SURFER Magazine is looking for qualified interns for next semester. If you’re currently a college student interested in getting into the magazine biz and you meet the qualifications below, you could be eligible for an opportunity to intern at the biggest surf magazine on the planet. Requirements: You must be able to receive college credit for the internship You must be majoring in a related field (Communication, Journalism, English, etc.) You must have surf knowledge and a passion for surfing You must be Internet-savvy, responsible, and timely You must be able to come into the San Clemente office at least twice a week Duties will include: Fact-checking, writing for the website, transcription, research, and organizational tasks. This is an unpaid internship. For Editorial Internships, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to surferedit@surfermag.com http://blogs.surfermag.com/office-blog/wanted-surfer-interns/ saw this on the surfer mag web site. I know there are a lot of college students out there. Worth a shot right? man I wish I was still in college.
In today's job market a good job opportunity, that provides good experience, and connections is priceless.
yeah....I hire people.... If you work for free you're either a doofus rich kid or an idealistic clown-idiot. Unpaid internships are just over-hyped crap. The intern works insanely long hours & gets crapped on by the organization, because the intern is viewed as the village idiot by the established (and SALARIED) members of the organization. In short? America, where we all live, is a capitalist society. Thus, everything has an assigned value. Ergo: you're worth something. And that means you don't work for free. Get paid for what you do. ALWAYS. Unpaid internships are just use & abuse. The rich girls from Connecticut do it for the fashion designers in NYC & in the process they take it up the dirt road & turn into *** hags. The surf rags oughta be ashamed of themselves for dangling this carrot in front of young people. It gets 'the intern' absolutely nowhere.
Internships for college credits aren't simply unpaid, you also pay to work (per credit you receive). I interned 2 summers ago at a casino which helped me land the gig I have today in a different casino. I got this based on my work ethic and personality. life isn't about who you know anymore, that will only get you in the door. Its all about who knows you that will keep you there and promote faster - internships are a good wa y to prove yourself. + most colleges require it. i just think interning for a magazine is a waste of time - print is dead. When was the last time you purchased a magazine off the rack (other than airports). IMO intern for a internet advertising company - same idea as a magazine except online and more jobs down the line.
off topic, but IMO, print will never be dead as long as there are people (like me) who prefer hold something physical in their hands while they read. a magazine, a book, a newspaper...the readership may be down, but they will not be dead as long as people buy them. & people still do. i still subscribe to magazines & rarely look at their online content, unless i catch wind of something really cool there. for me, technology like the kindle reader or internet doesn't really hold a candle to having that tangible object right there in my hands. it's a totally different experience.
When interested in a career in publishing, marketing or advertising working an internship is a must. That's just how it is. Sure you have to work crappy hours, generally don't get paid or don't get paid very much and you end up being an errand-boy a lot of the time but the experience you get while studying is essential to your first job. Everyone has to do it, it's like paying your dues. Doesn't matter if it's print or digital, the media you produce is arbitrary to the general industry, but the posting did say there was work involved with their website. And yeah, could you imagine the connections you would make in that office? Screw getting paid, all the money in the world could not buy those types of relationships and experiences...both in the world of surfing and publishing. Whoever actually lands that spot is a very very lucky person.
Yeah, I like having a physical book/magazine/newspaper in my hands when I read too, but I also played with tonka trucks in the mud when I was little. How many kids do you know now that do that? They'd rather play with virtual cars on their playstations and gameboys. it makes perfect sense that when they grow up they'd prefer to get their reading through some sort of computer. Journalism will still be alive; only the medium through which it is dispersed is changing. The eradication of printed material is inevitable with environmentalists concerned about paper consumption in addition to high costs of reprinting, distributing and storing physical books. Just to make it clear, consider a book costing $5 in a bookstore and $5 to download online. If it cost the publisher $1 to print the book, $1 to ship it to the bookstore, $1 for shelf space in the bookstore, and $1 for royalties for the author, he is only making $1 of profit per book as opposed to an online retailer who makes $3 profit per book because he only has to pay $1 for website maintenance and $1 for author royalties. There are paradigm shifts taking place in all industries, even surfing. People complain that popouts are putting shapers out of business and that is unfortunate because I prefer hand shaped boards too, but the world changes and there is nothing we can do to stop it. So if you're 13 years old, think about some other career alternatives first before you aspire to become a shaper. If the world weren't like this, we'd still be living in feudal societies and be illiterate.
