St. Louis Post-Dispatch seeks social media intern
Forgive the institutional language, but I want to get all the bases covered. Bottom line: Folks! I need an intern! Let me know if you’re interested!
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch seeks candidates for a paid internship in the online staff of our newsroom, focusing on using social media to publish content, engage our audience and encourage reader-generated news, photos, videos and more.
This person will help update, promote and publicize our fledgling social networking site, MySTLtoday; help develop and participate in blogs; increase our profile on external social networks such as Digg, Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube and more; help integrate reader-generated content into our primary site, STLtoday.com; and help develop training for newsroom colleagues on the power and function of social media.
This spring internship will run from late-February into mid-May — 13 weeks. Exact dates are negotiable. We’re seeking applicants in their junior year of college or higher.
To apply, you’ll need to demonstrate first that you’re a solid journalist, with good writing skills and sound news judgment. Second, show us you’re engaged in social networks. Do you blog? Twitter? Post YouTube videos? Other sites? How have you used your presence in social networks to advance your life — personally or professionally?
Submit a resume, a portfolio of your journalism and a 500-word essay describing why social media is a vital tool for journalists and ways they should embrace it. Applications must be postmarked by Dec. 12; send it to Kurt Greenbaum, c/o St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 900 N. Tucker Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., 63101. Or e-mail your package to me.
::UPDATE:: Why this internship is based in St. Louis.
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