Below is a description from Hope Paasch, regional editor and intern coordinator for The Charlotte Observer.
The Charlotte Observer offers summer internships each year. We prefer to hire rising seniors, but also select recent graduates. We strongly prefer candidates who've worked a previous internship at a daily newspaper. A journalism major is not required.
The Observer is the largest newspaper in the Carolinas, with a circulation of 209,000 on weekdays and 258,000 on Sunday. Our staff includes 200 newsroom positions and a total of 800 jobs in the company.
An intern is usually assigned to one of the following departments: metro, features, photography, business news, or a regional news bureau.
Our intern program includes seminars where experienced reporters and editors discuss interviewing, writing, graphics, multimedia, online, libel law, and researching public documents.
We expect our interns to function as beginning professionals: that is, to go out on stories or photo assignments that we can publish immediately. A car is required for reporters and photographers. Interns (and all new employees) must pass a drug test.
Applications for 2009 internships should include a cover letter, resume, five work samples, and a one-page autobiography. The deadline is Dec. 1, 2008. Interns will be selected and notified in by March 1, 2009.
For more information, please contact the editor in charge of your area of expertise:
Reporting
Hope Paasch, Regional Editor/Intern Coordinator
hpaasch@charlotteobserver.com
704-358-5143
Copy editing & Design
Robin Johnston, UniversalDesk Chief
rjohnston@charlotteobserver.com
704-358-5247
Photography
Bert Fox, Director of Photography
bfox@charlotteobserver.com
704-358-6135
October 10, 2008
Next Meeting Oct. 18 and More From CAABJ
Hello black journalists and media professionals,
It's the fourth quarter and we're looking to end this year on a high note. We're very proud of what we've accomplished in CAABJ during the first nine months of the year and we thank each of you who have supported us. Our next event will be a general body meeting on Saturday, October 18, 1 p.m. And below is a rundown of our activities for the remainder of the year.
October 18
General Body Meeting
If you've been wanting to learn more about our great organization, here's your chance. Meeting starts promptly at 1 p.m.
Carrabba's, 1520 South Blvd.
October 31
Deadline to apply for $1,000 CAABJ college scholarship.
Click here for the application.
November 23
Year-End Mixer
We'll celebrate a successful year (before you get into the hustle and bustle of the holidays) and also announce the winner of our college scholarship.
More details to come!
December 10
Black Professionals Network's Annual Winter Mingle
CAABJ has been invited to join the Charlotte Chamber's Black Professionals Network (along with other professional organizations such as black lawyers, black MBA, black engineers, INROADS, etc.) This affiliation with BPN for 2009 will give you added value for your CAABJ membership. Winter Mingle will be a great event and it always sells out. You'll need to RSVP.
Click here for details.
December
Board Elections
We'll be holding elections for the six offices for the 2009 CAABJ Board. (We'll be contacting only dues-paid members.)
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists (CAABJ)
Email: charlotteaabj@gmail.com
It's the fourth quarter and we're looking to end this year on a high note. We're very proud of what we've accomplished in CAABJ during the first nine months of the year and we thank each of you who have supported us. Our next event will be a general body meeting on Saturday, October 18, 1 p.m. And below is a rundown of our activities for the remainder of the year.
October 18
General Body Meeting
If you've been wanting to learn more about our great organization, here's your chance. Meeting starts promptly at 1 p.m.
Carrabba's, 1520 South Blvd.
October 31
Deadline to apply for $1,000 CAABJ college scholarship.
Click here for the application.
November 23
Year-End Mixer
We'll celebrate a successful year (before you get into the hustle and bustle of the holidays) and also announce the winner of our college scholarship.
More details to come!
December 10
Black Professionals Network's Annual Winter Mingle
CAABJ has been invited to join the Charlotte Chamber's Black Professionals Network (along with other professional organizations such as black lawyers, black MBA, black engineers, INROADS, etc.) This affiliation with BPN for 2009 will give you added value for your CAABJ membership. Winter Mingle will be a great event and it always sells out. You'll need to RSVP.
Click here for details.
December
Board Elections
We'll be holding elections for the six offices for the 2009 CAABJ Board. (We'll be contacting only dues-paid members.)
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists (CAABJ)
Email: charlotteaabj@gmail.com
September 30, 2008
Boston Globe's Summer Internship Program
Below is a letter we received via email.
