Journalism Internship Program Announcement

“You and Your Community” Journalism internships.
Write About Your Community this Spring & Summer,
improve your writing skills and
get paid for it!

We are offering you a new opportunity to participate in an internship employment program that provides writing and reporting jobs to qualified candidates. This Internship employment program will offer a select number of candidates an opportunity to learn and practice journalism skills using their desktop or laptop computer. Participants will be paid $400.00/ week for working 20 hours each week. You will be required to turn in 12 reports a week. These are short news stories that we will teach you how to complete.

There will be writing expectations that students must fulfill in order to be paid.

This program is currently running

To qualify you must:

1) Live in Chicago
2) Be at least 18-years-old, no upper age limit.
3) Enjoy writing
4) Be a Food Stamp recipient or, if you are between 18-22 under the supervision of a parent or guardian, able to meet Food Stamp qualifications which means that your parents or guardians are receiving snap benefits.

Participants will learn how to:

I) Write using AP style guide
II) Social Media Market their news reports
III) Produce and optimize photographs to be used to enhance the viralbility of their news reports

If you are interested in applying for this position please fill out the form below

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