Radiolab – Internship Fall 2012
New York Public Radio – New York, NY
Radiolab is looking for interns who are passionate about radio and storytelling to help out with the production of our show. Internships last 3-4 months and are part-time (2-3 days a week).
Responsibilities:
Interns participate in editorial meetings, provide research assistance, and perform a range of administrative tasks involved in the daily running of the office. Over the course of the internship, interns will have the opportunity to learn basic audio production skills, pitch their own story ideas, and receive feedback on their work.
Qualifications:
You must be able to commit to the assigned schedule as well as attend orientation and occasional NYPR intern events, regardless of whether they take place on the day you are normally scheduled.
We are looking for applicants who are voraciously curious about a wide variety of subjects, and who are enthusiastic learners with an ability to work independently. We prefer some journalism or writing experience, but we do not require new interns to have experience with radio production.
Application:
Please submit a resume, a brief cover letter explaining why you want to be a Radiolab intern, and answers to the following questions:
1. What is your favorite moment from Radiolab, and why? (Please choose a specific moment from one story or segment.)
2. Describe a moment from Radiolab that didn’t work for you, and tell us why.
3. Imagine you’re invited to pitch a story idea at our next staff meeting. Give us a one-paragraph pitch (we want the elevator version—something short and sweet to prick up our ears.) In addition to describing the idea itself, tell us who could tell the story or explain the idea—who would you track down for an interview?
4. Tell us the best thing you’ve read, heard, or seen this week (give us a few sentences.) We’re looking for the story you’ll bring up at dinner with your friends tonight, or the one you’d tell at a party this weekend. It can be an article that blew your mind, a video that cracked you up, or something unbelievable that happened to you or one of your friends.
The Fall 2012 internship will begin on September 3 and the application deadline is Monday, July 16 .
New York Public Radio is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites and encourages qualified applicants from all walks of life.
COMPANY PROFILE – ABOUT NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO “To make the mind more curious, the heart more open and the spirit more joyful.” – New York Public Radio Mission Statement New York Public Radio is home to three of the country’s leading public radio stations—WNYC 93.9 FM, WNYC AM 820, and WQXR 105.9 FM—as well as the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. As America’s most listened-to public radio stations* and New York’s premier multi-platform public radio franchise, it collectively reaches a monthly audience of more than 11.5 million. WNYC and wnyc.org : WNYC is a major producer of original, award-winning local and national content. It originates for public radio nationwide programs and podcasts like Radiolab , The Takeaway , Freakonomics , On The Media and Studio 360 . WNYC maintains a centralized newsroom and its award-winning reporters contribute regularly to online and local news broadcasts and to the nationally-distributed news programs Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and The Takeaway . Also, WNYC produces the signature daily programs The Brian Lehrer Show, The Leonard Lopate Show , Soundcheck and New Sounds . Five WNYC programs — Radiolab, On the Media, Studio 360, The Brian Lehrer Show, and Radio Rookies , its youth journalism program serving teens in all five boroughs, have been recognized with George Foster Peabody Awards, the highest honor in broadcasting journalism. WNYC’s original content is available to people wherever they are via mobile platforms, online audio streams, podcasts and social media. In addition, WNYC presents the best national offerings from networks National Public Radio, Public Radio International, American Public Media, and the British Broadcasting Company, broadcasting a wide range of daily news, talk, cultural and music programming. WQXR and wqxr.org : Classical 105.9 WQXR is New York City’s sole classical music station, presenting new and landmark classical recordings as well as live concerts from the Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic, among other New York City venues, immersing listeners in the city’s rich musical life. WQXR.org also hosts Q2, an HD broadcast and web stream dedicated to discovery, giving listeners an opportunity to experience exceptional music, classic and contemporary, that they likely have not heard before. WQXR’s smart, engaging hosts provide distinctive context for the music they love to play. And wqxr.org serves the global classical music community through online listening, playlists, host blogs and New York City cultural news. WQXR also offers Metropolitan Opera Radio Saturday Matinee Broadcasts, The Philharmonic This Week , McGraw Hill Young Artists Showcase evenings, and Symphony Hall .
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space and thegreenespace.org : Our street-front broadcast studio and performance venue produces a full season of original programming – as well as WNYC and WQXR shows, concerts and events – for live, radio and online audiences. It is becoming an anchor in our growing, exciting Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan.