Internships & Careers

Current Listings: Internships

The Career Matters Newsletter is published throughout the year to alert students to internships and job opportunities. Students receive this newsletter in their e-mail accounts.

The list below includes those current internship openings. For current job openings, check the Current Listings: Jobs page.

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Internships are listed below in two ways:

• Open deadlines
• Deadlines

Internships with deadlines:

• Shank Public Relations, July 18
  Shank Public Relations has a fall internship for those with 20 to 30 hours to dedicate to working as an intern. In a cover letter, indicate what you hope to learn/gain from an internship at Shank Public Relations Counselors. Apply to: Tammy Moran, Account Manager, Shank Public Relations Counselors, 2611 Waterfront Parkway, East Drive, Suite 310, Indianapolis, IN 46214. E-mail tmoran@shankpr.com; phone (317)293-5590. Cover letters, resumes and writing samples must be received by July 18.
• Society of Professional Journalists, Aug. 1
  The Society of Professional Journalists is looking for an internship for media, marketing and public relations efforts. The ideal candidate should be a recent college graduate with prior internship experience in communications. Intern works with marketing, media inquiries, interviews and helping to prepare board members for media opportunities; provides editorial content Web site, member magazine and weekly e-newsletter. Paid internship includes competitive salary, excellent benefits and paid leave. Send a cover letter, résumé, three to five writing samples relevant to this job description and three professional references via e-mail to associate executive director Joe Skeel at jskeel@spj.org. . No telephone calls. Anticipated start date is Aug. 1.

Available internships with open deadlines:

• CBS Sports, New York
  CBS Sports, New York, has internship openings for this summer to fill out roster for the fall and winter seasons. Must be smart, capable, passionate sports fan who has an interest in going into sports TV production. Ideal for recent graduates looking to get into sports production. Send resume to Steve Brauntuch, CBS Sports, chief researcher, at sbrauntuch@cbs.com. Phone: (212)975-8910.
• The Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle
  The Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle offers as photography internship for fall, $400 per week. Send cover letter, digital portfolio, resume and references to Greg Dorsett, photo editor, at gdorsett@muskegonchronicle.com.
• JB Cumberland PR
  JB Cumberland PR, N.Y., offers a public relations account coordinator internship for summer, $50 per week stipend. Creative, organized, PR-minded intern with high energy, media savvy and a sense of humor sought for boutique agency specializing in home, design, food, wine and lifestyle products. Send cover letter and resume to info@jbcumberland.com.
• Sandor Development Company
  Sandor Development Company, Indianapolis, has an immediate opening for a part-time marketing intern. The ideal candidate will create graphic designs for commercial real estate using a wide variety of project materials. The intern will report to the marketing manager and be based in our Indianapolis headquarters. Must be a junior or senior with a minimum 3.5/4.0 GPA. Work samples will be required. To apply, e-mail Theresa Beardsley, Sandor Development Company, 2220 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208. Phone: (317)925-9011. Visit the Web site or e-mail Beardsley.
• NUVO Newsweekly, Indianapolis
  NUVO Newsweekly, Indianapolis, is looking for editorial interns. Must be journalism and digital media students who are developing a variety of story-telling tools, including photography, writing, podcasting and vodcasting. Ideal applicants will have a keen interest in covering the arts, entertainment and social justice fields. An internship lasts a semester; hours can range from 10-40 hours per week. Unpaid, but interns can be compensated for published articles and/or photos. Contact Jim Poyser, managing editor, at jpoyser@nuvo.net or (317)808-4603. Include your resume and some examples of your work. Visit the Web site. Open until filled.
• Beijing 2008 Olympics
  Beijing 2008 Olympics internships with China Daily Web site available for American college students in Beijing during the summer 2008 Olympics. Help provided for visa process. Housing and a basic living stipend provided. For more information, visit the Web site or e-mail e-mail China Daily.
• Unique Homes Magazine, Princeton, N.J.
  Unique Homes magazine, Princeton, N.J., offers unpaid internships for those with junior or senior status. Flexible hours. Will work with the editor and the entire publishing staff to produce publications. Will provide general support to the staff by helping to proof ads and pages for press, writing advertising copy, researching online for special projects, and working with an online database. Will also research and write a news story to be published in a future edition of the magazine. Must have strong writing skills. For more information, visit the Web site or contact Kathleen Carlin-Russell, editor-in-chief. Open until filled.
• Waterside Productions Literary Agency
  Waterside Productions Literary Agency, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., offers book publishing internships. Intern duties may include filing and in some cases mailing royalty statements to authors, copying and sending out author agent contract copies and creating new author files, mailing and logging author/publisher book copies received, reading and reviewing proposals and manuscripts, logging submissions and rejections. Send resume and cover letter via the Web site. Open until filled.
• The Indiana University Alumni Association
  The Indiana University Alumni Association seeks an intern history writer, unpaid. Student will develop a history of the I Association (alumni varsity letter winners). Available immediately, flexible hours. Will be invited as the guest of the I Association to dinners, team reunions, special events and activities where interviews could take place. Submit resume and references to Karl Zacker at kzacker@indiana.edu or Mary Jo Philhower at mp5@indiana.edu. Open until filled.
• ResCare, Louisville, Ky.
  ResCare, Louisville, Ky., offers a communication internship for summer, $8 per hour. Will be involved in writing, editing, design, special events, investor relations and other public relations experiences. To apply, e-mail mglaser@rescare.com. Open until filled.
• The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho
  The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, has a copy editing/design internship for summer. Experience in QuarkXPress or InDesign a must and knowledge of AP style preferred. Send resume and clips to: Post Register, c/o Bryce Glenn, 333 Northgate Mile, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401. For more information, contact Bryce Glenn at bglenn@postregister.com.
• Raytheon Intelligence
  Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, Colo., offers an IIS communications internship, part-time, for those with sophomore standing or above. To apply, contact: Katie Roche, Communications, Raytheon Company, at kroche@raytheon.com.
• Ketchum, New York
  Ketchum, New York, offers an account management training program, for fall, paid, full-time, for those with senior standing or above. For information, visit www.ketchum.com.
• Fox News and The Palestra.com
  Fox News and The Palestra.com offer internships for summer. For more information, contact Dave Maetzold, assistant managing editor, ThePalestra.com, 1275 Kinnear Road, Suite 253, Columbus, OH 43212. Phone: (614)340-1689 (office), (614)214-4397 (cell).
• Kinsey Institute/WFIU
  insey Institute/WFIU is looking for a new media writer/researcher, graduate student preferred. Intern will develop podcasts under "The Kinsey Institute presents" umbrella. The program will feature information about research, art and artists, projects and news and be directed to the standard NPR audience. Will write and create interviews and help produce with WFIU. For more information, contact Jennifer Bass, communications director, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. Phone: (812)855-3037 or visit: www.kinseyinstitute.org.