StoryDesk is looking to hire a freelance journalist to cover the tablet /mobile space. We want to be publish leading-edge reporting on this emerging and fast-growing category. Your role will be to get to know the key players in the category; gain an understanding of emerging trends and patterns; and write about what you uncover in 1-2 blog posts weekly. We expect to syndicate this content to partner sites.

The Sourcing Journal seeks enthusiastic young journalists interested in covering global business markets.

Responsibilities:
Journalists will work directly with editorial staff to develop and compose
investigative journalism articles, opinion pieces, interviews and
raw-material data-sets for publication.

Qualifications:
Applicants should be self-motivated, highly-organized and ambitious.
No prior publishing experience is necessary, but preferred.
Strong writing and proofreading skills are essential.
Knowledge of global business and markets is encouraged.

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience.

Gourmet Live and Epicurious, two Condé Nast sister sites, are seeking an online editorial intern for the fall academic term who has a strong writing background and a passion for food. Responsibilities include blogging, assisting editors with research, building recipe collections, maintaining social media accounts, assisting on photo shoots, and contributing pitches to weekly editorial meetings. The intern must receive academic credit for the internship and will receive a stipend of $12/day.

Strong writing and reporting skills;
Grasp of AP style;
Experience with web content-management systems

We are seeking two motivated editorial & social media interns to join our team for the summer!

Responsiblities include: writing for news/trends/celebrity blogs; contributing content ideas for video, features, polls, quizzes and photo galleries; photo research and editing; online community interaction; contributing to social media efforts; and producing content in our CMS.

Requirements:

* Excellent writing, English, and communication skills
* Photoshop experience
* Familiarity with online media (basic HTML, CMS and SEO experience)
* Fluidity with social media
* 3-month full-time or 4-month part-time commitment
* Please be able to start ASAP

There is a small stipend, rewarded upon completion. You may choose either college credit OR a stipend.

The paper is currently seeking interns for the fall 2011 session, which will begin in September. The Chronicle is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to maintaining a diverse work force.

The internships are full-time in our Washington, D.C., office and will last through December. It pays $500 weekly stipend.

Three interns will be hired; we are looking for both undergraduates and recent graduates.

In addition, The Chronicle is offering a Diversity Internship to give current undergraduates and recent college graduates the opportunity to gain professional experience at the No. 1 source for news about higher education. The program aims to help bring greater diversity to the field of journalism by reaching out to students who are members of minority groups underrepresented in the industry. Applicants for this internship must have a strong interest in pursuing a career in journalism, and should note on their application that they are applying for The Chronicle of Higher Education's Diversity Internship.

All the interns will have the same primary responsibilities: reporting and writing daily news articles for The Chronicle's Web site (which usually appear subsequently in print), writing news articles for other sections of the newspaper, and doing research for special projects. There is very little grunt work. Interns who prove themselves as reporters and writers are often asked to write full-length features.

The Chronicle places a premium on reporting that is accurate and writing that shines. All writing, including that done by staff reporters, is carefully edited. Interns typically leave with a set of strong, varied clips.

Responsibilities:
The intern will be responsible for fact-checking and researching material that goes into the magazine. The material ranges from feature-length stories to short articles or fact tables, as well as recipes and author information sections. The intern will also proofread various articles, looking for any errors of grammar or facts. The intern will work closely with editors and will also have the opportunity to write short pieces. As well, the intern will need to be able to find suitable quotes for our Up Side department.

Qualifications:
Have experience researching and fact-checking by phone, on the internet or by using various books such as Who’s Who, Webster Biographical Dictionary, Webster 11th edition Dictionary, etc. Need to have knowledge of Nexis, Google and IMDB websites. Need to have excellent phone skills when calling authors to check factual changes. Interest in finding story ideas, a plus. Knowledge of Words into Type, a plus.

Need someone who is energetic and proactive in his or her work. Attention to detail, self-discipline and excellent organizational skills are a must.

Other duties include:
inputting research changes into copy
providing additional research when there are holes in writers’ copy
sniffing out story leads
performing other administrative and editorial duties

We are a small staff so you’ll get the chance to really be part of the team.

The Desk Assistant (DA) position is part of a six-month entry-level program aimed at providing practical experience in a broadcast news setting. The DAs are exposed to all aspects involved in producing a nightly television news program. This position is divided into rotations among the different units that compose the NewsHour: research, newsroom, tape library, reporting, and production. Over the course of the program, each of the 8 Desk Assistants hired will work in 3 of the 6 different rotations for a period of two months each. They also act as support staff for Senior Producers, Associate Producers, Reporters and Production Assistants, by answering phones, sorting mail, distributing paper and other administrative tasks. Finally, Desk Assistants will attend a series of breakfasts with various members of our organization including correspondents.

American Metal Market is seeking a full-time summer intern to assist its editorial staff with the publication of its online daily live news service as well as a monthly print publication.

The ideal candidate should possess a clear, concise writing style, a keen willingness to learn new business concepts and an enthusiasm to tackle coverage of opaque markets.

Experience with commodity markets is not required, but past internships at a business publication are preferred.

Responsibilities include reporting and writing short news articles and longer pieces for the monthly edition.

This is a paid position that offers the chance for real reporting experience and the opportunity to build an extensive portfolio of clips.

Please send a cover letter, three clips and resume to Meredith Mazzilli at mmazzilli@amm.com.

Debtwire, a division of the Financial Times Group, is seeking a full-time summer intern for its New York City offices.

Candidates must be full-time graduate students, enrolled at a college or university and working toward a degree in journalism, preferably with a concentration in financial or business reporting. The ideal candidate will be energetic, self-motivated, responsible, organized, detail oriented and have a passion for breaking news.

The selected intern will work closely with a team of twelve skilled financial journalists. The internship will be an opportunity for aspiring reporters to acquire professional experience and to gain a preliminary understanding of the complex world of the municipal market, leveraged finance, corporate bankruptcies, and financial restructurings.

Responsibilities will include working on special projects and assisting members of the editorial staff as needed. Interns will also have the opportunity to research story concepts, conduct interviews and write articles.

Applicants must be available to intern 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. This is a paid internship. The position will start in June and run through August. The exact start and end dates are flexible.