The Virginian-Pilot’s
2012 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
(& 2012 Fall-Winter Sports Internship)
We’re looking for the best & the brightest …
reporters, copy editors, photographers, and page designers.
ARE YOU A COLLEGE STUDENT who is currently enrolled in an accredited college or university? Have you worked on your college newspaper or other campus publication? How would you like to spend your summer working at a 170,000-circulation newspaper located near the beach? The Virginian-Pilot’s summer internship may be just right for you!
Our internships are highly competitive. Therefore, experience working on a college newspaper is a must, and a previous internship at a daily paper is a plus. Reporters and photographers will need a car. Juniors and seniors are preferred, but sophomores and graduate students also are eligible.
The Pilot will select five interns for next summer – one page designer, one copy editor, one photographer and two reporters. They will be notified by Christmas. The pay is $540 a week and the internships run for 12 weeks during the summer.
For 2012 only, we also will offer a fall-winter sports internship that will last for six months (September 2012-March 2013). The sports intern is expected to work as a copy editor for three months and as a sports reporter for three months.
All Interns have regular opportunities to meet with Pilot editors and other news staffers.
Questions? E-mail denise.bridges@pilotonline.com, call 757.446.2456, or fax 757.446.2414. Please do NOT send completed packets by e-mail because it will overload my inbox.
TO APPLY
— Submit a cover letter, resume and the names of three references.
— Reporters, copy editors and designers should include eight to ten published work samples showing the range of your best writing, page layout or headline writing. You may include a CD to accompany your packet or add links, but we still must see examples of your published work as it appeared in print.
— Photographers should submit a print portfolio or CD that includes at least 20 samples of published photographs.
— Write your name on your CD in case it becomes separated from your file, and include your e-mail address on your resume and cover letter.
— Send completed packet to: Denise Bridges, Director of Staff Development, The Virginian-Pilot, 150 W. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOV. 4, 2011. Packets postmarked after Nov. 4 will NOT be considered.