexible according to student’s schedule)

mental_floss magazine is looking for an editorial fellow for our print magazine.

Primary responsibilities include brainstorming, pitching, and writing stories; conducting copious amounts of research; and helping with a variety of print production and administrative tasks—some of them extremely glamorous, some of them a little less so.

The position pays $12 an hour, and is based in our midtown Manhattan office. We require a commitment of three days a week for a minimum of 12 weeks.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS:
· an excellent writer, who innately understands the mental_floss tone and sensibility

· a creative, thorough, and self-sufficient researcher—able to come up empty-handed in a Google search and still, heroically, find the information another way! Someone who is happy to explore the coffers of a library or database to find the stories nobody has told.

· incredibly attentive to detail, proactive, and excited to learn new things

· passionate about print and the types of stories we tell at mental_floss

The Country Living web editorial team is looking for an intern for the fall 2015 semester. Our hands-on editorial intern will assist with day-to-day editorial research, brainstorming and pitching story ideas, writing and reporting, publishing stories in our content management system, and helping to manage our social media accounts. The candidate must love home decorating, food, and crafting, as well as be a fast-learner and a great writer with excellent grammar skills. Prior web experience a plus! Candidates must commit to 2 full work days per week. This is an unpaid internship, with the change for paid future assignments. You also MUST receive school credit. Start and end dates negotiable, but September through December is ideal. Interns will be offered a paid assignment by the end of the internship.

The Center seeks interns with experience in journalism or public policy research to support our work. Responsibilities can include extensive phone interviews, Web research, data analysis, and writing. Other duties include coordinating meetings with government officials and attending policy meetings.

Skills and attributes we seek are:
• Strong writing and oral communications skills
• Ability to synthesize ideas clearly and concisely
• Ability to conduct effective interviews over the phone and in person
• High level of competency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• At least some experience with public data sources like the US Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• An interest in economic development, urban planning, workforce development, and higher education issues

We prefer current graduate students or those with advanced degrees in public policy, urban planning, journalism, economics, government, social science, or related fields, though we will also consider accomplished undergraduate students. Our internship program is very competitive and attracts talented undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world.

We hire throughout the year for three cohorts: Spring (January to mid-May), Summer (May to end of August), and Fall (September to December). We accept applications on a rolling basis, so in the subject line of your email please indicate the cohort(s) for which you would be interested in applying.

You must be able to commit to at least 20 hours a week. This is an unpaid internship that can be used for college credit where applicable, but we provide a small stipend at the end of the internship to help offset travel expenses.

We maintain a friendly and open working environment and encourage people of all backgrounds: age, race, ethnicity, gender, creed, and sexual orientation to apply.

Delish.com is looking for talented and enthusiastic interns to join our team 2 days per week during the fall semester.

The ideal candidate is hard-working, clever, responsible and feels at home helping out in the kitchen. Applicants should also have experience interning at a website or magazine, blogging, writing for a college publication, and/or uploading content through a CMS system. Strong writing skills are required, basic HTML skills are preferred.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: researching crazy food flavors across the country, writing daily news stories, assisting with social media accounts, prepping for and attending photo shoots in the Delish.com kitchen, taste testing Ben & Jerry’s, and so much s’more.

Interns will be offered a paid assignment by the end of the internship.

All applicants MUST be able to receive school credit for this internship. Interviews will be conducted in our New York office, or by phone/Skype if necessary.

Psychology Today Fall Editorial Internship

Psychology Today has an excellent opportunity for a few smart and talented editorial interns at our office in New York. We are a small staff, so you’ll be a key member of the team. Interns pitch story ideas and write short articles for the magazine and the staff blog. They typically receive a byline each issue. Other duties include working closely with staff on story research and special projects, proofing print and online copy, helping to manage content on our website and blog network, and occasional transcription and light clerical work.

Journalism experience and an interest in human behavior required. Background in psychology and/or experience writing science stories not mandatory, but a major plus. Must be able to juggle several tasks at once and work autonomously.

Position runs September through December.

The daily digital extension of Good Housekeeping is seeking a whip smart intern to help write, pitch ideas, package stories, learn social and join us to make magic happen daily on the growing women's lifestyles site. You will walk away with clips and the chance for paid future assignments. Credit required. Ideally looking for 15-20 hours a week.

Interns will work directly with producers and associate producers on various aspects of production. They will also be able to observe the production and editing process first hand at a company that produces a wide variety of content for major media outlets.

Food Network Magazine is looking for superstar interns to join its editorial team this fall. Candidates must be driven, enthusiastic, organized and creative self-starters. An interest in food media is preferred. Daily responsibilities include assisting with research, transcribing interviews with Food Network Stars, obtaining ingredients for FOB recipe testing and organizing product samples. You’ll also have a chance to observe in-house photo shoots and assist with any recipe projects that pop up—taste testing is encouraged.

Interns work with the entire edit and food staffs and are encouraged to pitch food news and other feature ideas (there is the potential to write small items for the print magazine). Students MUST receive school credit and be available to work two days per week. This is an unpaid internship.

Straus News, which in Manhattan comprises four weekly newspapers, is seeking capable and enthusiastic editorial interns for the fall semester. Interns work out of our Manhattan office on Seventh Avenue, near 28th Street, on stories for the West Side Spirit, Our Town, Our Town Downtown and Chelsea News, covering local neighborhood news on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, downtown and Chelsea. Interns report on and write everything from arts features to investigations, and will have the opportunity (and are expected) to report on schools, crime, small businesses, the arts, local government and development, as well as write profiles.

We like stories that inform our smart, loyal readers about their neighborhoods, stories that they are not likely to read elsewhere.
Your stories will get published on the front page and in the back of the book. You will leave with a wealth of published clips, with the range of topics and story types determined by your abilities and, at least in part, your interests.