Dear Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists,
I'm Paula Bouknight and I oversee The Boston Globe's summer internship program. I wanted to take a few moments to tell you about our program -- one of the top summer internship programs in the nation -- and encourage you to pass this information along to any of your student members.
The Globe started its program more than 50 years ago. Through the years, it has continued to be a challenging and rewarding program for those invited to participate. The 12-week program gives young journalists a chance to work for a major metropolitan paper, covering a variety of stories in our Metro, Business, Living/Arts, Health/Science and Sports sections, as well as shooting photos and video, designing section fronts and creating graphics for print and online, and copy editing. While we provide guidance, direction, and editing to the interns, as well as offer another layer of feedback with a writing coach dedicated to the interns, we expect them to work nearly at the level of a beginning reporter. This means our interns produce great work and finely polish their journalism skills every day.
In 2005, The Wall Street Journal published "America's A-List of Internships," and The Boston Globe was the only newspaper included on it. To make the final list, the Journal said "internship programs had to receive multiple recommendations from employers" and "stand out from competing programs."
So, if any student in your chapter is seeking a summer internship next year, please consider our program.
A fuller description of the program as well as an application can also be downloaded from our website: bostonglobe.com/newsintern.
Sincerely,
Paula Bouknight
The Boston Globe
AME/Hiring & Development
Dear Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists,
I'm Paula Bouknight and I oversee The Boston Globe's summer internship program. I wanted to take a few moments to tell you about our program -- one of the top summer internship programs in the nation -- and encourage you to pass this information along to any of your student members.
The Globe started its program more than 50 years ago. Through the years, it has continued to be a challenging and rewarding program for those invited to participate. The 12-week program gives young journalists a chance to work for a major metropolitan paper, covering a variety of stories in our Metro, Business, Living/Arts, Health/Science and Sports sections, as well as shooting photos and video, designing section fronts and creating graphics for print and online, and copy editing. While we provide guidance, direction, and editing to the interns, as well as offer another layer of feedback with a writing coach dedicated to the interns, we expect them to work nearly at the level of a beginning reporter. This means our interns produce great work and finely polish their journalism skills every day.
In 2005, The Wall Street Journal published "America's A-List of Internships," and The Boston Globe was the only newspaper included on it. To make the final list, the Journal said "internship programs had to receive multiple recommendations from employers" and "stand out from competing programs."
So, if any student in your chapter is seeking a summer internship next year, please consider our program.
A fuller description of the program as well as an application can also be downloaded from our website: bostonglobe.com/newsintern.
Sincerely,
Paula Bouknight
The Boston Globe
AME/Hiring & Development
It's Still 'Your Voice. Your Vote.' - Learn All You Can About the Candidates
We're grateful to the more than 25 candidates who spoke at Your Voice. Your Vote. on September 21. And since there are several weeks until the election, we're linking the candidates to their campaign websites so you can learn more about them.
We know you're fired up about who you're choosing to vote for president and probably also excited about the gubernatorial race. Now do yourself--and your future--a favor and learn about your choices for county commissioner, state representative, district court judge, etc., so you'll truly be making informed decisions on November 4.
This is not a list of all state and local candidates, but is a list of the candidates who participated in Your Voice. Your Vote.
State
Pat McCrory – Candidate, N.C. Governor (R)
Bev Purdue – Candidate, N.C. Governor (D)
Kay Hagan – Candidate, U.S. Senate (D)
Beverly Earle – Candidate, N.C. House of Representatives (D)
Dan Clodfelter – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (D)
Vince Coscia – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (R)
Charlie Dannelly – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (D)
James Soder – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (R)
Mary Fant Donnan - Candidate, N.C. Labor Commissioner
Local
David Granberry – Candidate, Register of Deeds (D)
Harold Cogdell– Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (D)
Vilma Leake - Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (D)
Dan Murrey – Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (D)
Dan Ramirez – Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (R)
Jennifer Roberts – Candidate, Mecklenburg Co. Commission (D)
Susan Walker – Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (R)
Judicial (Non-Partisan)
Suzanne Reynolds – Candidate, N.C. Supreme Court
John Arrowood – Candidate, N.C. Court of Appeals
Linda Stephens – Candidate, N.C. Court of Appeals
Sam Ervin – Candidate, N.C. Court of Appeals
Kimberly Best – Candidate, District Court Judge
Charlotte Brown-Williams – Candidate, District Court Judge
Gary Henderson – Candidate, District Court Judge
Donnie Hoover – Candidate, District Court Judge
John Totten – Candidate, District Court Judge
Todd Owens – Candidate, District Court Judge
We know you're fired up about who you're choosing to vote for president and probably also excited about the gubernatorial race. Now do yourself--and your future--a favor and learn about your choices for county commissioner, state representative, district court judge, etc., so you'll truly be making informed decisions on November 4.
