Monday, December 1, 2008

Advertising, Newspaper and Broadcast Internships Available

New information on internships is available in this post for a variety of JMC-related careers, including advertising, newspaper journalism and TV broadcast journalism.

Advertising internships for multicultural students

The deadline is this Friday, Dec. 5, for the American Association of Advertising Agencies' 2009 Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP). This internship program helps minority students earn 10-week, paid internships at advertising agencies. Since the program began in 1973, more than 2,000 students have served as MAIP interns. For more information and an application, visit http://www.aaaa-maip.org/apply.php. For questions, call 212-850-0732 or e-mail maip@aaaa.org.

KTAB and KRBC TV Internships

Two of Abilene's television stations, KTAB and KRBC, are jointly hosting an internship orientation meeting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at their studios at 4510 S. 14th Street. Internships are available at the stations for reporting, producing, writing, videography, Web writing and design, video editing, assignments, anchoring, sports and the news ticker.

To reserve a spot at the orientation meeting, e-mail Austin Kellerman, news director, at akellerman@ktab.tv, or call 691-2247.

Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation Awards

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is accepting applications for its summer 2009 internship awards program. The student who wins this award will receive a cash prize of $10,000 plus a paid internship at his or her choice of the Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal or the New York Post. In addition, housing in New York City will be provided during the internship.

To learn more about the award or to secure an application, visit www.ericbreindel.org or call Germaine Febles at 212-843-8031.