Students: Cincinnati magazine will accept applications for FALL 2011 interns
through July 15. This is a great opportunity for students with a strong
interest in the magazine world, but pretty competitive. It also requires a
greater time commitment than some, with 15 hours of work a week plus the
commute. Review the information below and let me know if you would like to
pursue an application; I will provide info on how to follow up. JRN major
Lauren Kelly had a very good experience at the magazine last fall and JRN
student Jenni Wiener is anticipating the same this summer. -- PGN


Patricia Gallagher Newberry
Lecturer and Coordinator of Special Events and Internships
Miami University Journalism Program
Williams Hall 206
513.529.5893




CINCINNATI MAGAZINE INTERN APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH JULY 15

Thank you for your interest in our internship program. We are always looking
for bright, energetic, hard-working students who are interested in the field
of magazine publishing.

The intent of our program is to give students a taste of magazine life. Some
of our former interns have gone on to full-time jobs in magazine publishing,
armed with research, writing, and reporting skills that they honed during
their time with us.
  
 The primary areas of responsibility during the four-month internships are:
  
 1) Fact checking. Every story that appears in the magazine is checked for
accuracy, making fact checking the number one priority in our publishing
process.
  
 2) Research/reporting. You will be expected to help out on the research
and‹possibly reporting‹for our larger feature packages (i.e. Top Doctors,
Dining Out Guide, Travel, etc.) as well as our editorial Web content.
   
 3) Completing short writing assignments. While fact checking is the number
one priority in our internship program, we also encourage interns to
research and pitch story ideas that would be appropriate for our readership.
We guarantee that interns will get one clip for their portfolios, but
additional opportunities to write for publication depends on the initiative
students show on non-writing assignments.

4) Possibly helping with the maintenance and updating of our online calendar
listings. This task includes removing old calendar items, writing/compiling
new blurbs, and making editors aware of any mistakes in the listings.

5) Staff participation/interaction. Part of successfully completing an
internship with us means that you have attempted to become a part of our
staff. We expect interns to be proactive in asking questions, providing
editorial input when requested, and seeking out the answers they need.
  
**NOTE: This is not a writing internship, however, the research and
fact-checking responsibilities interns have at our magazine are very similar
to tasks that many would take on in entry-level magazine jobs.
  
Our internships are unpaid and we require a minimum of 15 hours per week in
the office (times and days vary depending on class/work schedules).