Academic Year Internships:
To apply for positions at the following locations, send your resume and clips. Check the paper's website for more detailed information on the internship opportunities. Job opportunity/Orlando Sentinel.com
East Orlando Sun
Contact Gary Roberts, editor
407-658-2404
gary@eosun.com
East Orlando Sun
Orlando Business Journal
Contact Ken Cogburn, Editor
kcogburn@bizjournals.com
315 E. Robinson Street
Suite 250
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407-649-8470
Fax: 407-420-1625
Orlando Business Journal
Orlando Weekly
Bob Whitby
407-377-0420
bwhitby@orlandoweekly.com
Orlando Weekly
Orlando Sentinel
Mr. Dana Eagles
407-420-5427 deagles@orlandosentinel.com
633 N. Orange Ave.
Orlando, FL 32801
Internship Details
Orlando Sentinel Official Site
Orlando Style Magazine
To apply for an internship send a resume, cover letter and three relevant writing samples to mail@ orlandostylemag.com.
2295 S. Hiawassee Road, Suite 410
Orlando, Florida 32835
Phone: (321) 293- 0670
Fax: (321) 293- 0671
Orlando Style Magazine
World Publications
Publishers of magazines including Caribbean Travel and Life and Wakeboarding.
From their Web site:
World Publications offers a limited number of internships to students who are motivated and hardworking. An internship is an excellent way to gain experience in your field of interest and can lead to full-time employment. We encourage you to contact us about possible internships if you are an undergraduate student or a first-year graduate student. Based on demand, internships are available in editorial, Web development, photography and graphic design, and sales and marketing.
Interested students may forward their resumes via e-mail to HR@worldpub.net, or fax resumes to the attention of Human Resources at (407) 628-7061.
World Publications
Summer Internships:
The Sun-Sentinel
Send application to:
Kathy Pellegrino
Recruitment Editor
200 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-356-4000
To apply for a paid or academic credit internship, send a letter indicating your area of interest and expertise, a resume and 7-10 work samples. If you have a permanent as well as a college address, please provide both. Reporting clips, photographs, graphics and illustrations should be mounted or photocopied on 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper. Photos and artwork may be submitted on slides or CDs. Original work may be returned upon request if it is accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Preference is given to those who have experience in journalism. Applicants should have worked for their college publication or have had a previous internship.
The deadline for Summer 2007 internships is Nov. 15. The deadline for applying for a fall internship in sports reporting is March 1, 2007. For More Internship Information
The Florida Times-Union
For questions please contact:
Cindy Holifield
(904) 359-4295
cindy.holifield@jacksonville.com
One Riverside Ave.
Jacksonville, FL 32231
Interns will draw a variety of assignments. Meetings will be held with various editors to discuss problems and progress. Every effort will be made to match summer work assignments with the interests of the interns selected to work on the staff of the Times-Union. Preference will be given to individuals who have held summer internships with daily newspapers in the past and individuals proven interested in a career in print journalism.
Applications must be made in writing and should include the applicants grade point average, previous journalism experience, and at least two references, one from within the academic community. Clips of past work should be included with application. It is not necessary for applicants to be majoring in journalism, but that is desirable. Interns must have their own vehicles. We are a drug free workplace. Contact paper for application deadline.
Florida Times-Union
Florida Today
Contact: Julie Lusk
Director/Human Resources
One Gannett Plaza
Melbourne, FL 32940
321-242-3500
FAX: 321-253-3801
St. Petersburg Times Contact: Nancy Waclawek, Dir. of Corporate Giving
St. Petersburg Times
P. O. Box 1121
St. Petersburg
FL 33731-1121
Phone: 727-893-8780
FAX: 727-892-2257
E-MAIL: waclawek@sptimes.com
Editorial application deadlines November 15 (postmarked).
All other departments February 15 (postmarked).
Required: Experience at a college publication and at least one professional work experience. Send cover letter, resume, 5 or 6 examples of your work that show your range of experience and three references. See their Web site
The Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132
305-350-2111
Program offers college juniors, seniors, and graduate students an intensive 12-week internship in metro, business or sports reporting, features writing, design, photo or copy editing. Salary is $520 a week.
A cover letter, clips and the names of at least three references should be sent. Conact paper for application deadline.
