We're looking for an intellectually curious, driven and dedicated intern to assist with research, interviews and other preparatory work for feature news stories that will explore aspects of American society, culture and politics, including upcoming pieces on child care and domestic workers' rights.
Your research will be used as material for articles written by a senior correspondent for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest national daily newspaper. You will be supervised by an experienced American staff reporter in our New York bureau in addition to working with a Japanese staff writer and other local staff. No Japanese language experience is required.
The position is part-time (roughly 10 hours per week) with a flexible schedule, and pays $15 per hour. Start date: April 1st
This internship offers a way to sharpen your real-world reporting and writing talents in an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture. In addition to great on the ground experience in business research and writing it could provide. It will help position you for multiple potential career paths, as a financial journalist, data journalist, or industry analyst.
5280 offers editorial internship positions in the summer. Internships are hands-on and involve a variety of responsibilities as well as the opportunity to regularly interact with the editorial staff.
Primary duties include fact-checking stories, contributing research to larger stories and feature packages, and writing shorter stories for the front-of-the-book sections. Interns also enter descriptions for the calendar listings, and write for 5280.com.
We also offer a dining-specific internship for those interested in food writing. The intern will work closely with our food editors to fact-check and write for the dining section of the magazine, enter descriptions for dining guide listings, and write for 5280.com. Those interested should specify dining internship in the subject line of their application email, and tailor their cover letter accordingly.
Requirements:
Although a magazine, journalism, or English degree (or working toward a degree) is preferred, it’s not required. Published clips are required (college newspaper is OK). A commitment of three to four days a week is preferred. The internship is paid.
Summer 2019: May 20 – August 9
Do you ever wonder about the future of work? Or trade deals? Or ask why a $60,000 handbag is always out of stock? Or what frozen chicken has to do with the price of pickup trucks?
Are you a regular Planet Money listener and fan? Are ready to hit the phones in search of the perfect character? To read the footnotes of CRS reports? To record the sound of a self-checkout machine over and over until you get it just right? To be proud of your weird interests and follow them as far as you can? To pitch story, after story, after story? To transcribe some tape? To write copy for npr.org and our social media accounts?
We’re a team of deeply curious economics and business reporters, and we love telling stories. We work out of NPR’s office in New York City (no Tiny Desk concerts here, sorry). We make two podcasts a week, and plenty of radio stories. Even though we’ve been around for awhile, we like to keep our show scrappy: To try new, ambitious things, all to help people understand their daily lives and the world.
We’d love to have you along for the journey, even if it’s just for a few months – we love to teach, and we’re looking for someone who’s eager to learn.
If this sounds like something you can throw yourself into for a summer, please apply! We’ll be in touch.
Transmitter Media is looking for a thoughtful, highly motivated, and unflappable intern who can join us on a part-time basis in our Gowanus, Brooklyn office.
Application deadline: February 15, 2019.
Start date: April 1, 2019.
About the internship:
You’ll spend three months working closely with Transmitter producers learning hard and soft skills you’ll need to work in the podcast industry.
The internship will be part-time and paid ($18/hr), approximately 20 hours a week. You must be able to work out of our Gowanus office.
You’ll help produce podcasts for high profile clients like the New York Times and TED, and you’ll also help with shows in development. You’ll be doing all the work of a producer: Writing prep docs, sitting in on tapings, handling recording logistics, and cutting tape.
About you:
As our first ever intern, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape what this experience will look like for you. We are looking for someone with at least 1-2 years of experience telling stories (the student newspaper counts!) and who is interested in pursuing a career in podcasting.
You don’t necessarily have to have experience in audio, but you should be familiar enough with the medium to describe what you like and don’t like.
You should be a self-starter who isn’t afraid to dive into a brand new task for the first time.
This internship offers a way to sharpen your real-world reporting and writing talents in an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture. In addition to great on the ground experience in business research and writing it could provide. It will help position you for multiple potential career paths, as a financial journalist, data journalist, or industry analyst.
Health.com is seeking a full-time editorial intern with excellent writing and social media skills and a passion for the women’s health and wellness topics that Health.com covers (from sexual health and wellness trends to medical news, food, fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle).
The editorial intern will have the opportunity to write articles and video copy, package content for social distribution, pitch multimedia feature ideas, and assist with research and reporting as needed. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to get a foot in the door at a large publisher on the digital side and work with an extremely talented team of writers, editors, and producers.
You will:
Assist with promoting content on Twitter and Flipboard, and producing Instagram Stories
Source and write 1-2 news stories a day to help the brand deliver on growth goals
Follow social media pages relating to health trends, fitness, food, and celebrities as well as follow health/wellness influencer accounts
Ideate and pitch story ideas for onsite, social media, and SEO
Write video copy as needed
You are:
Tech-savvy: You know how to publish content in a CMS, ideally Drupal. You have experience working with social media, namely, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. PhotoShop skills a major plus.
Proven: You understand what kind of story will attract readers and how to keep their attention and trust—with the clips to prove it.
A multi-tasker: You’re prepared to handle whatever comes your way throughout the day with a can-do, positive attitude.
Deadline-oriented: You’re used to managing multiple projects and deadlines—and finishing tasks on time.
You have:
Passion for storytelling in all its forms. You’re a voracious reader and consumer of content across diverse platforms and outlets.
Drive. You care about delivering strong work and have a willingness to go the extra mile.
Curiosity. You’re always looking for story leads and are equally as receptive to professional feedback.
A good attitude. You play well with others and love the process of collaboration.
A familiarity with the Health brand and how Health.com’s coverage compares to that of other women’s health and wellness sites.
*Candidates must be located in NYC area -- this is an in-office job. The rate is $15/hour.
Buyouts Insider, the leading provider of subscription magazines, Web sites and events for venture capitalists and private equity professionals, is looking for two summer interns to help update a directory, build a returns database, and report and write stories on private equity.
BREAKER, a new site dedicated to original reporting about the people and ideas of blockchain, has an opening for an intern starting this January. We’re looking for a young journalist who’s curious about technology and hungry to build their portfolio of writing clips. The world of blockchain—full of innovators, scammers, and larger-than-life characters—has much to cover.
As BREAKER’s intern, you will be asked to write short day-of news posts, proofread stories, find photos, and help out with social media. There are also opportunities to branch out with longer features.
We’re looking for someone to work 16 hours a week at our office in the South Street Seaport area of Manhattan. We can pay $15 an hour.
We are looking for a great intern to assist in telling the stories of amazing cancer survivors and the news they care about.
Thoughtful, conversational prose and extraordinary attention to facts and detail are a requirement. A large degree of empathy and a passion for medicine and science will also be very relevant in this role.
Key Requirements:
- The ideal candidate has the ability, and desire, to translate complex medical concepts into easily digestible stories for regular people
- An excellent work ethic, the ability to assimilate information, and the maturity to handle a fast paced start-up environment with tight deadlines and a high volume of work
- Interest/experience in journalism, health, news, and story telling is a plus
- We place a high value on creativity, meticulousness, energy, and the ability to solve problems and invent solutions