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Rotten Dog Productions
Paid Intern
Job Openings (as of June 20, 2008)Rotten Dog Productions has a paid internship position available for a recent graduate looking to do independent, investigative journalism. You should be comfortable researching a subject in depth and covering environmental, science and political stories. You'll be responsible for finding stories along the Atlantic Coast from New York through Newfoundland. You should be able to find a human interest angle to the stories illustrating scientific or political event with a story about its impact on people. Your stories will be published online and combined with video and photos for documentary production. To apply, e-mail your resume and a few work samples to Bill@Southworth.TV.
The New Republic
Reporter-Researcher
Job Openings (as of Dec. 20, 2007)The New Republic is looking for reporter-researchers for the 2008-2009 internship program. Job duties include reporting, researching, and fact-checking for TNR and TNR Online stories; formatting articles and blog posts for the Web; and performing occasional clerical tasks. Reporter-researchers work closely with writers and editors, and they have an open invitation to pitch magazine or Web articles. Most reporter-researchers finish their program with a substantial portfolio of clips and have gone on to work almost everywhere in journalism--including TNR itself. Political journalism experience is preferred (but not imperative); fluency with LexisNexis and other search techniques, a willingness to put in long nights fact-checking, and a sense of humor are mandatory. The yearlong job will begin in late summer 2008 and will pay $280 per week (plus substantial overtime, adding up to $320-$350 per week on average) with health care. Please e-mail the following items to Britt Peterson at job@tnr.com:
1. A cover letter.
2. A one-page resume.
3. A 750-word critique of the politics section of a recent issue of the magazine.
4. Two clips (if possible, one opinion and one news).
No phone calls and no snail mail (undue phone calling is especially unwelcome). We don't have time to let you all know we received your applications, so please don't expect confirmation. The deadline is February 15, 2008, but do not submit applications before January 1.
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News
PART-TIME REPORTER
Job Openings (as of Dec. 7, 2007)100,000 circulation daily newspaper is looking for a part-time reporter to help cover the growing northern York region. We're looking for someone with a journalism background who understands the value of breaking news on the Web and engaging the newspaper reader with quality stories. Mobility and agility are key. One day you'll be a mobile journalist -- with your car as your office. The next day you may be writing a front page story from the office. The Patriot-News has been named Newspaper of the Year in the state for three years in a row. We demand excellence from all our reporters. Please provide a cover letter, resume, references and clips to The Patriot-News at the address shown below, or email to: jobs@pnco.com
National Public Radio
Editorial Assistant, Election Unit, National Desk, News & Information:
Job Openings (as of Oct. 7, 2007)(Please note: This is a temporary position is available from January 1, 2008 to November 21, 2008.)
Assists Election Unit, desks and shows as assigned with election research and guest booking; assists in generating story and interview ideas; and helps reporters with political stories. Bachelors’ degree or equivalent experience, with training in journalism, political science, or research.
Minimum two years journalism and related research with demonstrated ability to collect, organize and disseminate information; knowledge of US politics and election-related issues; thorough knowledge of research tools, including computer access data banks; ability to handle multiple and complex projects simultaneously under stringent timeframes and changing priorities/conditions; ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure; ability and willingness to work varied shifts, including evenings and weekends; demonstrated communication skills; ability and willingness to travel; proven ability to consistently work well with others, demonstrating at all times respect for the diverse constituencies at NPR and within the public radio system.
Preferred thorough knowledge of writing and editing for radio; radio production skills, with emphasis on writing and editing for radio; and digital media skills.
For consideration, please send cover letter and resume, indicating job title and number, to:
National Public Radio
Human Resources Department
635 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Fax: (202) 513-3047
E-mail: employment@npr.orgClick here to learn about various other editorial openings at NPR.
Herald News
Web Site Manager:
Job Openings (as of Sept. 28, 2007)The Herald News, based in northern New Jersey, has a full-time opening for a Site Manager for its forthcoming Web site, MyHeraldNews.com.
The job is responsible for the overall success of the highly targeted Web presence of the Herald News, with an emphasis on day-to-day content programming, audience growth and the attainment of sales goals through a close partnership with the director of internet advertising.
The Site Manager’s principal duties include establishing and monitoring business plans and objectives for the Herald News Online, being responsible for developing the direction and strategy for the daily Web presence and assuring quality and quantity of content, developing an online traffic generation strategy and monitoring its results, identifying traffic trends to communicate successes with newsroom and other departments and being the face of MyHeraldNews.com in the community.
Qualifications:
Three to five years of content generation and content programming experience, some management experience a plus. Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Flash and other common Web languages and programs. Knowledge of and ability to apply Web usability best practices. Broadband content development for the web.
Skills:Ability to formulate business plan, including setting expense and revenue budgets. Sound news judgment. Must have solid editing skills (grammar, spelling, and punctuation). Command of Microsoft Office, Adobe product suite, Web-editing software. If interested in this opening, please send a cover letter and copy of your resume to: Pete Casillas, Vice President, Classified and Internet Advertising, North Jersey Media Group, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, 6th Floor, West Paterson, NJ 07424. Or email to Casillas@northjersey.com
Asbury Park Press
1. Copy editor/page designer: looking for a copy editor and page designer for the Night Desk. The position involves writing and editing obituaries; copy editing stories; writing headlines and, eventually, designing and paginating pages and slotting sections of the newspaper. The schedule is nights and weekends.
Job Openings (as of Sept. 13, 2007)2. Breaking news multimedia reporter: looking for a reporter to work out of the main office in Neptune on our breaking news team. Involves primarily police and court news. Must be able to dictate from the scene, file updates via cell phone e-mail and laptop, then write compelling narratives for the printed newspaper; eventually, this reporter would be cross-trained to take photos and produce news videos.
3. Municipal beat reporter: looking for a reporter to cover a beat of 3-5 towns, producing stories for the Web, the core daily newspaper and a variety of non-daily niche products.
Candidates should send an e-mail, a resume and three work samples to Executive Editor Skip Hidlay at SHIDLAY@asbury.gannett.com and he’ll route it to the proper editor.
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