JOURNALISM INTERNSHIPS

For the listings below, more detailed information is available in the Internship Office.

** Newest Opportunities Listed First**

BEACON - Biomedical Engineering Alliance and Consortium SPRING, SUMMER, FALL. A non-profit business providing services to members in the medical, academic, and corporate world all devoted to medical device technology. Services include seminars, symnposia, conferences, newsletters, and meetings. BEACON wishes to provide its members with a bi-weekly online newsletter (1-2 pages) with updates on the industry, activities, member ideas, etc. An intern with strong research and writing skills is needed to research, design and write this newsletter. No prior knowledge of the industry is needed, as training will be provided. There will also be some general office duties required from time to time. BEACON is located on the busline near Hartford Hospital, with free parking available. Contact: Terri Wilson, Assistant Executive Director, BEACON, 1 Congress Street, Suite 201, Hartford CT 06114, 860 547-1995, theresa.wilson@beaconalliance.org. (11/06)

CONNECTICUT CONCIERGE MAGAZINE SUMMER, FALL SPRING. Magazine premieres October, 2006, will be published quarterly and will be the ultimate source for local activities, entertainment and dining statewide. Interns will receive hands-on experience in the publishing world, working with the editor and photographers, performing extensive research on tourism destinations, attending photo shoots when possible. Heavy phone contact and Web research required. Writing opportunities exist for qualified candidates. Flexible schedule, 10-12 hours/week, in East Hartford. Please send resume and letter of intent to Liz Haley, Principal, Haley & Associates Publishing: lizhaley@comcast.net

WFXT FOX25, Boston  SUMMER. Interns needed in the following departments: News, Sports, Design (Familiarity with Macintosh software such as Quark Express, Aldus Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop is preferred), Promotions, Community Affairs. Application deadline: April 1. To apply, pick up application in the Trinity College Internship Office - Downes 209, or  forward resume and letter of interest to Linda M. DiStefano, Director of Human Resources, WFXT FOX25, 25 Fox Drive, P.O. Box 9125, Dedham, MA 02027. Upon receipt of these items, an application will be sent to candidate. (3/05)

The Partnership for Strong Communities SPRING, SUMMER. Education and advocacy group whose mission is to advance supportive housing, affordable housing, community development and the promotion of sound housing policy options. Several different internship opportunities available: Compilation of Statistics & Authorship of Monthly Narrative on CT's Leading Housing Indicators (for economics/finance major): to measure housing availability, affordability, industry health. Lyceum Speaker Series: contact constituent groups to develop lists of potential speakers. Develop series of high level policy explorations for public and private sector opinion leaders, journalists and activists. Development of Student Art, Essay and Public Speaking Contests on homelessness, housing policy and community development: work with CT associations of boards of education, superintendents, teacher unions, PTO's, individual schools and students to think, write, examine the meaning of home and the integral - if taken for granted - role that the safety/security of a home plays in our lives. Research/Development of Marketing Plans for The Lyceum, Affordable Housing Campaign and Next Step Initiative for Supportive Housing (for communications, marketing, public policy student): adapting affordable housing campaigns from other states facing similar problems to a campaign that would work in CT. Conference Planning & Development (for public policy student): arrange for speakers, demographically develop strategic audience in conjunction with the CT Conference of Municipalities and CCSU. Affordable Design (for student in architecture, art or design): update website feature on design, develop new film exhibit, oversee visiting Affordable Housing Design Show. Partnership Partners' Regional Report (for student with strong reporting, writing, policy skills): reporting, publishing, circulating monthly newsletter.  Please contact David Fink or Shelby Mertes at 860-244-0066, The Lyceum 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford, CT 06106. No stipend (11/04)