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UWIRE
UWIRE is a college-based media company that covers college news, sports, music, and fashion at over a hundred schools around the country. This is a great opportunity for any aspiring journalist, but it will require a commitment from any student intern. Essentially, we ask interns cover all major Louisville home sporting events (ie. football, basketball, any other sports you deem necessary), as well as doing unique video feature pieces on players, traditions, facilities, etc. Along with sports, student interns may be asked to cover any breaking news and campus events going on in and near Louisvile. Overall, interns are asked for a MINIMUM commitment of 2-3 video stories per week. These videos will be posted on our site (you can check it out at uwirevideo.com), as well as a few other prominent destinations. We are working closely with Fox News Channel, for example, and consistently have student content on both the channel, as well as foxnews.com. Also, we are beginning a relationship with ESPNU, which will result in many opportunities with Campus Connection during the next school year. Finally, in addition to all the great opportunities for national exposure, this is a paid internship, which we all know is rare for broadcast journalists.
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Louisville SportsReport
We are willing to work with pay and schedule for the right candidate. We run the Louisville SportsReport magazine, the CardinalSports.com website, the Red and Blue Review TV Show, the Cardinal Corner radio show and our newest venture, KentuckyPreps.com, a high school sports web site. Given the wide variety of media opportunities, we are looking for a versatile pair of candidates who are interested in getting into journalism or TV/Radio producing after graduation. Our workload can be extensive, but will provide the intern with dozens of opportunities to get published on the web and also in the magazine. For an intern looking to build a resume and get their foot in the door in the Louisville media, working for the Louisville SportsReport is a perfect situation. Daily tasks: - Taking subscriptions, fielding phone calls from customers/readers - Keeping the subscription list updated and correct - One story topic published per four hour shift (topics could range from a high school recruit to a team preview) - Maintain high school web site, KentuckyPreps.com Other work items: - Story research for main writers Russ Brown and Howie Lindsey - Attending press conferences for basketball coaches Rick Pitino and Jeff Walz - Attending sporting events as credentialed media to men's and women's basketball and others as needed - Interviews with players and coaches as needed for stories Interested candidates should spend time on our web sites - CardinalSports.com and KentuckyPreps.com - and be familiar with the magazine - the Louisville SportsReport - before the initial interview.
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The Courier-Journal
The Courier-Journal is looking to fill summer intern positions in journalism, photography, design, and internet work. Intern salary is $500/40 hour work week. Interns are treated as professional staffers and given wide opportunity to develop skills and gain valuable experience at one of the nation's leading newspapers.
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Cutting Edge Media Group
Video Journalist Local News agency is looking for a multi-skilled news reporter/photographer with a good eye, a great attitude, sound news judgment, and flexibility in work assignments. Your creative visual storytelling must reflect your interest and knowledge of local news. Regular duties include live breaking news to personal, emotional storytelling. Our news staff prides itself on teamwork, self-starters, and accountability. Successful candidates will have the ability to gather news and tell stories. Ideal candidate will be a student with experience in a television newsroom enviornment.
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Institute for Intercultural Communication
If you would like to work on campus, need a flexible schedule, and are detail oriented, this internship is for you. The editorial internship is a fantastic opportunity to hone your research, writing, and editorial skills. Your primary task is to ensure the smooth operation of the journal, Intercultural Communication Studies. You will assist in all these tasks: 1) initial checking of all manuscripts; 2) forwarding manuscripts to reviewers and follow-up; 3) editing and proof reading the final copy; 4) follow-up with authors; 5) proofing the printer’s copy; 6) mailing the journal to subscribers.
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Eastern Region- Public Affairs Office
Excellent opportunity for journalism and photojournalism students for summer 2010. A number of openings for internships in our Leader’s Training Course Public Affairs Office. The internship is at Fort Knox, and is conducted during June and July. It is open only to students who will be sophomores, juniors or seniors during the 2009-10 school year. Deadline for applications is mid March The Public Affairs Office produces a weekly eight-page tabloid newspaper, a multi-media show and news releases in support of the course. Interns are paid approximately $217 a week (tax-free) and given free housing. Of course, they’ll also receive a wealth of experience. Internships are generally for eight weeks. Further details on salary and exact dates are available upon request.
