here comes the fear again
if there's one thing the folks here at northwestern are very good at, it is instilling the ever-loving fear of god into you. mostly fear that you, despite attending a top-notch journalism school, will never obtain a job outside of licking the boots of some magazine editor or, barring that, serving up the delicious will-be-the-death-of-me pumpkin spice lattes at starbucks. i still have two weeks left in my very first quarter and i. am. already. terrified. so i do what i usually do when i am scurred: turn to the internets. internets, will you help me get a job or, at the very least, a prestigious summer internship? i feel like an idiot asking for a summer internship, since that is so very junior year of college circa 2001, but my advisor recommends it if possible and if i feel like taking a quarter off of school.
ideally, internets, i would like a job/internship at an online news site. if i'm going to get all specific, i would like a job at washingtonpost.com or chicagotribune.com. a job that is queen of everything. or, whatever. i'm flexible. i'm also open to consulting positions for new media companies. my full resume is on my dead-monitor computer, but i will post some suckily-formatted basic qualifications behind the cut, and if my dead-monitor computer is ever fixed, i'll upload a real resume. if you have any contacts, or friends, or ideas, or alcohol, send me an email. thanks!
zunta.org: asking for your job help since november 2005.
Education:
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University/Evanston, IL/M.S. in Journalism expected July 2006
University of Virginia/Charlottesville, VA/B.A. received May 2002
Employment
Proofread, write and lay out articles about higher education for magazine using QuarkXPress; help manage project flow and production of the magazine and other areas in the publications department; work on marketing for new books and resources; help with redesigning and updating web site to better attract customers.
Supported teachers in two international elementary classrooms; planned and implemented lessons and activities; taught reading and math skills to ESL emergent learners; tutored in humanities; high school tennis coach.
Wrote articles concerning philanthropy and the actions of various foundations; edited design and layout of magazine; maintained email list and web listing of foundation events; aided in database management and web version of the magazine (www.foundationnews.org).
Wrote two weekly columns concerning local issues, travel, and the restaurant business; conducted interviews and wrote news articles; edited feature stories and entertainment sections; assisted the Editor and the Associate Editor in various tasks ranging from in-depth research to formatting articles (www.c-ville.com).
Wrote concert previews and the daily Best Bets events feature; published section front pages; wrote HTML and created online photo galleries; maintained the Movie section; ran the events/calendar database; performed research.
Experience
Wrote feature and culture articles; edited stories; recruited writers; created ads and publicity; formatted HTML; published sections online and designed print version using QuarkXPress and Adobe Photoshop.
Contributed columns, reviews and news articles about art, music and culture.
Served as Book Editor; wrote several short articles on upcoming musical events; provided a critique of the website that led to design changes.
Skills:
Outstanding written and oral communication skills; extremely organized, motivated, and responsible; good with deadlines.
Comments
i know someone who might have some ins at WP.com, email me if yr interested.
i can put you in touch with foreign policy magazine (dupont circle!). they have internships year round. internships are, however, UNPAID.
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