Internship -Night Cops Reporter
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Description: The Roanoke Times & roanoke.com is at the momment seeking for Internship -Night Cops Reporter right now, this position will be settled in Virginia. Further informations about this position opportunity kindly read the description below. Job title: Internship â€" Night Cops Reporter
Department: News
Reports to: Megan Schnabel
Summary: The Roanoke Times | roanoke.com seeks an enterprising and energetic intern reporter to cover police and other general news five night a week. This six-month internship (some flexibility on start and end dates) is an opportunity for a college student or recent college graduate to gain experience while also helping us build our digital-first newsroom. We want interns who thrive on change, experimentation and a journalistic mission to serve the community. Our newsroom wants to build on the special recognition we received recently from the Society for News Design, which noted that we don’t let our relative size limit our creativity. Roanoke.com is “deep within their community,†the SND judges said. “The multimedia storytelling explores highly personal issues and forces viewers to confront issues that rarely surface in their daily lives.â€
Essential duties and responsibilities:
Covers breaking news and other general assignment news assigned by editors
Contributes breaking news posts to roanoke.com and uses Twitter to cover news and engage readers
Conceives photo and graphics ideas to help illustrate stories.
Typical work hours: 3-11 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday
Other duties as assigned
Minimum skills and qualifications:
Experience at a college media organization or the equivalent
Previous daily newspaper internships preferred
Must be a college student or recent graduate
Proven ability to write clearly, accurately and meet deadlines
Comfortable using a smart phone, other digital tools and social media to push out news and visuals quickly and engage readers.
Collegial, collaborative and decisive; comfortable with change and able to adapt.
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If you were eligible to this position, please give us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to The Roanoke Times & roanoke.com.
Interested on this position, just click on the Apply button, you will be redirected to the official website
This position will be started on: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:50:26 GMT
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