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Louisville Public Media
Louisville Public Media is an independent non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization consisting of 3 distinct stations: WFPL 89.3FM (Louisville's NPR News/Talk Station), Classical 90.5 (Louisville's Fine Arts Station/24hr classical), and WFPK 91.9FM (Radio Louisville). Our mission is to engage, educate, and entertain by creating and providing innovative, outstanding programming fueled by intellectual and cultural diversity. Louisville Public Media provides high-quality radio programming and web content to more than 70,000 listeners in north-central Kentucky and southern Indiana. Available positions: WFPL Newsroom Intern--the Newsroom Intern spends the first part of his/her internship shadowing the WFPL News Director and staff reporters observing interviews, writing copy, editing, and taping news stories. During the balance of the internship, participants will directly assist with and, on occasion, be the primary staff person involved in this process. WFPL State of Affairs® Intern--State of Affairs® is our local talk show produced Monday through Fridays. Interns will learn by hands-on experience in researching show topics, reporting topic information, tracking possible guests, and developing guest bios. Production aspects can include call screening and board operation. Interns may also be offered the opportunity to develop and participate in topics and interviews for other locally produced WFPL shows. Marketing Intern (encompasses all 3 stations)--The Marketing Intern will work closely with the Marketing/Events Specialist on a variety of projects including: press releases and media relations, copy writing, promotions, researching community events and outreach possibilities, assist as required with Louisville Public Media community events. (summer semester only)
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National Safe Place
National Safe Place seeks a strong writer and self-starter for part-time (up to 15 hours per week) internship. This position will support a national awareness campaign during Safe Place's 25th anniversary in 2008. Other responsibilities may include creation of template media materials for National Safe Place Week and development of National Safe Place's new media (blogs, podcasts, etc.) efforts.
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ResCare
A communication intern at ResCare’s corporate offices, an international human services company headquartered in Louisville, KY, will gain writing/editing, design, special event, investor relations and other corporate/public relations experience. Position pays $8/hour. ResCare provides residential, therapeutic, job training and educational supports to people with developmental or other disabilities; education and training to young people in the Job Corps program; one-stop employment and training services for people experiencing barriers to employment; and home care to seniors. ResCare employs over 44,000 people in 39 states, Washington, DC, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Puerto Rico and Haiti.
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NetWorld Alliance
NetWorld Alliance is a privately held company based in Louisville, Ky., that specializes in news, marketing and customized publishing for specialized industries, including self-service, digital signage, retail and banking technology, and food-service. NetWorld Alliance manages and operates 10 Web sites and two print publications. NetWorld Alliance’s Web sites are ATMMarketplace.com, KioskMarketplace,com, SelfService World.com, RetailCustomerExperience.com, DigitalSignageToday.com, SelfService.org, DigitalSignageAssociation.org, FastCasual.com, QSRWeb.com and PizzaMarketplace.com. Print publications are: Retail Customer Experience and Fast Casual magazine. A non-paid editorial internship is available for the fall semester. The intern will perform various writing and editing duties in a dynamic editorial atmosphere. The intern will participate in daily breaking-news coverage on our 10 Web sites, as well as in the production of numerous custom publications on a regular basis. The intern will also sit in on corporate meetings and observe and participate in client communications. Learn the ins and outs of the business-to-business media world and gain valuable work experience at an internationally known news organization.
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LEO Newspaper
The LEO offers interns in reporting and photography the opportunity to learn about alternative journalism. LEO strives to engage its readers with intelligent, unrestricted, and often unconventional news and opinions. Intern reporters learn about alternative journalism through developing and writing stories. Photo interns will help maintain photo files, research images, and take pictures.
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Metro TV
Internships in Production, Promotions, and Broadcast Reporters are available with Louisville Metro TV, a government access cable channel that reaches 270,000 homes in the area. Metro TV is operated by the communication's division of the mayor's office in Louisville. Non-paid internships are available for students interested in gaining hands-on experience in video production. Interns have the opportunity to be producers, directors, reporters, editors, camera operators, and more. Interns will work with other interns in the program alongside our experienced and award-winning staff in a small, comfortable atmosphere. Internships are for a minimum of 10 hours per week for a minumum of 3-6 months depending on experience. Opportunities are available for paid positions following the initial internship period.
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Marketing Endeavors, LLC.
Interns will work in a fast paced market research environment. Responsibilities include editing newsletters, communicating with our field representatives on assignments, sitting in on client meetings and participating in client communications, from initial sales calls, through client relationship maintenance. A paid stipend is offered.
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WPSD-TV
WPSD-TV, NBC affiliate in Paducah, Kentucky, is offering internship opportunites in all phases of television and broadcast news operations. Year round positions are available.
