Vanguard Journalism Internship Summer 09 - Current
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Job Opening
Current is a new breed of media company that empowers its young adult audience with participatory media platforms and formats that inform, enrich, and inspire. Through our TV network, Current TV, and our website, Current.com, we create and distribute viewer-created content and Current produced content that is relevant to the lives of young adults.
Our integrated television and online platforms provide an immersive and interactive experience for our audience. Current.com is a full-fledged social news site and is the first in the TV sector to serve as a creative filtering platform for TV programming. Our unique approach to "crowdsourcing" TV programming gives us exceptional results: more than one third of the programming on Current TV comes from viewers. Our average viewer watches and participates on Current 5+ hours a week.
Current's award-winning programming ranges from the hottest trends in technology, fashion and music, to pressing issues such as the environment, finance and politics. We won both an Emmy (for creative achievement in interactive TV) and a Webby (for best TV website) - how's that for convergence? Current is now viewed in the U.S., U.K. and Italy in more than 58 million households through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107 nationwide), Time Warner (nationwide), DirecTV (channel 358 nationwide), Dish Network (channel 196 nationwide), BSkyB (channel 183), Virgin Media Cable (channel 155) and Sky Italia (channel 130). For more information, please visit the Web site: www.current.com
- Department
- Just for Students
- Position
- Vanguard Journalism Internship - Summer 2009
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Description
Current TV is looking for Interns to work in Current’s Vanguard Journalism department in Los Angeles. Vanguard Journalism is Current’s marquee investigative journalism unit dedicated to reporting on global issues of relevance to Current’s young adult audience. This is a great opportunity to work with a team of journalists who are trying to bring a new edge, personality and importance to TV journalism for Current’s 18-34 year old target audience. Responsibilities:
--Conducting research for stories that are in development
--Fact-checking
--Logging field tapes
--Gathering archival images/video
--Assisting field crews on local shoots
--Assisting with preparing segments for broadcast Skills Required:
--We are looking for people who are hard working, curious, reliable, organized,
highly motivated, and extremely determined.--Must have interest in and knowledge about current affairs and world politics.
--Must be enrolled in an accredited 2 year or 4 year college and ELIGIBLE to
receive school credit.If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity and a great work environment, please email your resume and cover letter to internships@current.com. Please tell us where you saw this job posted, and include “Vanguard Internship” in the subject line of your email.
- If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity, a great work environment, please email your resume, cover letter and salary history to internships@current.com. Please include 'Vanguard Journalism Internship - Summer 2009' in the subject line of your email.
- Please tell us where you saw this job posted, and include the position title in the subject line of your email.