KMI Publishing - unpaid

Editorial Internships – KMI Publishing

KMI Publishing and Events, located in downtown Toronto and publisher of trade and consumer magazines, which focus on mortgages and real estate investing is seeking editorial interns to contribute to our magazines and their websites.

KMI is part of Key Media, an Australian-based publishing and events company, which has a head office in Sydney, Australia, and further offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. Key Media is a leading organizer of conferences, gala dinners, award ceremonies and events.

The positions are part-time with the flexibility to work one full day or two half days per week.

Responsibilities
Over the course of the internship interns will, while working closely with KMI’s staff of editors and writers, take on researching, interviewing and writing duties for Canadian Mortgage Professional and Canadian Real Estate and the magazines’ websites.

Qualifications
The ideal candidates will be working towards a journalism degree. Any additional experience in the industry is an asset. We are looking for professional, enthusiastic self-starters who love magazines and aren’t afraid to dig deep for stories. Candidates should have an interest in business writing.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and samples of your writing to: jobopps@kmimedia.ca

Only those considered for a position will be contacted.

Alumni Relations - unpaid

Internship with Alumni Relations - Ryerson University

The Alumni Relations Department at Ryerson University is hosting its third annual "ALUMNI EXPO" for the Class of 2011 on March 2, 2010 to celebrate our graduates and demonstrate the various privileges of being Ryerson Alumni.

We are currently looking for students to assist as intern/volunteers in the marketing, development and planning and execution of this large scale event. We at Alumni Relations feel it is important to have students involved in the planning and development of events for students.

Work of this nature looks fabulous on a resume and you can gain a great reference source for future employment!

What is in this for you:

1. The opportunity to gain valuable work experience by discussing in advance what kind of experience you are looking to gain

2. Networking with alumni and community friends of Ryerson University

3. Flexibility to work around a busy school schedule

4. The opportunity to get involved in campus life and give back a valuable experience to fellow students

Some of the roles and responsibilities will include:

1. Marketing and promotion of event

2. Aid with securing sponsorship and prize donations for event

3. Assist with development and execution of various aspects of event including registration, working with alumni hosting roundtables and promoting the Alumni Services and Benefits Showcase

4. Liaison with various partners to secure partnerships both internally and externally of Ryerson.

For more information regarding this event and to express interest in volunteering please contact Erin MacDonald at erinmac@ryerson.ca by February 11th, 2011.

enRoute - monthly honorarium

Wanted: Editorial Intern, enRoute Magazine, Summer 2011

Do you have a passion for lifestyle journalism? We’re looking for a super‐creative, magazine obsessed, travel‐savvy intern to join enRoute’s award‐winning team. Working in our Montreal offices, the successful candidate will get an insider’s look at how a monthly travel‐lifestyle magazine is put together. This four month position (with four‐day work weeks) consists mainly of research and administrative tasks, but as a key member of our team you will also attend editorial meetings and, depending on skill level and interest, may also do some writing.

Job Objectives
‐ The editorial intern will provide support for the editorial team. Part of the internship will be devoted to work on our annual Food Issue, which is published in November and features our ranking of Canada’s best new restaurants.
‐ The editorial intern will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to take a story from concept to completion, including researching and pitching story ideas to editing work for the magazine.
‐ Tasks include researching articles, attending and contributing to weekly editorial meetings, fact checking and assisting with editorial awards submissions. Interns with advanced writing skills may be assigned short articles for our front‐of‐book section (Passport) and feature well.
‐ Develop language skills in our bilingual office.


Candidate Profile
‐ Have solid research and organization skills; keen attention to detail.
‐ Demonstrate travel savvy and a flair for lifestyle journalism.
‐ Experience on Macs and with InDesign is an asset.
‐ Bilingualism (English+French) is an asset.
‐ Available to start the internship at the beginning of May and be willing to relocate to Montreal until the end of August.

If you meet these requirements, send a cover letter, resume and no more than two short writing samples, along with a reference letter, to:

enRoute Magazine
4200, boulevard Saint‐Laurent
Bureau 707
Montréal, QC H2W 2R2
internship@enroutemag.net

Please mark your application with “Summer editorial internship” on the envelope or in the subject line (if sending electronically).

enRoute pays a monthly honorarium.

