The London Newsroom Intern will provide support to the London Bureau Chief and reporters while learning about the production of a digital news report. The intern must first and foremost exercise good editorial judgment. They must be organised and able to order and reorder priorities at a moment's notice. The job specifications below are meant to cover the full breadth of possible duties, but not all of these tasks will be required every day.
Responsibilities:
> Assisting the London Bureau Chief with research requests and other adhoc tasks (planning travel, itineraries, research, etc).
> Contributing to news reporting, as needed by editors.
> Translation, as needed by editors.
> Administrative duties.
> Covering the London News Assistant’s daily tasks when they are on vacation.
The ideal candidate is:
> Educated to degree level or equivalent.
> A strong, demonstrable passion in journalism.
> Attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines in a daily production environment.
> Outstanding communication and time management skills.
> Comfortable with change and willing to adapt to the constant flow of news.
> Language skills essential.
Please provide examples of your work in your application and answer the following three questions to the best of your ability (attach them in doc/pdf format), those without will not be considered.
What do you think is a key strength of the New York Times?
What could the New York Times do better?
How do you think you’ll benefit from this internship?
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