Production Intern

Making Contact is Seeking Interns
for Spring
2011!

Making Contact is an internationally syndicated,
public affairs program, heard on over 139 radio stations. We focus on
topics of environmental, economic, political and social justice. We
highlight stories of progressive organizing and systemic solutions. 

The staff of Making Contact is
small, but extremely talented, committed,
intelligent, seasoned and professional. We are seeking individuals who
are
energetic team players.These are unpaid internships with good training
opportunities and travel stipends.

Production
internship is located in Oakland; web intern and social marketing intern
preferred
to be in Bay Area, but we are open to remote participation for someone
special.

Spring Production intern deadline: Feb 22. Other internship
applications accepted on a rolling basis.

1. Production Intern

National Radio Project is looking for a
12-20hr/week
Production Intern.  The intern
must be reliable and flexible, familiar
with community and public radio, and able to make a 6-12 month
commitment.

The intern will
learn how to produce a radio segment
or feature for "Making Contact."
(S)he will learn audio editing,
voicing, script writing, interviewing and field reporting. By the time
the
intern leaves, he or she will have produced at
least one piece for us for
national broadcast.


Qualifications:

• Must
       have excellent research skills.


• Ability
       to book and conduct interviews (in-person and phone interviews) and
  assist
       in script writing


• Qualified
       individuals should have a basic knowledge of how to use a
  microphone,
       digital audio recorder, headphones, and how to plug into a multbox.
  


• Some
       knowledge of Cool Edit Pro/Pro Tools/Sound Forge or any other
  applicable
       editing software is preferred.


• Additional
  
  
       responsibilities include: transcription, audio editing, selecting
       soundbites/clips, participating in listening/critique sessions and
       attending meetings, as needed.

To
Apply:  Download
the production internship application at our
website: http://www.radioproject.org/production/prodintern.html" target="_blank">http://www.radioproject.org/production/prodintern.html Copy and Paste into a Word
document, and
send completed application to lrudman@radioproject.org along with an introductory
e-mail letter (2-3 paragraphs is fine) and resume.

2. Online
Social Marketing Intern

National Radio
Project is looking for a 6-12hr/week Online Social
Marketing
Intern and Online Mobilizer. Some tasks that you
might do include:

• ·        
  Designing and implementing outreach strategies
  to generate and increase awareness online.


• ·        
  Creating and then managing profiles / pages /
  events / campaigns in social media sites (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
  


• ·        
  Corresponding with blogs and social media
  portals that cover the environment, gender, immigration, or other topics
  we
  cover


• ·        
  Researching and identifying potential publicity
  opportunities and exploring ways in which we might engage our user
  community
  both within our existing sites and on external social media platforms.

To

Apply:
 Download the organizational internship application at our website: http://www.radioproject.org/getinvolved/orgintern.html" target="_blank">http://www.radioproject.org/getinvolved/orgintern.html.
Copy and Paste into a Word document, and send completed application to
karl@radioproject.org
along with an introductory e-mail letter (2-3 paragraphs
is fine) and resume.

 

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3.

Web Editing intern

National

Radio Project is looking for an intern who can help
update our website for roughly 3-5 hours a week. We're looking for a
candidate
who knows HTML and can navigate through Dreamweaver and content
management
systems such as WordPress. Knowledge of Photoshop or basic photo editing
program preferred. The intern will work at home,
but will occasionally need to
come into our offices. This internship is unpaid.

 

Tasks

include:

---Making
basic word and
formatting edits to our website
(http://www.radioproject.org/" target="_blank">www.radioproject.org)


---Create E-newsletters once a month in HTML, using existing templates.

---Editing

photos to fit into our E-newsletters. 

 

Skills/Requirements:

-proficiency in HTML, CSS and Wordpress content management systems

-knowledge of FTP and Internet file management

-proficiency in Photoshop or another photo editing program

-some design sensibility helpful

-minimum

four-month commitment.

 

Please

visit our website http://www.radioproject.org/" target="_blank">www.radioproject.org
to
learn more about us and listen to our programs. If you're interested,
please
send an email to pbartolone@radioproject.org, with 1-2 paragraphs on
why you're
interested in interning with Making Contact
and some description of your
web experience. Please include a link to 1-2 web projects you've worked
on..

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