Internships/practicums

Students in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media are required to gain practical professional experience relevant to their degree program. This often takes place in the form of practicums and internships. The School has a number of relationships with local media that provide these opportunities. We also encourage our students to pursue other internship opportunities.

Competitive Internship Opportunities

Students in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media are required to gain practical professional experience relevant to their degree program. This often takes place in the form of practicums and internships. The School has a number of relationships with local media that provide these opportunities. We also encourage our students to pursue other internship opportunities.

Several foundations and firms offer competitive internship opportunities in specialized areas. These often offer students access to larger media and markets. Some offer scholarships or stipends, or the opportunity to also pick up additional course credits, in addition to professional experience.

Internship Announcements

Internship Opportunity with Bleacher Report, Inc. (www.bleacherreport.com)

(submitted on April 4, 2008)

Summary of position: Bleacher Report is seeking editing interns to revise and publish online sports content in a professional and timely manner. In addition to editing responsibilities, Bleacher Report is also looking for marketing interns to represent the company in their respective collegiate sporting communities.

Description of company: Bleacher Report is a venture-backed startup company based in San Francisco that specializes in fan-driven, online sports journalism. We are experiencing rapid growth.

Benefits of opportunity:

- Refine your editing skills in one of the web's fastest-growing markets
- Train with Ryan Alberti, Bleacher Report's Managing Editor and a skilled professional of online editing and writing
- Gain experience working with a small team of motivated young professionals
- Maintain a flexible schedule and work from the privacy of your own home
- Upon satisfactory performance, obtain a job or graduate school recommendation

Work requirements:

- 12 hours per week
- You may choose the hours and days you edit ahead of time, but you must be able to abide by whatever schedule you set

Pay Status: This is an officially unpaid position, but in the past we have given out small stipends for excellent work upon completion of the internship. We do offer course credit.

Required skills/experience:

- General knowledge of and interest in professional or college sports
- Basic understanding of the rules of English grammar
- Competent with a personal computer and comfortable using the Internet
- Two semesters at journalism school preferred (but not necessarily required)

Start date/Application deadline: We are looking for someone to start work immediately. The internship would formally end after 90 days or when a semester is completed.

To apply for an internship with Bleacher Report, please submit a resume and writing samples to Aron Glatzer, at aglatzer@bleacherreport.com.

Product Management Team Paid Intern Position Available

(submitted Jan.14, 2007)

This is a part-time (15-30 hours/week--flexible schedule) local internship paying $8 per hour.

Overview:

This position will support the Senior Product Manager and the individual online category Product Managers in both day to day duties and long-term projects, including reporting, product research and product launches. The online categories include Real Estate, Employment, Email Marketing, Automotive, Classifieds, Retail and others.

This intern will help gather, analyze and publish useful benchmarks and data. The Product Team intern will help communicate findings to category Product Managers, update and develop summary reports, and help develop training materials for future employees.

Example of Duties Performed:

1. Assist in creating, maintaining and developing reports that show trends in revenue by product and best practices among newspaper properties.
2. Assist in competitive product and vendor analysis.
3. Support Product Managers
4. Assist with general office work
5. Perform other duties as needed and as directed by team.

Position Requirements:

1. Experience: Computer literacy, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Understanding of Internet technology is required. Basic knowledge of Photoshop, HTML is a plus.
2. Skills/Abilities: Attention to detail, willingness to help with a variety of programs and tasks. Clear and effective communication is a must. Well organized and self-motivated.

TO APPLY:
Please send a cover letter and resume to Scripps Interactive Newspapers, 9721 Sherrill Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37932
ATTN:: Tom Tharp, or email to ttharp@scrippsweb.com

Print Journalism Internship Open at Amputee Coalition of America

(submitted Jan. 10, 2007)

The Amputee Coalition of America, a national nonprofit organization serving people with limb loss, is seeking a print journalism student for an unpaid journalism internship.

The journalism intern will assist the editor/publications coordinator and publications manager in researching and writing articles for the ACA's national, award-winning magazine inMotion, as well as the organization's numerous other publications. In addition, the intern will write press releases and other public relations and marketing materials, as needed. Editing and proofreading duties may also be performed.

This is a great opportunity for gaining real journalism experience and building a file of published work.

Supervision: Editor/Publications Coordinator and Publications Manager

Qualifications: Prefer college undergraduate or graduate student in journalism. Strong writing and interpersonal skills are essential. Intern must be dependable and able to work on his or her own and meet deadlines.

Contact: Rick Bowers, Editor/Publications Coordinator. If you would like to be considered for this internship opportunity, please e-mail Rick Bowers at rbowers@amputee-coalition.org or call 865/524-0591, ext. 8108.

Moxley Carmichael Seeks PR, Journalism or Marketing for Paid Internships

Moxley Carmichael seeks college juniors, seniors, graduate students or graduates in public relations, journalism or marketing for immediate internship opportunities. Full-time and part-time paid positions are available.

Interns support partner and account executives by drafting, distributing and following up on news releases; assisting with story pitches; maintaining media and government databases; planning and executing client events; performing research; and other related responsibilities. Interns also provide general office support.

Interns must have excellent written and verbal communication skills; be able to manage multiple projects and deadlines; and have strong client service orientation. Reliable transportation and auto insurance are required.

Interns earn hourly pay plus mileage.

Moxley Carmichael offers a fast-paced, professional and fun environment and serves the Knoxville area's top companies. For more information about Moxley Carmichael, visit www.moxleycarmichael.com.

For consideration, please forward a resume, cover letter, writing samples and work availability to Scott Bird at internships@moxleycarmichael.com.