This is not a list of all state and local candidates, but is a list of the candidates who participated in Your Voice. Your Vote.
State
Pat McCrory – Candidate, N.C. Governor (R)
Bev Purdue – Candidate, N.C. Governor (D)
Kay Hagan – Candidate, U.S. Senate (D)
Beverly Earle – Candidate, N.C. House of Representatives (D)
Dan Clodfelter – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (D)
Vince Coscia – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (R)
Charlie Dannelly – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (D)
James Soder – Candidate, N.C. State Senate (R)
Mary Fant Donnan - Candidate, N.C. Labor Commissioner
Local
David Granberry – Candidate, Register of Deeds (D)
Harold Cogdell– Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (D)
Vilma Leake - Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (D)
Dan Murrey – Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (D)
Dan Ramirez – Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (R)
Jennifer Roberts – Candidate, Mecklenburg Co. Commission (D)
Susan Walker – Candidate, Mecklenburg County Commission (R)
Judicial (Non-Partisan)
Suzanne Reynolds – Candidate, N.C. Supreme Court
John Arrowood – Candidate, N.C. Court of Appeals
Linda Stephens – Candidate, N.C. Court of Appeals
Sam Ervin – Candidate, N.C. Court of Appeals
Kimberly Best – Candidate, District Court Judge
Charlotte Brown-Williams – Candidate, District Court Judge
Gary Henderson – Candidate, District Court Judge
Donnie Hoover – Candidate, District Court Judge
John Totten – Candidate, District Court Judge
Todd Owens – Candidate, District Court Judge
September 22, 2008
'Your Voice. Your Vote.' We Did It!
Thank you to everyone who helped make "Your Voice. Your Vote." a success. When we began planning the event several months ago, we couldn't have foreseen that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama would decide to hold a rally in Charlotte on the same day. Or that the Rev. Al Sharpton would hold two speaking engagements on our day as well.
But we persevered, and the people who realized the importance of learning more about their local and state candidates came out to our great event. And thank you to the more than 25 candidates that attended and spoke as well. CAABJ looks forward to holding more exciting events and having a more impactful presence in the community.
Below is an article published today in The Charlotte Observer.
Voters get a chance to meet the candidates
By April Bethea
abethea@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Monday, Sep. 22, 2008
But we persevered, and the people who realized the importance of learning more about their local and state candidates came out to our great event. And thank you to the more than 25 candidates that attended and spoke as well. CAABJ looks forward to holding more exciting events and having a more impactful presence in the community.
Below is an article published today in The Charlotte Observer.
Voters get a chance to meet the candidates
By April Bethea
abethea@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Monday, Sep. 22, 2008
Dozens of candidates for elected office had a chance to tell Mecklenburg County residents why they should be put in office at two forums held in uptown.
The first featured a candidates meet and greet, and panel discussion on politics and the media. Later in the evening, the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg held a candidates forum.
The events capped off a whirlwind day in the Queen City for anyone interested in politics, including a rally with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
In addition, civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton appeared at a northeast Charlotte church to encourage people to register to vote.
The first stop for many candidates on Sunday was the Levine Museum of the New South.
There, organizers of the event “Your Voice. Your Vote” aimed to help make the public more aware about candidates running for local and statewide offices – races they said are often overshadowed by the presidential and other national contests.
Among those speaking at the non-partisan event were candidates for county commissioners, state legislative and judicial seats and democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan.
The event was sponsored by the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists – Charlotte and Generation Engage, a group that aims to boost involvement of young adults in politics.
Sunday evening, the Black Political Caucus held its traditional forum for candidates seeking office. As with the journalist' program, the event drew candidates seeking a variety of offices, including 18 candidates for district judge and the court of appeals.
For more than three hours, about 50 hopefuls introduced themselves to a crowd gathered at Little Rock AME Zion Church uptown, then fielded questions on topics like the economy, the judicial system and the candidates' top goals for office.
Incumbents touted their experience and past accomplishments while in office, while their challengers pledged to bring change and to be more responsive to public needs.
The Black Political Caucus will vote on endorsements next weekend.
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