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Louisville Magazine
Editorial and photographic intern positions available. We are seeking someone in journalism or communications studies, available 20 hours per week. We are flexible with scheduling (four hours a day each day, 8 hours and four hours three days a week, etc.), though we do ask each work increment last at least 4 hours. Much of the intern's duties involve special projects that require multiple phone calls to compile lists of information and would also contribute to our Around Town (calendar of events) and Dining Guide sections. Some article assignments will also be available.
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Farm World
Those selected for the program will be encouraged to write eight stories in a semester. Whilte some flexibility on topics is possible, generally the stories will cover the following topics: three news stories about grain farming issues; three news stories about livestock farming and two general feature stories about a farm family or agricultural living. Each story should be cleared with a Farm World editor prior to its submission. Interns may wish to provide photographs, charts or graphs with their stories, if they feel additional artwork is necessary for a complete submission. (Note: These internships are long distance, not from our Knightstown, Ind., office.) Payment for Intern Work: Interns will be paid $25 per story published in Farm World. Benefits for Interns: Farm World wants this program to benefit both the paper and the students. For the students, the internship program will provide professional clips, work experience and a professional reference that can be listed on a resume. All stories, not just those selected for publication, will be critiqued by a Farm World editor. The critiques will offer suggestions for how the story could have been improved, recommendations for what is good in each story and any general advice that is applicable. Also, each intern will receive a six-month, free subscription to Farm World.
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Noe Middle School
We have a parent/school newsletter (usually about 12-20 pages in length) that we try to distribute 4-6 times per school year. We are interested in someone with a flexible schedule that could help us organize the newsletter and write the articles. Most of the articles are about student accomplishments and school event information.
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LCCC, Inc.
Internship for a junior or senior interested in developing an email newsletter for Resource Development. LCCC is a United Way agency primarily serving Russell just west of downtown business district. Services provided: child development, youth arts education and leadership, employment services, home ownership.
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Baptist Hospital East - Marketing & PR
The Marketing and Public Relations Department of Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky. and Baptist Hospital Northeast in La Grange, Ky. offer a 15-hour a week semester-long paid internship which will allow the student to gain experience in many aspects of healthcare public relations such as internal and external communications, media relations and special events/community relations. Day-to-day responsibilities of the intern include editing and writing brief news items for a monthly in-house publication and producing the monthly news releases for Baptist Hospital East. A special project, suitable for inclusion in a portfolio, may be assigned to the student to complete during his or her internship. The job of an intern is an important one, learning about the professional expectations of the public relations field. Interns are expected to conduct themselves as professionals. Professional behavior includes meeting all hospital policies, prompt and regular attendance, personal neatness and appropriate business attire and meeting deadlines. For more information, contact PR Manager Kit Fullenlove, kfullenlove@bhsi.com, (502) 897-8343.
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The Kentucky Gazette
Public affairs reporter
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WLKY
The WLKY news department accepts up to four individuals each semester for general news internships. Candidates should be enrolled in a college journalism or mass communications program and have some knowledge of television production. Interns will have opportunities to assist reporters and producers in gathering news, writing stories, screening network material and other general newsroom functions.
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STRAPP MEDIA GROUP
STRAPP Media Group is currently seeking Interns! Formally known as SB Media, we have expanded and are under new ownership. I am proud to announce we have added a new hip hop publication to our company STRAPP MAGAZINE. If you are currently seeking a fun, exciting, fast paced summer internship STRAPP Media Group is the way to go. ABOUT US…. STRAPP MAGAZINE is a new National hip-hop publication based out of Louisville, KY. We are a fast-paced exciting publishing environment that combines the rigors of journalism with the energy and creativity of the music industry. We are also a highly regarded publication that prides itself on its accuracy, objectivity and ability to scoop our competitors for today’s hottest stories. If you are looking for hands on experience, STRAPP MAGAZINE is the way to go. THE DETAILS…. We’re looking for a 15-hour per week commitment from each intern for the full length of an academic semester (Spring, Summer, Fall) in exchange for academic credit (if the student is eligible in his/her program). Candidates seeking academic credit OR valuable experience. For academic credit, you will need to make these arrangements for yourself, and provide documentation, prior to starting the internship.
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The 411 Main Street Weekly
The 411 Main Street Weekly is a weekly online publication covering small business throughout the nation. We are looking for (3) interns that will contribute unique/informational content regarding small business. The 411 Main Street is where people across the nation go for local business information. This opportunity could also include sales that lead into commissions.
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