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Seeking talented enterprise reporter interns

Publication or Company  Deseret News
Industry  Internet/Online/New Media, Magazine Publishing, Newspapers
Salary Hourly
Job Duration Internship
Job Location Salt Lake City, UT
Job Requirements The Deseret News seeks talented interns to produce enterprise stories about social issues including family, faith, finance, education, media values and solutions to poverty. Successful candidates also will aggregate and analyze Internet content for our digital audiences on national and international issues.

Interns will write primarily for the National Sunday Edition of the Deseret News, a weekly publication with 60,000 subscribers, and the forthcoming Deseret News National Edition website. Internships are paid.

Job description

• Produce one (1) strong, enterprising story each week
• Produce four (4) web roundups of news coverage each week

Skills necessary

• Writing that is thoughtful, enlightening, informative, rigorous, engaging and entertaining
• Ability/willingness to develop stories beyond the routine. We are looking for someone who will ask more interesting questions, go beyond simple news releases and do thoughtful enterprise story development and research
• Journalism and/or other professional training in critical/analytical thinking
• Ability/willingness to work with professionals to cultivate a beat in a way that develops mutual trust and respect
• Ability/willingness to develop national sources who can provide trusted insight and perspective
• Ability/willingness to take regular feedback and editing from multiple editors
• Ability to write on deadline and take breaking news assignments on short notice
• Commitment to Deseret Media Companies mission and values: http://deseretmanagement.com/mission-statement/

Contact

• Please send a cover letter, resume and clips to Allison Pond, apond@deseretnews.com
About Our Company The Deseret News is part of a dynamic media company whose mission is to be a trusted voice of light and knowledge for a growing national audience focused on faith and family issues. The Project for Excellence in Journalism recently reported on innovations at the Deseret News: http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/deseret_news_changing_two_media_cultures