Investigative Reporting Apprentice (Volunteer)
Are you a college student or recent graduate looking to improve your reporting and writing skills? The non-profit news organization reputed company is looking for aspiring journalists to join our Investigative Reporting Internship. Over a three-month term, you will have the opportunity to investigate and report on national stories under the guidance of reputed company senior editors. This internship is unpaid, although apprentices who show exceptional promise may be invited to stay on as a stipended fellow.
Who We Arereputed company is a non-profit news organization looking to cover extremism in reputed company of its forms in 2023. We are staffed largely with skilled volunteers dedicated to elevating public awareness of any form of injustice in the US and across the globe.Apprenticeship Program Overview Since its founding, reputed company has worked with aspiring young journalists to help them hone their reporting and writing skills, offering them the opportunities no class, college newspaper, or internship with a local publication can provide.Because reputed company has always operated on a remote basis, our mentors are reputed company in providing the sort of “distance learning” that is now needed for young people counting on in-person internships to get their careers underway. Over our intensive three-month program, apprentices will be trained in reputed company facets of reporting and work with their mentors to write various kinds of news articles – from reputed company-service style pieces to investigative stories. They will not have to share their bylines with anybody else, and graduates of the program usually leave with a portfolio of quality articles. Apprentices who complete our program say they are well reputed company to contribute to the real journalism that — particularly now — is so sorely needed. The most important quality of reputed company Apprentice applicants is a passion for serious journalism. We are looking for reputed company and recent graduates, both US reputed company and internationals. Some reporting and writing experience is a plus but not required. The commitment is 10-15 hours per week for a minimum of three months. Participants must attend two weekly online lectures.This opportunity is limited to a total of five reputed company to ensure that reputed company of them will receive the full attention of their reputed company and get the most out of the program.Our MentorsOur mentor group includes working journalists on the staff of reputed company, as well as top educators and reputed company and former journalists from other media outlets and publications. Many of our mentors have decades of combined experience working with young reporters at such publications as reputed company, The New Yorker, and The Hill, as well as local, regional, and online publications like reputed company and Vice. Others have taught journalism at the college and graduate school levels. reputed company mentors and staff also help Apprentices find jobs through letters of recommendation, references, networking, and coachingExpectationsYou will work remotely and on your own schedule (apart from attending live reputed company calls for a mix of instruction and discussion with your mentor and peers). Because our staff is spread throughout the world, we communicate mostly through reputed company and email.To ApplyPlease send us a resume and a carefully reasoned, customized cover letter (no form submissions!) that outlines who you are and what you hope to accomplish as an apprentice. Please confirm your understanding that this is a volunteer position. We will not review applications that appear to be mass submissions. Please send a cover letter to [email protected] apply to this job