Editorial and Calendar Intern

The San Antonio Current is looking for editorial interns to join our team to assist with producing blog and print content, as well as additional duties like calendar management and creating slideshows.

Our interns spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing and managing online content. You will be expected to produce relevant and witty blog and print commentary on a regular basis, regularly update the web calendar and also help compile weekly slideshows. Interns will have the opportunity to contribute to the Arts, Music, News and Food sections if they develop appropriate content.

Interns are taken in Fall, Spring and Summer cohorts, and can be integrated with college courses. Interns are expected to contribute 10-15 hours per week of work, which can be completed either in the Current offices or remotely. The position is unpaid. The Current is also able to collaborate with university internship programs for either school credit or funding.

Responsibilities:

• Write 3-5 blogs per week. Blogs can be short or long-form, and can be contributed to any section of coverage. Candidates must be comfortable pitching ideas regularly, as interns are expected to contribute their own thoughts and ideas.
• Create and upload 2-4 weekly slideshows in collaboration with editorial team and fellow interns.
• Pitch and write long-form articles for print and web
• Proofread and approve event submissions to the online calendar
• Upload major local events and Current Staff Picks onto online calendar

Qualifications and Preferred Skills:

• A background in writing/journalism — experience writing for a news site always helps
• Excellent writing skills with high attention to detail and grammatical competence
• Proficiency with copy-editing, data entry and using content management systems
• Highly motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to adhere to tight deadlines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite
• Bonus: Proficiency with Adobe InDesign and experience coding in HTML

Submit a brief introduction, a resume, and two writing samples to Sanford Nowlin with the subject Editorial Intern. In the introduction, please indicate which semester you wish your application to be considered for.

Application Deadlines:

Fall Interns: July 15 Spring Interns: October 15 Summer Interns: March 15

If the application deadline falls on a weekend, applicants can submit their materials by end of day on the following Monday.