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Big World

August 15, 2009 by salarytk09

Freelance writing for magazine focused on experiential travel

Big World Magazine, a new online magazine about travel and culture, seeks stories, photo essays and multimedia about voyages, ideas, food, people, festivals and trends. We’re interested in powerful narratives, provocative profiles, reported stories, investigative work, and photos, video and audio that evoke a sense of place. No service, please.

This is unpaid, but pays 50 percent of any syndication fees, and a correspondent’s listing circulated to many other assigning editors.

Application Instructions:
Please submit at http://www.bigworldmagazine.com/submit/ or toeditor@bigworldmagazine.com.

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Forbes

August 12, 2009 by salarytk09

Forbes is a daily business and economics magazine and news site with a scope that reaches many parts of the world and an international readership. Our approach to the movements and trends of business and world markets is smart, critical and unique in the way that Forbes has made itself to be over the past century.

Interns will be receiving school credit and may be current undergraduate or graduate students, or recent graduates of no more than a year.

Candidates will be considered for positions that are fast-paced and research heavy to support the ambitious multi-layered features that advance our reporting. Good writing and reporting skills are necessary. Interns leave with experience of working in a daily newsroom and several bylined articles.

Past interns have worked on stories and lists such as the technology of wind energy; the world’s least and most patriotic countries, the politics of the G8 Summit, and the Forbes list of top-producing American colleges.

We are interested in someone who can work approximately 20 hours a week. This is a for-credit internship program and is for the full semester.

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be a talented writing student who is an enthusiastic self-starter with good communication and writing skills. Must be organized and able to work within deadlines.

Approximate Start Date is September 14, 2009. Internships will last the duration of the fall semester. Time commitment is approximately 15-20 hours per week.

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WashingtonPost.com

August 11, 2009 by salarytk09

Description:
Washington Post Express Fall Semester internships (3 open positions – unpaid) Hours per week: About 12 to 20, Monday through Sunday. Schedules vary.

The intern must be a current student enrolled in a degree program AND, if selected, must submit one of the following before the first day of work:

  • documentation showing that academic credit is being received (i.e. a copy of the course registration) OR
  • a letter from a professor, department head, sponsor or academic advisor stating that the internship significantly contributes to the student’s current degree program OR
  • a letter from the school stating that the internship is part of a work-study or independent study program.

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Web Internship Please send a resume, cover letter and three writing samples to kristin.coronado@readexpress.com. Please put “Web Intern” in the subject line.

Responsibilities

  • Assist editors with editorial and production tasks for ExpressNightOut.com.
  • Produce print edition content for use on the Web.
  • Process photos for Web use.
  • Writing is possible and encouraged.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Traditional journalism and/or new media experience.
  • While HTML experience isn’t required, it is a big plus.
  • An eye for detail.
  • Curiosity about new ways to deliver entertainment news and information.

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Sports Internships Please send a resume, cover letter and three writing samples to matt.swenson@readexpress.com. Please put “Sports Intern” in the subject line.

Responsibilities

  • Assist sports editor with a variety of tasks
  • Compile stats and standings.
  • Write headlines and captions.
  • Writing is possible and encouraged.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • An overall knowledge of sports, not focused on just one sport or issue.
  • A love for sports and interest in having fun covering them.
  • Ability to take sports reporting seriously.
  • A desire to be funny and make sports enjoyable.

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Features Internships Please send a resume, cover letter and three writing samples to holly.j.morris@readexpress.com. Please put “Features Intern” in the subject line.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with special projects.
  • Writing is possible and encouraged.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Ability to navigate Excel spreadsheets.
  • A sense of humor.
  • Features writing experience.

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The Onion

August 5, 2009 by salarytk09

The Onion, “America’s Finest News Source” based in New York City, is seeking editorial interns for Fall 2009. Duties will include: research, fact-checking, managing editorial submissions, and other general editorial support. This is strictly a non-writing program, but provides an opportunity to work closely with the editorial staff and learn the ins-and-outs of the paper’s production. The internship begins early-mid September and runs through the end of December. Interns must be able to commit to the whole fall and work 3 days a week in our New York office. Qualified candidates can receive school credit.

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JAYE international

August 5, 2009 by salarytk09

Type: Volunteer/Internship

Experience: Previous internships and/or editing experience preferred

Location: Remote

Functions: Writing/Editing

Industries: Internet/Publishing

JAYE is looking for a beauty & health director with strong beauty copywriting skills

and a blogging background. Ideal candidate is interested in all things beauty—from

runway news to affordable drug-store products to celebrity makeup trends—is a

creative thinker, and can juggle multiple priorities while meeting tight deadlines. If

you’re a team player, with a demonstrated ability to generate ideas that resonate

with college-aged women and looking for valuable experience at a publication on

the rise, this position is for you. If interested, please be willing to commit to at least

six months in the position.

