WSJ.com
WSJ.com is the 24/7/365 online arm of The Wall Street Journal. With 21.7 million visitors in September 2008 and over 200 million page views, WSJ.com is a leading destination for financial news and information on the Web.
WSJ.com is seeking three summer interns with strong multimedia skills and a keen desire to work online. Candidates will be paired with and mentored by editors in a newsroom environment, producing sections of the site, building or designing interactive graphics, working in Flash or shooting and editing photos and video. Over the course of 10 weeks, interns will also get the chance to showcase their talents through project work and further develop their skills.
Candidates must have prior experience or a demonstrated interest in news and the ability to work under constant deadline pressure. Those seeking production internships should be comfortable working with content-management system software and have at least basic HTML skills. Candidates for graphics, photo or video internships will be tested in their knowledge of development languages and editing software in relevant areas.
Applicants for summer 2010 internships must have graduated from college or a Master's program or be slated to receive a degree between December 2009 and May 2010. Please also supply links to your portfolio of online work.
The pay is $700 a week, with internships running for 10 weeks from early June through August. The selection process is highly competitive and most of those chosen have had prior news internships as well as extensive experience with on-campus media. Heavy emphasis is placed on journalism experience. Only applicants selected for final consideration will be interviewed.
To apply, go to www.dowjones.com/careers, click the “search for jobs” link and find the internship using the job ID#090375 or search for with the keyword “intern.”
The application deadline for WSJ.com internships is November 15.
