Breaking News Internship
The Daily Beast delivers award-winning original reporting and sharp opinions from big personalities in the arenas of politics, pop culture, world news, and more. Fiercely independent and armed with irreverent intelligence, The Daily Beast now reaches more than 20 million readers per month. The Daily Beast is based in New York and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC).
Job Description
The Daily Beast is seeking a talented, motivated, and dependable Breaking News Intern to join our award-winning newsroom on-site in New York as part of the Cheat Sheet/breaking news team. Open to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate students, and post-grads, the internship is an exciting opportunity for emerging journalists to learn how a newsroom works while gaining hands-on experience. The roles are full-time (37.5 hours/week) for three-month periods between September through November. It will include evening and weekend shifts.
Ideal candidates are newshounds who can work quickly, write cleanly and with some flair, and both take initiative and direction.
Qualifications
* Experience writing breaking news.
* A voracious news diet and appetite that covers politics, pop culture, power, and big issues in the national and global conversations.
* Prior knowledge of web publishing and using a content management system is a plus.
* Comfort meeting quick deadlines.
To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter that includes links to 4-6 portfolio pieces. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
The pay for this position is $19.00 per hour.
Additional information
Don’t meet every single requirement listed here? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet each and every qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re interested in joining the Beast but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with this job description, we encourage you to give it a shot all the same. It might turn out that you're just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- Experience writing breaking news
- Voracious news knowledge across politics, pop culture, power, national and global issues
- Prior knowledge of web publishing and using a content management system
- Comfort meeting quick deadlines
- Availability to work full-time (37.5 hours/week) for a three-month period between September and November
- Willingness to work evening and weekend shifts
- Open to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate students, and post-grads
What We Do
IAC builds companies. We are guided by curiosity, a questioning of the status quo, and a desire to invent or acquire new products and brands. From the single seed that started as IAC over two decades ago have emerged 11 public companies and generations of exceptional leaders. We will always evolve, but our basic principle of financially-disciplined opportunism will never change. IAC today operates Dotdash Meredith and Care.com, among many others, and also has majority ownership of Angi Inc, which includes HomeAdvisor Powered by Angi and Handy. The company is headquartered in New York City and has business operations and satellite offices worldwide. Learn more at www.iac.com.
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