October 31, 2007

TIME OUT: Fall Internship/Fellowship Deadlines

More info from NAHJ:
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
Postmark deadline: Nov. 15, 2007
The St. Petersburg Times' internship program introduces college students to careers in the newspaper industry. The paper offers internships in News reporting, copy editing and experience working with the editorial board.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Requirements include a timed newswriting test
Postmark deadline: Nov. 15, 2007
This summer internship program is a highly selective, 12-week, individually tailored training program for aspiring print, photo, graphics and multimedia student journalists. The internship is open to full-time juniors, seniors (including fall 2007 graduates) and graduate students at U.S. colleges and universities.
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NEWSDAY'S SUMMER JOURNALISM PROGRAM
Requirements include a writing test sent upon receipt of each application.
Postmark deadline: Nov. 15 (application and writing test)
Interns work as reporters, photographers or artists, and prepare assignments for publication. Applicants are encouraged to designate a preference in areas such as news, sports, entertainment, features and business. However, editors make final determination. Selection is based on application and other submitted materials, and are announced in March 2008.
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POYNTER SUMMER FELLOWSHIP FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS
Postmark deadline: Nov. 15, 2007
The six-week summer program at Poynter teaches young journalists the skills they need to become a better writer, designer, or photojournalist. The participants in the program spend six weeks covering a community beat in St. Petersburg, a city of 250,000.
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THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Postmark deadline: Nov. 16, 2007
This is a 10-week internship for the summer 2008. We're looking for college students interested in a career as a reporter, photographer, copy editor, page designer, graphic artist, multimedia producer or web developer. Open to full-time juniors, seniors, graduate students and from those who have graduated within six months from the start of the internship. Previous professional daily deadline experience preferred. Must have worked on the campus newspaper or other publications.
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THE DIGITAL MEDIA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Postmark deadline: Nov. 16, 2007
This fellowship program begins at the NAA Marketing/Connections Conference in Orlando, February 2008. The year-long fellowship provides women and minority professionals with a thorough comprehension of the digital newspaper operation. Fellows participate in a series of workshops designed to assist them as they create a strategic business plan for a newspaper site within a mid-sized market. The goal of the program is to identify and develop women and people of color to become the next generation of digital media leaders. There is no charge to the fellow or their newspaper to participate.
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NPR KROC FELLOWSHIP
Postmark deadline: Dec. 31, 2007
The year-long fellowship begins Aug. 25, 2008. It offers a stipend of more than $40,000, plus benefits, which includes paid vacation. Fellows get rigorous, hands-on training in every aspect of public radio journalism -- writing, reporting, producing and editing, for both radio and the Web. KROC Fellows work primarily at NPR headquarters in Washington D.C., though each Fellowship will include an assignment to an NPR member station.
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