Summer Internship in Germany

(submitted Jan. 10, 2007)

SUMMER INTERNSHIP (GERMAN STUDENT EXCHANGE ORGANIZATION)
GERMAN STUDENT EXCHANGE ORGANIZATION (DAAD) offers a summer internship program for American Journalism Students and Journalists. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the opposing perspectives and positions at play in contemporary geopolitics, it is crucial to place strong emphasis on intercultural exchange and the transmission of cultural values. DAAD and the renowned Freie Universität Berlin (http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html - which was named in 2007 as of the nine "universities of excellence" in Germany) have therefore developed this unique new program to provide outstanding young journalism students - who may themselves come to have a significant influence on international opinion-shaping - with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the society, culture, values, and political attitudes in Germany. During this time of transition and change in transatlantic relations and the German-American relationship, this program will expose American students with a particular interest in Germany to the changing global political circumstances on location in Germany.

The program consists of two complementary segments. The first six weeks will be spent at the Freie Universität Berlin, where participants will expand their academic understanding of the politics, society and culture of Germany, and the country's current social conditions and media scene. With these theoretical building blocks in place, participants will do a week of project work with journalism students from the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and subsequently embark on an intensive four-week internship with a German newspaper, magazine or radio station.

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants should be students at a college or university in the United States. Students should either be enrolled in a school of journalism or be majoring in a journalism-related field. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible, as are graduating Seniors.

Applicants must have German language proficiency at least equal to the advanced intermediate level. Applicants should also have a demonstrated interest in Germany and German affairs, i.e. an awareness of current political news coverage of Germany in the American media, and general familiarity with German history, culture and society. Applicants should already have had first experiences in practical journalism.

Program Schedule:

Successful applicants will travel to Germany at the beginning of June to begin the intensive 11-week program. The program schedule is broken down into the following components.

Week 1 (June 9 - June 15)
Orientation seminar for US participants

Week 2 (June 16 - June 22)
Excursions within Germany together with a group of young colleagues from the Independent States of the former Soviet Union. This other group of students will be participating in a parallel DAAD program also hosted at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin.

Weeks 3 - 6 (June 12 - July 20)
A three-week series of full-day, academically oriented seminars at the FU Berlin. The seminar program is specially designed to deepen participants' understanding of the politics, society and culture of Germany, and the country's current social conditions and media scene. Additional seminars on professional values and ethics of journalism will be offered as well.

Week 7 (July 21 - July 27)
Joint project work together with Russian journalism students.

Weeks 8-11 (July 28 - August 22)
Four-week internship in the editorial offices of a newspaper, magazine, radio station or PR agency in or near Berlin.
All program participants will be supervised by the staff of the program "Journalisten International" (http://www.jil.fu-berlin.de/) in the journalism department of the Freie Universität, Berlin. The director of Journalisten International is Prof. Dr. Günther von Lojewski.

Terms of Award:

Applicants who are invited to a selection interview in New York City (around early March) will receive up to 300 Euros toward the cost of their flight to the interview location.

Applicants who are finally selected for the program will be awarded a monthly stipend of 650 Euros for the duration of their stay in Germany. DAAD will also provide participants a partial travel subsidy of approximately 350 Euros towards the cost of international transportation to Germany; travel costs not covered by the partial subsidy must be paid by the individual program participants themselves. DAAD will also provide health and accident insurance.

Participants will be housed for the duration of the program in student residence halls at the FU Berlin. Accommodation costs a maximum of 200 Euros per month (= roughly 600 Euros maximum for the entire program), which participants should be able to cover using the monthly stipend.

Application Guidelines:

A total of 40 applicants will be invited to a selection interview in New York City. A selection committee of American and German experts will then select up to 20 participants/scholarship recipients.

The application form must be completed online: (http://www.daad.org/?p=onlineapp-internxchange)

The required supplemental materials are:

• Resume (in English)
• Statement of motivation (roughly 2pp, double spaced)
• One-page journalistic writing sample or broadcast transcript
• Two letters of recommendation from professors in your major field of study
• Official academic transcript(s)
• DAAD German Language Evaluation Certificate (Sprachzeugnis) (http://www.daad.org/file_depot/0-10000000/10000-20000/16426/folder/44164/LanguageCertificate06.pdf)
  (The language evaluation form must be completed and signed by a faculty member of the German Department at the applicant's institution or by an official of a Goethe Institute.)

Please send one original, signed copy of each letter of recommendation in a sealed envelope. Put these in one package together with the original versions and two photocopies of the application form (with your personal signature) and your remaining supplemental materials, and mail these materials to:

DAAD New York "InternXchange"
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017

Be certain to submit all materials in triplicate - one original, two photocopies (except the letters of recommendation, of which we only need one signed, sealed original). Incomplete or late applications can not be accepted.

Application Deadline:

February 15, 2008 (postmark deadline)

Questions? Contact Laura Montgomery at montgomery@daad.org or call (212) 758-3223 ext. 211.

Public Journalism Internship Initiative Sponsored by the Knight Foundation

UTK has begun a program supporting UTK students seeking internships through The Washington Center. Thanks to a generous grant from the Knight Foundation, The Washington Center will now be awarding scholarships to qualified students under the foundation's "Public Journalism Internship Initiative." Eligible students will be interested in public or civic journalism, and come from specific schools (colleges and universities that have licenses for public radio or public television stations). Interns will enroll in TWC's Mass Communications Program and will be placed at one of a set of organizations identified by the Knight Foundation.

Ten $2,000 housing awards are available to students this summer and another ten will be in the fall. During spring, summer, and fall of 2005 there will be 15 $2,000 awards. The students work a full time job, take a high caliber course, attend a series of programs, and earn 12 hours of credit (nine hours during the summer) for their efforts.

For more information, visit http://career.utk.edu/