JOURNALISM INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS

 

  This  is the quick update board for University of Delaware journalism internships.  Sometimes internship offers come in and we want to get them out to students as soon as possible.    We will continue to use the main board for upcoming events and ongoing offers.

 

 -- If you have a job or internship you'd like posted, please contact Prof. Dawn Fallik at dfallik@udel.edu   Thanks! 

 

 Want to know about HOW TO GET CREDIT?

   See this link for more information:   http://udjournalism.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

 

Clueless about how to apply?

   Find resume and cover letter advice here: http://udjournalism.pbwiki.com/How-To-Apply 

 

 Want to see what other interns have written about their experience?   UDInternBlogs

 

WINTER AND SPRING INTERNSHIPS

 

What: Winter or Spring Intern at the Cecil Whig

Where: Elkton, Md.

Details:  The Cecil Whig is looking for an intern to work 10-12 hours a week writing stories, doing research and other reporting duties. 

Contact:  Mike Bullard, who teaches copy editing at UD, is the editor of the Cecil Whig.  Contact him with clips, resume and cover letter at mbullard@chespub.com

 

What: Winter or Spring intern at Spark Weekly Magazine

Where: Newark, Del.

Details: Reporters write, proof, edit etc., and we all input data and compile lists and post stories online on both sparkweekly.com and metromix.  The internship is more like that of a magazine than of a daily newspaper.

Contact: Send cover letter, resume and three clips to Editor Holly Norton at hnorton@sparkweekly.com

 

SPRING INTERNSHIPS

 

What: Spring intern at The Philadelphia Inquirer

Where:  Cherry Hill, NJ, Philly burbs or Center City

Details:  The Inquirer typically takes one UD intern for spring semester, working 12-15 hours per week. You can request a particular desk, but there's no promise. 

Requirements: The Inquirer requires that all applicants have at least 5-7 clips and preferably one daily newspaper internship before applying.

Contact:  ELECTRONICALLY send  resume, cover letter (addressed to Hai Do, Internship Coordinator)  and three clips to Prof. Dawn Fallik at dfallik@udel.edu.  I will forward the top candidates and then they will call for an interview.

Deadline: Nov. 1

 

What: Spring intern at the Delaware News Journal

Where: Wilmington, Del.

Details: The News Journal typically takes 3-4 interns per semester, working at various desks across the newsroom. 

Requirements:  You must have written for The Review or another publication before applying.

Contact: ELECTRONICALLY send  resume, cover letter (addressed to Alison Kepner, assistant city editor)  and three clips to Prof. Dawn Fallik at dfallik@udel.edu.  I will forward the top candidates and then they will call for an interview.

Deadline: Nov. 1

 

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS: 

 

   Deadline: Nov. 15 to  Prof. Fallik

Where: Allentown Morning Call

Location: Allentown, Pa.

Description:  Intern at one of the best small papers on the East Coast.  Located about an hour from Philadelphia, you'd be thrown out the door on a daily basis.  I know some of the editors here, and you'd get good training and solid editing.

Application:  http://tiny.cc/call594

 

Deadline: Nov. 23 to Prof. Fallik

Where: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Description:  Paid  intern on the P-D's metro desk, located in downtown St. Louis.  Again, you'd be thrown out the door and get great experience. I can vouch for editor Adam Goodman who is a great wordsmith.  You get paid enough to live there.

Application:  Transcript, cover letter, resume and 6-8 clips to Prof. Fallik by Thanksgiving.

 

Where: Southwest Airlines

Location: Various

Description:  There are a bunch of different internships here, including communication internships.

Application: https://www.swajobs.com/

 

 

Due Nov. 1

The Washington Post: (read the chat transcript)

http://intern.washpost.com/

 

The Miami Herald:

To apply send cover letter, resume, and various writing samples to:

The Recruiting Editor

The Miami Herald Newsroom

One Herald Plaza

Miami, FL 33132-1693

 

Dow Jones Internship:

Students have until Nov. 2 to apply online for the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund's internship programs for 2010 in multimedia, news and sports copy editing and business reporting.  You are required to upload a resume and a transcript.

https://www.newspaperfund.org

 

The Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal Europe

www.dowjones.com/careers

Contact Prof. Fallik for full info

Due. Nov. 2

 

JOBS:

Last update: Sept. 28, 2009

 

What: GA REPORTER

Where: The Leaf-Chronicle, a daily newspaper and Web site in Clarksville, Tenn.

Details:  The paper seeks a reporter skilled in news reporting, local government topics, photography and video storytelling.

Apply:   Send cover letter, resume and work samples to:

Richard V. Stevens,

Executive Editor,

P.O. Box 31029,

Clarksville, TN,

37040-0018,

or e-mail richardstevens@theleafchronicle.com.