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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting offers three internship programs -- one located in our Washington, D.C. office year-round, one located in our D.C. office in the summer **open only to those participating in the Bonner Scholar program** and one which can be experienced from your university campus.

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General Internship program in Washington, D.C. office

Bonner Scholar Summer Internship program in Washington, D.C. office

Campus Student Liaison Program, Location: your campus

Internship program in Washington, D.C.:

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting seeks fall, spring and summer semester interns to help get the word out about our international reporting projects.

The Pulitzer Center is a non-profit leader in sponsoring the independent journalism that media organizations are increasingly less willing to undertake on their own. Pulitzer Center-funded stories shed light on under-reported issues and regions around the globe. Our Global Gateway educational initiative then brings those stories and the journalists into high schools and universities.
 
With the aim of increasing traffic to our reporting projects and expanding the debate around these international issues, the intern’s main duties will include:

• maintenance of our website
• maintenance of our online profiles and channels (including YouTube Channel)
• outreach to the online world, including blogs and social networking sites
• compilation of newsletters
• efforts to increase online traffic and expand newsletter subscription base
• assistance with event coordination

Not required but desirable: familiarity with HTML, familiarity with the blogosphere, and experience with increasing web traffic through campaigns such as Google Adwords and social networking sites. Applicants should also have an interest in, and some familiarity with, current international affairs.

For more information about our work, please browse through our website. The Pulitzer Center is located in the heart of Washington, D.C, near Dupont Circle. The internship pays $1,000 a month.

Those interested in applying should send their applications to: jobs@pulitzercenter.org with the subject line indicating "Internship" and whether for summer, fall or spring. Tell us where your interests lie, and what talents you can bring to the Pulitzer Center. Please include a one-page resume, brief writing sample of no more than three pages, and a list of three references including their phone numbers or email addresses.

Listed below are upcoming internships and their application deadlines:

Summer 2010 internship: March 11, 2010

Internships are for at least one semester. Possibility of internship extension beyond one semester based on further discussions with applicants and upon mutual agreement. Please indicate with your application whether you are interested only in one semester or whether you might consider a longer internship.

Bonner Scholar Internship program in Washington, D.C.:

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, an innovator in international journalism focusing on under-reported issues, seeks a summer Bonner Scholar Intern in its Washington, D.C. office to connect the general public and students with our international reporting projects – online, on college campuses and in person. The Summer Bonner Scholar Internship begins in May 2010. Applications are due March 11, 2010.

With the aim of increasing traffic to our reporting projects and expanding the debate around these international issues, the intern will:

• assist in development of college campus liaison outreach materials,
• assist in development of international perspective opportunities for Bonner-engagement nationwide,
• assist in efforts to increase website traffic, including online and campus outreach,
• assist with event coordination and newsletter compilation,
• assist with maintenance of Pulitzer Center website and online profiles (including YouTube and Facebook)

Not required but desirable: familiarity with HTML, familiarity with the blogosphere, and experience with increasing web traffic through campaigns such as Google Adwords and social networking sites. Applicants should also have an interest in, and some familiarity with, current international affairs.

The Pulitzer Center is an eligible site for Bonner Scholars to use their summer stipend for service hours.

Note: This internship is only available to current Bonner Scholars who maintain their scholarship eligibility with the Bonner Foundation throughout the length of the internship for which they're applying. For more information on the Bonner Foundation and its network of Bonner Scholars on 27 campuses nationwide, please visit: www.bonner.org

To apply, send the following information to jobs@pulitzercenter.org, with subject line: BONNER SCHOLAR INTERN

• cover letter, telling us where your interests lie and what talents you can bring to the Pulitzer Center;
• resume;
• brief writing sample of no more than three pages; and
• names of three references including their phone numbers or email addresses.

For more information about our work, please browse through our website. The Pulitzer Center is located in the heart of Washington, D.C, near Dupont Circle on the red Metro line.

On-Campus Student Liaison Program

The Pulitzer Center Campus Liaison position is the perfect opportunity for self-driven students interested in learning more and working with the Pulitzer Center from the comfort their own university campus.

Student Liaisons work with the Pulitzer Center to help get the word out about international reporting topics on-campus through events, radio shows, flyering, tabling, blogging, tweeting, hosting movie nights, offering roundtable discussions, writing editorials, and any other way they know how.

Pulitzer Center Campus Liaisons are well-connected, independent student leaders with an interest in global affairs, educational outreach, new online media, event planning, marketing, curriculum integration, social media, and/or journalism.

Fill out an application!

Campus Liaison Duties:

• Devote at least 2hrs/week to the program for at least a semester.
• Update the Pulitzer Center biweekly on the status of your outreach.
• Submit a final report upon completion of the term with feedback from teachers and peers, including a recommendation for the next campus Liaison.

Outreach Options:

Liaison concentration tracks available in Global Issues (Environment, Health, Hunger, Refugees, Minority Rights), Journalism, Marketing/PR, Event Planning, Curriculum Integration, and Social Media.

Example Liaison Activities:

• Write on a global issue and submit to a campus or online publication
• Organize blogging between students and journalists in the field
• Create short videos and upload to the Pulitzer Gateway
• Host a panel bridging Pulitzer journalism with faculty expertise.
• Translate a Pulitzer video documentary to reach a broader audience.

What’s in it for you:

• Build on personal and professional leadership skills like goal setting, public speaking and public education.
• Enhance your international perspective and that of others.
• Get first-hand exposure to a wide range of pressing global issues, journalism, video documentaries, and interactive multi-media presentations.
• Be part of an collaborative network aimed at reinvigorating journalism and igniting dialogue on issues crucial to maintaining America’s core democratic values.

To apply:

We are appointing qualified students as Pulitzer Center Campus Liaisons on a rolling basis. Download application here, or click on image below.

Questions? Contact: myoungman[at]pulitzercenter.org

Interested in working more intensely with the Pulitzer Center?
Are you interested in covering an under-reported international story and traveling to that part of the world to get the facts?
Check out our Campus Consortium Student Fellowship, open to ALL Campus Consortium University students!

Thank you for your interest in the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting!

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