Paid summer reporting internship @ NY Times website

A paid summer internship is available writing for The Local East Village, a website of The New York Times.

A collaboration between The Times and New York University, this online news site seeks reporters that are eager to produce lively, engaging, and timely stories about the East Village neighborhood in Manhattan.

The position runs from May 14 to Sept. 1 and pays $500 per week. You will act as a news runner daily from the hours of 9 p.m. till 6 p.m. You’ll be on call at 20 Cooper Square to report stories as assigned by The Local's editor, a visiting professor at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Institute; you'll also be working closely with the site's full-time on-staff reporter.

Applicants must have proven experience in the field of journalism and a deep respect for the tenets of the craft. Graduate journalism students (including those outside of NYU) will be considered so long as they are exceptional writers with a proven track record.

For more info and to apply, visit http://bit.ly/fhGH0j  and click on "Summer Intern at NY Times / NYU - The Local East Village (Journalism Internship)"

Fall multimedia internships @ NY Times

The New York Times is offering Fall internships in its Web Newsroom.

Internships in the Web Newsroom involve the packaging of news for the online audience at a fast-paced and in an ever-changing work environment. A multimedia intern will work with producers, reporters and editors who work on both the Web site and the newspaper. He or she will assist in the production of photos, graphics, audio and video for the Web site. Tasks will include producing multimedia features with audio and photographs; developing interactive features with Flash; and archiving and research tasks associated with both breaking news events and enterprise stories.

The program is intended to further develop the skills that would enable the intern to become a producer at NYTimes.com. Training on-site is essential in order to get a sense for what it is like to work in the newsroom. When a news story breaks, the intern will experience first hand how news judgments are made and how the plans for covering a story take shape.

The job requires good design skills and the ability to execute. The successful candidate must be fluent in a number of front-end technologies and must have a strong, demonstrable interest in journalism. We're looking into three distinct areas for our upcoming internships. If you fall into one or more categories below, we encourage you to apply.

• Front-end Interactive Designer: full skill-set of client-side technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript/Prototype. Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus.
• Motion Design Storyteller: working knowledge of AfterEffects and Photoshop in producing motiongraphics. Final Cut a plus. We are looking for someone to help grow the motion design side of storytelling. So applicant must have a strong sense of timing and narrative and have the ability to implement a variety of creative styles.
• Interactive Flash Journalist: Advanced programming knowledge and experience in Flash and ActionScript 3. Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus.

Click here to apply online.

Paid summer internships @ New York Times

The New York Times is offering 10-week, paid summer 2011 internships to college seniors and graduate students. Positions are available in the New York newsroom in reporting, online media, copyediting and in photojournalism. One reporting intern is placed in the Washington, D.C. bureau.

The internship pays $900 per week. Deadline to apply is Nov. 1 or Nov. 15, depending on the internship type. Click here for more info.

Fall internships @ New York Times

The New York Times is seeking multimedia journalism interns for the fall. The internship program is intended to further develop the skills that would enable the intern to become a producer at NYTimes.com. There are three positions available:

1) Front-end Interactive Designer: full skill-set of client-side technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript/Prototype. Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus.

2) Motion Design Storyteller: working knowledge of AfterEffects and Photoshop in producing motiongraphics. Final Cut a plus. We are looking for someone to help grow the motion design side of storytelling. So applicant must have a strong sense of timing and narrative and have the ability to implement a variety of creative styles.

3) Interactive Flash Journalist: Advanced programming knowledge and experience in Flash and ActionScript 3. Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus.

"Internships in the Web Newsroom of The New York Times involve the packaging of news for the online audience at a fast-paced and in an ever-changing work environment," the ad states. "A multimedia intern will work with producers, reporters and editors who work on both the Web site and the newspaper. He or she will assist in the production of photos, graphics, audio and video for the Web site. Tasks will include producing multimedia features with audio and photographs; developing interactive features with Flash; and archiving and research tasks associated with both breaking news events and enterprise stories."

Apply online.

Paid multimedia internships @ NY Times

The New York Times' website is offering three full-time, paid internships throughout the year.

One is a multimedia internship and the other two are online news internships. "All three internships offer the rare, up-close opportunity to work with some of the best online journalists in the nation’s best newsroom," according to the recruiter. Internships are full-time, last up to four months and pay $812 per week.

Multimedia interns assist in the production of photos, graphics, audio and video for the website. Tasks include producing multimedia features with audio and photographs, developing interactive features with Flash, and archiving and research for both breaking news events and enterprise stories.

Online news interns produce articles, photos and multimedia for The New York Times on the Web, as well as helping to put together the online presence for larger news packages and enterprise projects

The internships are available during the fall, spring and summer. The deadlines are summer: Feb. 15, fall: Aug. 15, and spring: Nov. 15.

Applicants should apply online at: http://www.nytco.com/careers/index.html. In the search field, enter the word "internship."

Or, clips and resumes may be sent to: "Digital Newsroom Internship", c/o Brenda Pullman, recruiting specialist, NYTimes.com, 620 Eighth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10018.

NY Times seeks entry-level online journalist

New York Times's website, the #1 newspaper website on the Web, seeks a paid intern to produce articles, photos and multimedia for its daily report and larger news and features projects. The intern will also assist editors and producers by conducting research and compiling information for special sections, enterprise stories and breaking news events.

"The training program is intended to teach interns the skills that would enable them to become a producer at NYTimes.com," the ad says. "'On-the-job' training is essential in order to get a sense for what it is like to work in a newsroom. When a news story breaks, the intern will experience first hand how news judgments are made and how the plans for covering a story take shape."

2009 summer internship applications due soon!

The summer may have just ended, but it's already time to start planning for a journalism internship next summer.

Many of the top newspapers and magazines have early fall deadlines for their 2009 paid summer internship programs. For example:

• Newsweek summer internship, application deadline: Oct. 17, 2008
  
• Wall Street Journal summer internship, application deadline: Nov. 1, 2008
  
• Washington Post summer internship, application deadline: Nov. 1, 2008
• Boston Globe summer internship, application deadline: Nov. 1, 2008
• New York Times summer internship, application deadline: Nov. 15, 2008

These are great internships, if you can get them. You'll make good money (the NYT pays $924 per week), get to do substantive work (take photos, write articles, etc.) and learn from the best and brightest journalists in the world.

But the applications can be very involved. The Post, for example, requires essays and recommendation letters. So, start working on your application ASAP. This isn't something you can do the day before it's due.

-Mark Grabowski