INTERNSHIPS: Year-long internship at New Republic
THE NEW REPUBLIC is looking for reporter-researchers for the
2007-2008 internship program. Job duties include reporting, research,
and fact-checking for TNR and TNR Online stories, formatting articles
and blog posts for the Web, and occasional clerical tasks.
Reporter-researchers get to work with writers, editors, and have an
open invitation to pitch magazine or Web articles. Political
journalism experience is preferred (but not imperative); fluency with
LexisNexis and other search techniques is mandatory. The yearlong job
begins in late summer 2007 and pays $264 (plus substantial overtime)
per week with health insurance. Please email the following items to
Britt Peterson at job [at] tnr [dot] com
1. A cover letter.
2. A one-page resume.
3. A 750-word critique of the politics section of a recent issue of
the magazine.
4. Two clips (if possible, one opinion and one news).
No phone calls and no snail mail, please. The deadline is February 9, 2007
