Check this out, via Will Sullivan:
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLToday.com is seeking a multimedia intern for the Fall 2008.
This new position is for a multidisciplined and flexible multimedia journalist who can generate and execute multimedia ideas. Ideal candidates will be able to hit the ground running and juggle all types of content and content mediums on deadline assignments. One day you’ll be shooting breaking news photos and transmitting live from the scene, the next day creating a Soundslide feature on a local music festival, the next day shooting video of a political rally for the presidential election.
This position works for the web department and will be focused on quick turn assignments for the web as well as engaging feature assignments that are web-only. Video and audio gear provided, some still equipment provided but the focus of this internship is multimedia. This 13-week, paid internship has a flexible start date (ideally sometime in September) and college credit is available.
Mandatory skills:
+ iMovie or Final Cut Pro
+ Audacity (or other multi-track audio editing programs)
+ Soundslides
+ Photo, video and audio content gathering and editing skills
+ FTP and remote transmission skills
+ Ability to turn high-quality projects quickly
+ Ability to write cleanly and create engaging, informative blog entries, captions, web teases and headlines
Would be awesome skills:
+ Flash or any other multimedia production tools
To apply:
+ Brief biographical cover letter
+ Resume
+ Portfolio of samples of your work or a website
+ Transcript (This can be sent separately from the school administrators)
+ Four references (Your references should include the name, title and phone number of the person who supervised your training)
Mail the information to:
Irv Harrell
Director of Newsroom Recruitment
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
900 N. Tucker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63101
iharrell@post-dispatch.com
Application deadline:
Must be post marked by July 14
on Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Dibs.
on Jul 1st, 2008 at 4:15 pm
That post gave me chills. I’m one of the top multimedia people on my paper’s staff (shot some video, Soundslides, Twitter, blog), but I don’t have a lot of the skills that job wants.
Thanks for scaring me straight.
on Jul 4th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
A transcript? really?
on Jul 4th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Someone with these skills should be applying for staff jobs.
on Jul 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
@Nick That’s what I said! … Recruiter’s rules.
@Adam Where’s your app?
@David Indeed. Many of our staffers were interns before we hired them.
on Jul 18th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Apparently my initial email didn’t get through… Lovely. Good thing I made a follow-up call, at least.