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Want to work for City Paper?

POSTED: Friday, July 24, 2009, 4:23 PM
Filed Under: The City Paper

Heyo! We're looking for City Paper editorial interns for the fall. The Thursday, August 13 application deadline is coming up quickly, especially with the summer weeks just zooming right on by.

Read all the details after the jump. Not many spots available, so act fast! Plus, early applicants are looked at with love.


Interested in expanding your portfolio, improving your writing skills and gaining invaluable experience outside your college paper? Philadelphia City Paper is looking for ambitious, dedicated, creative, energetic writers who want to make an immediate impact at Philadelphia's premier alternative publication.

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2009 intern positions. This internship requires a familiarity with the Philadelphia area and an interest in contemporary arts and culture. Primary responsibilities include keeping up with weekly beats for our listings section and writing weekly entertainment-oriented columns. Interns typically put in anywhere from 10 to 20 hours per week (scheduling is flexible).

Other duties include:

* Pitching/writing short pieces for the weekly agenda/arts agenda sections
* Pitching/writing features for the arts, music and food sections
* Pitching/writing content for our various blogs
* Conducting research
* Transcribing interviews
* Fact checking
* Developing and pitching your own story ideas

Participants should preferably be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program. Recent graduates may also apply. All majors are welcome, but candidates with a background in journalism, communication or English have a leg up. We are more than willing to work with your school in regards to college credit. All internships are unpaid. We are flexible about when you can start and end, but preference will be given to those who can begin first thing in September and stay throughout December.

To apply, mail a cover letter, résumé, three references and three clips (no more, no less) to the address listed below. Also, include when you can begin and end. We are also accepting e-mail applications (see contact address). No phone calls, please. Act fast, because these positions don't stay open for long.

DEADLINE FOR FALL 2009 APPLICATIONS IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009.

Holly Otterbein
Agenda Editor
Philadelphia City Paper
123 Chestnut St., Third Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106

E-mail: holly.otterbein@citypaper.net


Chris
Posted 2009-07-24 16:15:51
You will need to be an angry Democrat. You will need to use the "F" word when writing anything about Bush Sr. or Jr. and put "mother" before the "F" word when referring to Cheyney. You will also need to ignore the fact that your Leader will, in front of the entire world, first claim ignorance of all of the facts yet still pass judgment and call the Cambridge, Ma. police "stupid".

Yoo
Posted 2009-07-24 23:30:30
No Yoo doesn't

phillygrrl
Posted 2009-07-27 12:34:26
It's a good gig, kids. I learned a lot. Do it!
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