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Daily Mail (UK) needs new journalists for its LA bureau! 

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**CollegeFashionista.com is looking for ambitious, goal-orientated interns who would like to be their campus Style Guru.**

Style Gurus, are in charge of capturing street style photography around their college campus as well as creating trend reports based on their
findings. Style Gurus contribute one post weekly during the duration of the internship as well as participate in monthly Twitter chats with fashion industry influencers. Interns also have the opportunity to work on brand campaigns and organize local fashion events.

The position runs from the week of August 20th-December 28th and is unpaid, however credit can be received and is encouraged. Students must own or have access to a camera for the position (SLR recommended). Please send your resume to apply@collegefashionista.com to be considered.

This American Life needs an administrative assistant! 

*Here is what you’ll be doing*

• Front desk reception
• Processing invoices, contributor and licensing agreements 
• Data entry into accounting software 
• Fielding media and listener inquiries 
• Planning travel, meetings and other logistics 
• Ordering supplies & organizing the office 
• Shipping and mail distribution 
• Other tasks as assigned by the producers and production manager

*Your expected experience* 

• At least two years administrative support preferably for a media or arts organization
• Experience working on Mac platform is required
• Clear and concise written and communication skills
• Must have strong organizational skills, with attention to detail
• Have the ability to handle multiple projects in a fast paced environment
• A strong desire to work in an administrative capacity, as this
• position is not a gateway into a production role

You must have up to 2 years of experience and be willing to work full time. Your salary will be under $45,000 and your benefits will include 401K/403B, dental, and health insurance. This position will be located in New York, NY. 

This American Life is produced by Chicago Public Media (WBEZ) and is broadcasted on 500 different radio stations in the US including Canada and Australia. The popular journalism-based show rakes in around 1.8 million listeners every week. 

If you feel qualified and would love the opportunity to work for such an esteemed radio station, apply here. 

futurejournalismproject:

Risky Business

In a study of murdered journalists around the world, it’s local journalists covering politics that bare the most risk.

Via National Geographic:

Since 1992, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calculates that 918 journalists have been killed, for simply doing their job in the ‘wrong place’ at the wrong time. Top of the list of danger hotspots for journalists is (perhaps not surprisingly) Iraq, with 151 ‘motive confirmed’ killings since 1992. The Philippines exhibit the next highest number of journalist killings with 72, followed by Algeria with 60; Russia with 53, and Colombia with 43 (unexpectedly, Afghanistan trails in at number 10 on the index, with 24).

These figures differ from many other indices reporting violence against journalists because the CPJ investigates each journalist death and includes the case in the ‘motive confirmed’ index only if they are confident that the journalist was murdered in reprisal for his or her work, or was killed while completing a dangerous assignment such as reporting on a combat situation or a street protest…

…While many of these are foreign journalists, reporting on conflicts, political instability, civil unrest, or corruption for the audience back home, local journalists face much higher stakes. In fact, local journalists are almost seven times more likely to be killed for doing their jobs than foreign journalists…

…[W]hat is the riskiest subject for a journalist to cover? The CPJ finds it to be politics; 40% of journalists killed were on the political beat, compared to 34% covering war. Keep in mind that although 34% of journalists were covering war when they were killed, only 18% of journalist deaths were actually a result of cross-fire or other combat-zone causes. Some 70% were reprisals – covering war can be dangerous in more ways than might be expected. Local journalists in particular are at high risk of reprisals for providing war coverage..

Bonus: See the Committee to Protect Journalists’ special report, Getting Away with Murder, from earlier this year. A PDF of the report can be downloaded here.

Image: Pakistani reporter Saleem Shahzad was murdered after reporting that Al-Qaeda was behind this May 2011 attack on a Karachi naval base. (Reuters/Athar Hussain). Via CPJ.

Freelance Jobs! 

The International Journalist Network is looking for freelancers to write stories from the Middle East. 

The American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) is seeking a highly motivated professional writer to support its communications team in Lebanon. 

The successful candidate will write short articles and stories about ANERA’s programs and activities in Lebanon. Stories may be human interest or news and are to be written in English (and Arabic, if possible). Written pieces are to be used in public communication mediums such as newsletters, the ANERA website, reports and appeals for funding.

This is a great opportunity if you are a writer in Lebanon or the Middle East. 

rachelfershleiser:

The producer will work as a member of our web team to produce content for and update nybooks.com and related sites. This is a full-time job located on-site in our Manhattan office. Responsibilities include preparing images and text for posting online, proofreading and checking information to match house style, using the content management systems to update content on the sites, and preparing email newsletters and web pages. Additionally, the producer will assist the web department with various other tasks.

(via Positions Available: New York Review | The New York Review of Books)

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