Career Resources

Web Site Editor
The Web Development Group, responsible for the main UMass Amherst Web site is looking for a student Web Site Editor for summer 2008 with a possible option to continue in the fall. This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented person with excellent writing and organization skills and some experience creating Web sites to have an impact on the most-viewed Web site at UMass Amherst. Primary responsibilities include approving and managing events and news for the UMass Amherst home page, responding to email on a wide range of topics from the public, doing minor Web site changes and assorted other tasks.

Qualifications: Excellent written communications, impeccable attention to detail, an interest in campus events and news as it relates to UMass Amherst. Skilled in Mac or PC operating systems, Word, Excel, Photoshop or equivalent. Experience creating Web sites using Dreamweaver is highly desirable. You will be required to take a short test to assess your ability to edit and write. References will also be required. Pay is $11/hour. 20-30 hours a week. Work-study preferred but not
necessary. Send a cover letter, a resume and a sample of your writing to: Nina Sossen, nsossen@admin.umass.edu. Call with questions: 413-577-4741. (4/11/08)

DETROIT NEWS SUMMER 2008 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM --open to recent graduates

The Detroit News is seeking applicants for its Summer 2008 internship program. Internships available covering news, sports, entertainment, and business. Our 12 week program is open to juniors, seniors, and recent graduates. We offer opportunities for reportesr, copy editors, photographers, and graphic artists/page designers, and within our online operations. Most applicants have completed at least one prior print internship and some college newspaper experience. Pay is $524 a week. To apply, submit a cover letter, resumé, 7-10 work samples, three references and a 300 word statement on your strongest influence in journalism. Send packages to: Walter Middlebrook, Director of Recruiting and Community Affairs, The Detroit News, 615 West Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 16, 2007.

Poynter's Summer Fellowship for Recent Graduates
http://www.newsu.org/?nultid=338&finalurl=0BHM1U50GU5ShQWd8r%2friB5yCzA
 for recent college graduates can help change the course of a young journalist's life. The application deadline is Nov. 15. Our Summer Fellowship program is a cross between boot camp and finishing school. From June 8 to July 18, 2008, 13 writers and 13 visual journalists will learn the practices of cutting-edge newsrooms and the
traditions of old-fashioned reporting as they cover beats in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Here are just some of the things you will learn:
*    How to hit the ground running in their first newsroom job, in print or online
*    Reporting skills, including interview techniques, investigative research and beat development
*    Visual journalism skills in print design, photojournalism, information graphics and interactive storytelling
*    Ethical decision-making and teamwork
Throughout the program, participants work with Poynter faculty and meet outstanding visiting journalists who will share experiences, tips and secrets for success. Toward the end of the program, you will interview with editors who have job openings.
Tuition includes housing for six weeks near our campus. Some financial assistance is available. (10/02/07)

METPRO (The Minority Editorial Training Program)

The Times Mirror Co. created the Minority Editorial Training Program in 1984 as a way to diversify its newsrooms. The Tribune Co., which acquired Times Mirror in 2000, expanded METPRO/Reporting to all 11 of its newspapers, with candidates training at The LA Times.
In 2007, individual Tribune newspapers, including The Hartford Courant, began offering in-house METPRO training. METPRO is not an internship. It is an intense six-month training program designed to provide the necessary tools for beginning minority journalists to succeed. Although experience is not required, successful candidates should have basic reporting and writing skills and a strong desire to be in daily newspaper journalism.

WHO SHOULD APPLY? Applicants should be recent college graduates and be legally eligible to work in the United States. Candidates should be from historically underrepresented backgrounds and communities in newsrooms.

HOW TO APPLY: For an application, send an e-mail request to sjames@courant.com with your name and mailing address or write to Sandra James, Manchester Bureau Chief, The Hartford Courant, 285 Broad St., Hartford, CT 06115. Deadline is May 31, 2008.    (10/03/07)

TECHNICAL JOURNALIST/WEB DEVELOPER / CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY: The technical journalist/Web developer will join a new editorial projects team that will be responsible for conceiving of and building dynamic Web applications, maps and mash-ups for CQPolitics, CQ's free content site that is being expanded. The Web developer/technical journalist will be collaborating closely with two other team members, and will need to be able to communicate effectively with non-technical colleagues. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience building data-driven Web sites and tools using XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSLT, Django or
Ruby on Rails, Ajax, and Flash, and a demonstrated understanding of relational databases and experience with open-source databases like MySQL. Contact: John Dineen, jdineen@cq.com. (09/05/07)