Commerce Times Student Media internship
Commerce Times Student Media is a national online magazine that provides news to career-driven students across Canada. Our team operates out of Ryerson University, but we combine the efforts of students across Canada to deliver our content. With our connections in the media and business worlds at the disposal of our members, CT is a great way to get your foot in the door.
We are currently recruiting the following positions:
Section Editor
Managing Editor
General Editorial Assistant
Staff Writers
Photo Editor
Photographers
Web Design Assistant
We will be holding an information session where you can meet the team and talk to one of us about how you can get involved in CT based on your schedule. It will take place on Thursday January 27 at 6pm in the Digital Media Zone located at 10 Dundas Street East Suite 502. An email confirmation
will be sent to confirm your spot.
All positions are unpaid.
For more information, please contact c.fitzgerald@ctmedia.ca
Section Editors
· Attends all masthead and writers meetings
· Draws up a monthly story list for discussion with staff
· Assigns articles/stories to staff
· Edits and, if necessary, rewrites stories, preferably in consultation with the staff member(s) who wrote them
· Trains new staff in writing, reporting, and editing techniques
· Downloading, editing (if needed) and formatting of CUP material from the CUP News Wire in cooperation with the managing editor
· Prioritising stories for each issue in association with the editor-in-chief, managing editor, and photo editor
· Ensuring along with the editor-in-chief and managing editor that deadlines and procedures are established and kept
· Ensuring along with the editor-in-chief and managing editor that stories are in the correct format for layout and that each story contains a headline and by-line
· Consulting with the photo editor about the story list each month following writers meeting
· Ensuring that a summary of section stories is sent out to staff and volunteers by email every month following writers meeting
Opportunities are available in:
- Politics
- Photography
- Management
Managing Editor
· Assists editor in chief and acts as second in command
· Co-ordinates and supervises the layout of the paper, and ensures that the paper is completed according to a reasonable time structure
· Develops and reviews story ideas
· Reviews stories after they’ve been edited by section editors and makes additional comments and changes
· Along with the editor-in-chief, review every page, by-line, headline, story, photo and ad to ensure that copy is clean, error-free and accurate prior to print
· Makes all final decisions when editor is not available
· Creates newspaper skeleton for pre-production purposes
· Sets basic layout of paper in Indesign with aid from Creative Director
· Downloads, edits (if needed) and formats CUP material from the CUP Newswire
· Uploads and edits (if needed) material for national
distribution to CUP Newswire
· Attends all executive meetings, masthead meetings, writers meetings and important social events
· Works with editor in chief, creative director, designers and section editors to manage production of the paper
General Editorial Assistant
- Attends all masthead and writers meetings
- Assists section editor with a monthly story list for discussion with staff
- Assists section editor with edits and, if necessary, rewrites stories, preferably in consultation with the staff member(s) who wrote them
- Consults with writers regarding edits and story focuses
- Works closely with managing editor and section editors to ensure they meet deadlines and have proper materials and information to complete their assignments
- Copy edits stories and assists online submission
- Organize and host meetings and events when required
- Assists with research, surveys, collection of data, writing stories and taking photos whenever necessary
- Recruit new volunteers and assist in their training
Staff Writers
- Attends all writers meetings and general meetings
- Pitches story ideas
- Writes stories on a monthly basis
- Communicates with section editors on their story focus and updates them on the progress of the story
- Communicates with photo editor on the photo for their stories
- Submits stories on the deadline provided
- Blogging opportunities also available
Web Design assistants
- Assist with promotional design and website upkeep
- Assists Online Editor and Webmaster with layouts of articles
- Help editors in the technical and creative design of the online magazine
Experience in all or some of the following are preferred:
- Wordpress & Coding
- Adobe Photoshop
- InDesign
Photographers
- Takes photos based on story description provided by the photo editor
- Attends events to take photos
- Will be assigned to paid work based on performance
Interested students can email their resume to c.fitzgerald@ctmedia.ca, and must be available to attend an information session on Thursday January 27 at 6pm in the Digital Media Zone located at 10 Dundas Street East Suite 502. An email confirmation will be sent to confirm their spot.
