Grand River Media is seeking candidates for four summer internships: One at the Guelph Mercury in Guelph, Ontario; three at the Waterloo Region Record, based in Kitchener, Ontario.
These internships will run from the end of May 2011 to the end of August 2011. These are full-time - temporary positions, paid at the starting rate for reporters, as per the respective collective agreements at the two media outlets.
The deadline for applications is Dec. 31.
This opportunity is open to undergraduates and recent graduates in journalism; or undergraduates and recent graduates in other programs who show strong news-writing skills in campus or community newspapers.
Successful candidates will be primarily assigned from the city desk, but the work could include writing — print and online — for the business, arts/life and sports sections of the papers. We’re looking for people who can turn stories around quickly and accurately, and work responsibly with a minimum of supervision.
Over the summer, the work will include weekends and evenings. We also expect our interns to demonstrate enterprise, developing their own story ideas and pursuing them on approval by an editor.
One of the three internships at the Record will be focused largely on providing content for Grand magazine, and the newspaper’s Saturday feature’s section, Etcetera. The successful candidate will report to the editor of those products.
Interns will be expected to make their own living arrangements in Waterloo Region (for The Record) or Guelph (for The Mercury). A car and valid driver’s licence are requirements of internships at Grand River Media properties.
Please address correspondence to the following people:
For the internships at The Record:
Christian Aagaard,
Deputy City Editor,
The Waterloo Region Record,
160 King St. E.,
Kitchener, Ont.
N2G 4E5
519-895-5640
For the internship at The Mercury:
Phil Andrews,
Managing Editor,
The Guelph Mercury,
8-14 Macdonell St.
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 6P7
519-823-6050
