YAHOO CANADA EDITORIAL
INTERNSHIP
The Yahoo Canada
Newsroom Internship Program offers aspiring journalists the opportunity to
develop skills in a digital-first working environment. Successful applicants
will work with full-time staff in a fun, fast-paced and challenging newsroom
environment where they will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of
tasks across a range of categories - from news and sports to entertainment and
lifestyle - that make up the Yahoo! Canada Media Network. We merge traditional
media with the latest new media trends. Successful candidates will participate
in a wide variety of tasks from story packing to curating comments from social
media platforms to create new types of stories, using new storytelling tools
such Storify and ScribbleLive, and tapping into the range of assets Yahoo owns
including umblr and Flickr.
The program is our commitment to helping develop the digital
media IQ of the next crop of Canadian journalists. We encourage students and
recent graduates of schools of journalism or similar programs to apply for
these opportunities.
Summer Program
This is a full-time, short-term paid contract position in our
Toronto office. Successful candidates are expected to quickly learn our
publishing tools and editorial practices as the role covers vacation
replacement of our employees.
During the 15-week contract, participants will rotate through
our various editorial units in order to gain insight on the variety of tasks
that are completed every day by the editors at Yahoo Canada.
Skills you will learn include Web publishing, content
curation, story packaging and programming, Web analytics, teamwork, and
collaboration.
Candidates will have the opportunity to move between units in
our editorial department to learn the spectrum of responsibilities and tasks
that make up the daily production of the Yahoo Canada experience.
The application deadline is December 13, 2013.
Please include a CV, any relevant story clips and a brief cover
letter highlighting how you are digitally savvy. In your email subject line,
please ensure you include the words “SUMMER
CONTRACT”. Please submit to: canada-editorial-internship@yahoo-inc.com
YAHOO
CANADA SUMMER NEWSROOM INTERNSHIP
Yahoo is focused on making the world's daily habits
more inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences
for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across
devices and around the globe. In turn, we create value for advertisers by
connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has offices located throughout the
Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the
company's blog (yodel.yahoo.com).
About the Business Group
Yahoo Canada’s team of editors is committed to delivering brilliant
experiences on a daily basis. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative and fun
environment, we aim to dazzle our audience every day with engaging,
entertaining and thought-provoking coverage of timely topics. The editorial
team is absolutely critical to the success of the company and is directly
involved in our reach, engagement and business objectives.
We
seek motivated individuals to join our team as we build Yahoo Canada to be the
premiere digital media company with an emphasis on developing an original voice
that stands out in the media landscape. At Yahoo Canada, you are immersed in a
digital-first newsroom environment.
Job Responsibilities
Join
the Yahoo Canada team and work on best-in-class products that offer compelling
content and user experiences. We seek students or recent graduates to join our
team in paid summer contract positions. Successful candidates will work on
sites across our network including Home Page, Sports, News, Entertainment,
Business and Lifestyle in our downtown Toronto office.
The ideal candidates
will understand the Yahoo audience and its interests. She or he will
demonstrate the ability to select and package the latest, most engaging
content, is a proactive thinker with excellent news
judgment and editorial instincts to create the best user experience. The
winning candidate is experienced with social media. She or he will also be at ease with a
variety of Web technologies and demonstrate an ability to learn new systems
quickly.
Yahoo
is a demanding, fast-paced workplace where someone with a strong work ethic and
excellent communication skills will thrive.
A
sample of the tasks you might be asked to work on:
·
Package and program fresh, relevant,
engaging content: monitoring provider and original contributor content; writing
tight, engaging headlines; selecting and editing appropriate images
- Source and select content assets to enhance
articles pages and section fronts to create the most engaging user
experience
- Mobilize quickly to post breaking
news first
- Build and categorize video
packages, photo slideshows, and topic pages
- Execute on social media and off-network
distribution initiatives
- Monitor trending topics, Yahoo providers and
Web at large to generate timely story ideas and editorial decision-making
·
Making great choices crafting clever headlines and
tease copy, choosing and cropping appropriate images
·
Pitching content packages to other vertical teams and
pro-actively packaging material from the Yahoo! network
- Ensuring accuracy of content and work,
consistency in style and voice, quality of user experience by
double-checking links, facts
- Demonstrate knowledge of innovative websites in the market and working knowledge of competitors
Job
Qualifications
- Excellent
communicator both written and verbal
- Proactive
thinker not afraid to take initiative and effectively prioritize efforts
- Proven ability to write and edit copy quickly and accurately; solid knowledge of the principles of writing for the
Web, and editing experience in a dynamic online editorial environment
- Knowledge of SEO and social media best
practices is an asset
- Experience with emerging platforms for
reporting and storytelling on the Web
- Solid foundation in one or more of the
following categories: current events, sports, entertainment, business,
lifestyle
- Collaborative and communicative work ethic
- Ability to work independently under tight
deadlines
- Strong organizational/record-keeping skills
·
Strong familiarity with Photoshop
- Basic HTML skills; an aptitude at learning new
online tools
- Excellent Web writing style
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work a flexible work week – with
some evening and occasional weekend/holiday work involved
·
A thorough understanding of editorial best
practices and priorities, and an authoritative grasp of CP Style and libel law
Preferred Job
Qualifications
- Bilingualism in French (written & verbal) is an asset
Please address your submission to:
Derek Chezzi, Editor-in-Chief, Yahoo Canada Media
Network
·
Email submissions only: canada-editorial-internship@yahoo-inc.com
- Please include
the words “SUMMER CONTRACT” in
your email subject line
- Submission
Deadline: December 13, 2013
PLEASE NOTE: Only those candidates selected for interviews will
be contacted
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