Tuesday, December 29, 2009

HuffPost seeks paid Chicago intern

The Huffington Post, a popular liberal news website, seeks a Chicago-based intern. The position is 3 to 5 days per week, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is compensated.

Responsibilities: researching and loading breaking news stories for Chicago page; editing and posting daily blog submissions; general administrative duties; search engine optimization; working with the Chicago editor to execute slideshows and other writing projects; covering events when appropriate for HuffPost Chicago.

Click here for more info.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Paid internship @ Huffington Post

The Huffington Post, a liberal news website and one of the most visited websites in the world, is offering a paid full-time editorial internship in New York City. The job pays $10 per hour and recent grads are welcome to apply.

Duties include: Researching, writing, reporting and copy editing original content; suggesting stories for aggregation; promoting HuffPost New York on social networking sites; putting together slideshows and other general research projects.

"This is great opportunity to learn all the ins and outs of new media and get a hands-on exposure to how the site works," the ad states. The intern would have an opportunity to pitch articles and blog posts.

Send resume and very brief statement of interest with "NEW YORK INTERN" in the subject line to job-xwzkv-1380864693@craigslist.org.

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Friday, May 8, 2009

Freelance journalism opportunities

  • The Huffington Post, a liberal news website and one of the most visited websites in the world, is looking for freelance journalists to help delve into the financial crisis/bank bailout. They are accepting investigative story pitches from freelancers, and also looking for writers able to take on assignments in this area. Click here for more info.
  • The Bethlehem Press, a 10,00-circulation weekly newspaper near Allentown, Pa., seeks a freelance reporter to cover municipal meetings. Click here for more info.

Location: United States

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Internship @ Huffington Post

The Huffington Post, a popular news website with a liberal perspective, has an immediate opening for a reporting/editorial intern in its Washington, D.C. office. The intern will "do extensive researching, writing, editing, fact-checking, monitoring of news stories, and other tasks as assigned."

E-mail cover letter and resume to jobs@huffingtonpost.com.

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Huffington Post seeks associate news editor

The Huffington Post, a liberal news website and one of the most visited websites in the world, is looking for an associate news editor to work on the front page of the site as well as its other news pages.

Job duties include: assisting editors with Huffington Post's top headline; composing headlines, choosing photos, selecting video clips, site layout; compiling general news stories; editing original reporting; liaising with the blog team, vertical editors, members of the news team; reporting, writing when necessary; and creating multimedia features including video, audio reports and slide shows.

The position is based in New York.

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