Monday, March 12, 2012

Rappler opens internship program to college students

As part of efforts to work with and nurture journalistic skills of the youth, Rappler is offering its internship program to collegiate students. We believe that learning and skills can be acquired beyond the classroom and through actual experience and exposure to real-life situations.

Our internship program is open to all college students in their junior to senior years. They are required to complete from 150-200 hours of work over 6 weeks. A select number of interns will be chosen every year over a rotating cycle.

Applications will be accepted year-round and notifications of those who will be accepted will be made as soon as the selection process is completed.

Application Requirements
Application letter addressed to Rappler. Attention: Chay F. HofileƱa/Citizen Journalism Director
Bio-data or CV
Three samples of written work
Recommendation letter from a professor or school official
Internship Program Features
Research
Task schedules
First 2 weeks – office-based research
Second 2 weeks – fieldwork for story assignments and tag-alongs
Last 2 weeks – field and writing

Queries and application submissions may be made through discuss@move.ph and chay.hofilena@rappler.com

Reposted from writersblockphilippines.com.

1 comment:

  1. this is a great exposure to those who want to be a writer. it is a great start. you can follow stories through http://wap.globe.com.ph/rappler

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