NO PHONE CALLS. Only candidates selected for an editorial test and an interview will be contacted.

Application deadline: Friday February 18, 2011.

About enRoute: enRoute is Air Canada's award‐winning travel magazine with close to 1 million readers each month, available exclusively on all Air Canada flights. The magazine is an inspirational authority for the global traveller, known for its strong visual presence and innovative design. enRoute is published by Spafax, one of the world’s leading custom publishers and providers of in‐flight media, with offices in eight cities around the world. Spafax is part of the specialist communications division of WPP.

enroute.aircanada.com

Clubber Brothers - unpaid

Writer Assignment for a film project.

Payment upon distribution with deferral agreement.

Expected hours: FLEXIBLE - Upon students schedule (within reason-must deliver min. hours per week to be discussed).

Duties: Meet with main producer for Question/Answer - discussions about project and commencement of script/storyline.

The CLUBBER BROTHERS are inseparable childhood friends who grow together as partners in crime and love. With similar ethnic backgrounds they share the dysfunction of family upbringing that came with the package of being born with 'no name' through their daily struggles, trials and tribulations they triumph over their rivals, the people of their day to day who try and hurt their integrity, steal from them and try and set them up for imprisonment. Jealousy knows no boundaries.

One of them becomes gravely ill while the other a crude jokester can't think of his life without his best friend who became closer than his own brothers. After the burial of his friend we watch the crude jokester travel through life to find himself.

A comedy/drama.

This film will be released in the US/Canada through distribution channels already in place.

Please contact via email eve@acmrecords.com - tel: 201-796-0848

The African Star - unpaid

Writers, researchers and journalists wanted for a newspaper that focuses on African Canadians and on the continent of Africa.

These are non paid positions.

We are looking for candidates with experience in writing and or editing. If you are a beginner and you are serious about writing you are welcome to apply. You will have a keen interest in Africa and/or African Canadians news and culture. You set your own hours but articles have to be submitted by a deadline.

The newspaper will research, write and publish hot topics in politics, fashion, entertainment and the general culture of people of the African descent

The African Canadian Star will start publishing at the end of February 2011.

To Contact me please write to: Lovingson1@aol.com

Deadline for applications is: February 10, 2011

eMerge - unpaid

Job Title: Writer/Correspondent for eMerge magazine.

Paid: Unpaid (nobody at the magazine is paid - it's 100% non-profit, as well).

Expected hours per week: 5+

Skills and experience: great writer; ability to research, write, edit own stories on a weekly and/or bi-weekly basis

Experience: not necessary, but preferred.

About eMerge Magazine:

eMerge Magazine is a monthly industry magazine and a derivative of Networks for Change, and is aimed at providing the nonprofit industry with an in-depth look at what is going on in and around the non-profit sector. It is aligned with the Networks for Change guiding mission, and strives to increase communication, efficiency and effectiveness in the non-profit sector and develop a strong community, through the provision of a plethora of diverse, engaging and relevant information to non-profit organization, thus increasing non-profit organizations’ (NPOs) and the general public’s knowledge and understanding of the non-profit community and allowing NPOs and the general public to connect through a multi-media publication.

eMerge Magazine aims to provide a publication that will provide a plethora of diverse information to multiple interested parties, through a variety of media formats. eMerge Magazine will act as a community building mechanism within the non profit sector and, thus, will not only provide NPOs with the information needed to collaborated and be successful in their pursuit of change, it will also provide them with the tools necessary to do so.

eMerge is a not-for-profit magazine, and will be distributed, online, free of charge. The magazine will rely on a dedicated part-time staff for writing, production, organization and distribution. The magazine will have some space for sponsor advertisement, in order to generate revenue for Networks for Change, however the magazine’s primary focus rests solely on producing exemplary, relevant content and promoting a widespread, diverse distribution of the magazine.

Contact Information:

Alesha Porisky: Editor-in-Chief; alesha.porisky@networksforchange.org

Nejeed Kassam: nejeed@networksforchange.org