About Us
Interns Wanted
The Columbia Journalism Review welcomes applications from qualified students and recent graduates who wish to participate in its small and informal internship program. Sessions run from January through May, June through August, and September to Christmas, and require a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week (during normal business hours, Monday through Friday). Respective deadlines are November 1, March 1, and July 1. Unpaid.
Interns work closely with editors in all phases of production; duties range from handling phones and photocopying to research, reporting, writing, and fact-checking. Excellent opportunity to contribute to cjr.org.
Major qualification: strong interest in news and public affairs, as demonstrated through academic study and/or extracurricular work.
To apply, please send letter, resume, writing samples (clips preferred), and the names and phone numbers of two appropriate references to:
Tom O’Neill, Associate editor
Columbia Journalism Review
201 Journalism Building
2950 Broadway
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
tso2@columbia.edu
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Desks
The Audit Business
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The Observatory Science
- The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
- USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
- Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Mon 3:17 PM
- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
- What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
- Don’t take my traditional Internet away!
- Why China ejected Melissa Chan
The Future of Media
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