The Globe and Mail is looking to hire reporters, editors, digital/video/multimedia specialists, designers and others for the summer of 2015. These are fully paid jobs and not internships. We are seeking freelance writers and editors, experienced journalists from other organizations, recent graduates or students in their graduating year.
The Globe and Mail has won
more national journalism awards than any of its Canadian competitors, has been
honoured internationally for its world-class website, and has captured two
Emmys for video
projects, so we need the
best journalists to cover for our regular staff when they go on summer
vacation.
Even though these jobs are
just for the summer, the program is a great way to get your foot in the door at
The Globe and Mail and its digital properties. We have hired many future senior
editors, reporters, digital editors, foreign correspondents and columnists
through our summer program.
We are looking for people
who have previous journalism experience, whether at a Canadian daily or an
online organization or a school paper. We want people who have a true passion
for journalism, great drive combined with common sense, and an ability to step
into and be a full part of Canada’s best news organization.
If you have no journalism
or publishing experience through a school, freelance, regular blog or some other
organization, you won’t make it to the interview stage. Applicants must be
Canadian citizens or have the pre-existing right to work in Canada through to
September, 2015.
We accept applications by
e-mail only. No phone calls, please!
The deadline for applications
is Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Interviews will be conducted in the three-week period
after that.
1. Resume, including relevant experience, as an attachment.
2. A 100-word explanation, also as an attachment, of what you would
bring to The Globe newspaper and/or its digital operations. This note is
critical. We get more than 500 applicants for a limited number of positions so
be sure to let us know why you should be chosen.
3. Three examples of your work with links.
In the subject line of your
e-mail application, please indicate your city or school and whether you are
seeking editing, web, reporting, photography or newspaper design work.
The subject line should
therefore look like this: Montreal-photographer or Carleton-editor or Halifax-videographer
etc.
The large volume of
applicants we receive every year means we cannot respond to everyone who
applies. But you will hear from us shortly after the deadline if you are chosen
for an interview. If you are chosen for an interview, please spend a little
time with The Globe and Mail and globeandmail.com before we see you to better
understand what we do.
Jim Sheppard
Melissa Whetstone
2015 Summer Program Co-chairs