Responsibilities include:

Conceive, write and edit monthly front-of-book beauty news and trend pages

Identify trends and turn them into engaging beauty service articles

Lead and communicate with a team of two beauty editors to create a cohesively diverse beauty and health feature well each month

Recruit and retain freelance contributors for feature-length pieces on beauty and health news and trends

Maintain pulse on beauty and health industries by reading blogs and other sources of information to ensure the content in the magazine is current and topical

About the magazine

JAYE exists because college is more than the classroom. It is a fashion magazine

that realizes young women’s needs, struggles, and stories of life, and endeavors to

address them in an interesting, enlightening and engaging way each month. In one

short year of publication, JAYE has positioned itself as an online authority for 18- to

29-year-old women looking for accessible and inspirational fashion and style,

beauty and health trends and news, and smart, witty features that provoke dialogue

and out-of-the-box thinking. Thousands read JAYE domestically and internationally

in locations across the world, including London, Australia, South Africa, Lithuania,

and France.

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Hungry City Guides

August 4, 2009 by salarytk09

New Las Vegas food and beverage guide is seeking contributors for short,
opinionated reviews. If you’ve been to Las Vegas and have a favorite place
to eat or drink, then we’d love to hear from you.

The sky is the limit
(we avoid national chains), and you’ll get a byline and bio in the book and
on the site, free copies of the book for your portfolio(which will be
available in all major bookstores), and an invitation to our launch party
(if you happen to be in Las Vegas).

No monetary compensation, but they do consider contributors for paying
positions in the future, and have positions all over the country. Great
opportunity for students or recent graduates to add editorial experience to
their resume.

For more info about the Hungry? City Guides, visit
www.hungrycityguides.com.

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The Independent

August 4, 2009 by salarytk09

The Independent (www.independent-magazine.org) a 30-year old publication
now printed as an online magazine with 13,000 subscribers is seeking a
volunteer freelance associate editor to do the following:

* Participate in monthly editorial meetings.

* Maintain the roster of writers.

* Assign all articles for upcoming issues.

* Edit stories and deliver for top editorial read

There is the possibility of a small monthly stipend for the work, but in
general this is an unpaid volunteer position to start. The Independent is
published by Independent Media Publications, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization

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Fashionwithfifi.com

August 3, 2009 by salarytk09

Fashionwithfifi.com is an online trusted source that reviews the latest in fashion and beauty trends world wide – offering an array of discounted sales alert, fashion finds, health tips, makeup contests and tutorials.

We’re interested in students who are fashion forward, detail oriented, prompt and willing to work hard. Interns will learn how to write/ demonstrate (via video) product reviews and fashion features as well as be asked to come up with larger package ideas. They will also learn how to deliver quality content to an online audience. This is not a tech-heavy position, but more creative and editorially based. Those selected will see their work published on Fashionwithfifi.com almost immediately. Interns will be exposed to the exciting world of online journalism. Some administrative duties will be required. Youtube, fashion/ beauty writing or blogging experience is a plus.

Responsibilities:

1. Researching fashion and beauty trends, conducting product reviews, writing columns/ articles, weekly blogging/ vlogging, marketing/ promoting and executing basic administrative duties.

Requirements

1. All internships are on a part-time basis and can be for college credit (unpaid). Graduates and those who aren’t in school are urged to apply. No stipend will be provided, however there’s great perk potential.

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HollywoodChaos.com

August 3, 2009 by salarytk09

HollywoodChaos.com is seeking a few, part-time writers/editors to start
ASAP. Candidate should be proficient in Internet research, writing/editing,
and multi-tasking. The ideal candidate should be up-to-speed with the
current Hollywood trends, fashion, and popular celebrity Web sites. Must be
organized, diligent, outgoing, hard-working, reliable, honest and a quick
learner. Boring writers need NOT apply! We are looking for fast-thinking,
witty writers who aren’t afraid to speak their minds. Sarcasm is a plus.

This position will keep you entertained between Mon-Fri for about an hour.
Updating and writing articles (less than 250 words each) daily, with the
possibility of a weekend article.

Experience is a plus. Writers will receive a byline, credit and a personal
bio page.

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iVillage

July 30, 2009 by salarytk09

Pregnancy & Parenting Intern Responsibilities:

In search of a motivated, responsible, web-savvy who is either in sophomore, junior, or senior standing or in a graduate program for an internship at iVillage.com (an NBC/Universal company) in the pregnancy and parenting channel. Candidates should thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, and should have an interest in women’s lifestyle issues and online media. Writing and editing skills are a must. Web design and photo research skills are a plus. Intern will assist as needed in all aspects of writing, editing and producing content for iVillage pregnancy and parenting , and for Momtourage.com.

Duties include:
- Writing assignments based on need and intern’s interest
- Attending editorial team meetings
- Producing articles and slideshows
- Writing and producing promotional language for new content
- Photo research for slideshows
- Daily news research
- Opening and sorting mail
- Obtaining photos from PR contacts
- Printing, faxing and photocopying
- Metrics research
- Minor bug fixing
- Vetting and selecting expert Q & As
- Maintaining subscriptions and catalogs
- Organizational tasks (making lists and spreadsheets, searching the iVillage archive, etc.)

This internship is unpaid; a small travel stipend is provided.

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