The editorial internship is designed to provide interns with practical experience and the opportunity to actively contribute to The Conversation’s newsroom.
The internship runs for a period of 2 days per week (negotiable) for a period up to 3 months. The role is unsalaried, however, interns will be paid $15.00 per day to cover lunch and travel expenses.
Editorial interns will be exposed to, and participate in, a wide range of newsroom activities. Interns will be responsible for pitching ideas and developing news leads, commissioning articles, sub-editing, as well as a range of other tasks.
Details of the internship and selection criteria can be found here. Applications to the intern program are open only to students, or recent graduates, of The Conversation’s partner and member organisations.
Internships are located at The Conversation’s newsroom in Melbourne.
Applications close 25, July 2012.