The Tampa Tribune
Beverly Dominick
Training and Recruitment Manager of the Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune
P.O. Box 191
Tampa FL 33601
(813) 259-7633
E-mail: bdominick@tampatrib.com
Check Web site for application deadline information.
Fill out online application (above). PLEASE INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM A PROFESSOR OR NEWS PROFESSIONAL. On a separate sheet, write a 500-word essay or cover letter detailing what benefit you would expect to receive from participating in this internship program and what special skills/interests etc. you could offer to the newspaper. Applicants are encouraged to submit copies of published news and/or feature stories. Clips will not be returned.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
801 S. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34230
813-953-7755
The Tallahassee Democrat
Contact: Lisa Lazarus
277 North Magnolia Drive
P.O. Box 990/277 North Magnolia Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32302
(850) 599-2333
llazarus@taldem
The Palm Beach Post
Lynn Kalber Director of Administration/Newsroom The Palm Beach Post 2751 S. Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, FL 33405 561-820-4439 lkalber@pbpost.com See their Web site for more information.
From their Web site:The Palm Beach Post has two 12-week reporting internships (1 metro, 1 business) and one Library internship in the summer of 2006, and three 16-week internships in the fall: two for photography, one for sportswriting.
We pay $475/week during our internships, but that does not include room, board or transportation. We are always happy to work with interns trying to find a place to live in the area. We don't have official application forms. What we ask for is a cover letter explaining why the student wants an internship here, a resume, reference list and 5-7 clips for the reporting jobs.
The summer reporting internships will be in metro and business. Both require at least one previous reporting internship. For those, send resume, references and clips to Lynn Kalber, Director of Administration/Newsroom.
The summer library internship applications should be sent to Library Director Sammy Alzofon.
The photography internships require applicants to have had at least one previous photo internship. In addition, we need to see a photo story (either in slides, prints or on CD) and clips of published works. For those, send materials to John J. Lopinot, Deputy Photo Director.
The internship program is open to college students who are interested in pursuing a career in the newspaper field. The competition, as with full-time jobs these days, is stiff.
WESH NewsChannel 2 is looking for interns. For information regarding an internship, please view these documents:
Overview of Internship
Duties and Qualifications
Out-of-State Internships:
Chicago Tribune Summer 2006 Internship Program Applicants who are pursuing careers in reporting, copy editing, graphics or photography are included in this opportunity. Our internship program seeks college juniors, seniors and graduate students who have at least one previous internship on a daily newspaper other than college.
We set the same high performance standards for interns as we do for our regular staff members. This is not a teaching program. Tribune interns must be able to - and often do - cover major stories their first few days on the job. The salary is $567 a week for 12 weeks.
A cover letter, resume, clips (10 to 15) or portfolio (graphics, photography), and the names of at least two professional and one school reference should be sent to Sheila Solomon, Senior Editor for Recruitment, Chicago Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611.
Chicago Tribune Summer 2006 MULTIMEDIA Internship Program
Please see their Web site for deadline.
Sheila Solomon
Senior Editor for Recruitment
Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60611
Chicago Tribune seeks college juniors, seniors or graduate students with college and/or professional experience writing and producing news content in three or more media, including newspapers, TV, the Internet and radio. For 12 weeks the intern will work in our newsroom for the Electronic News Department and alongside newspaper reporters and editors and TV and web news producers to create multimedia content for the Tribune.s broadcast partners and websites.
Duties will include running the Tribune newsroom TV facility, shooting and editing TV segments and producing web content based on newspaper stories. Tribune interns must be able to - and often do - work on stories their first few days on the job, though there will be a training period on the specific production and editing systems in place at the Tribune.
A cover letter, resume, clips and/or a portfolio (videotape or CD of TV and web content) and the names of at least two professional and one school references should be sent to Sheila Solomon.
The Detroit News Summer 2006 Internship Program Kristi Bowden, assistant managing editor
The Detroit News
615 W. Lafayette Detroit, MI 48226
E-mail: kbowden@detnews.com.
The Detroit News offers 12-week summer internships to college journalism students who are juniors, seniors or recent college graduates. Internship opportunities are available for reporters, copy editors, photographers and graphic artists. The News offers hands-on experience and expects interns to assume a standard workload. Weekly training sessions on various newsroom topics are also provided. Pay is $524 a week.
Applicants should have completed at least one prior internship or have had experience at student publications. To apply, please submit the following: Cover letter, resume, seven to 10 work samples to Kristi Bowden.
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