ABOUT THE INTERN PROGRAM:
–SPIN Magazine interns are responsible for transcribing interviews, researching stories, running errands, organizing mail, conducting interviews, and compiling music news for possible use in the magazine. Interns also pitch and write stories for Spin and Spin.com.
–SPIN.COM interns do the same tasks, but have a greater emphasis on daily writing and reporting for the site. SPIN.com also offers web production internships (emphasis on photo research and production, audio/video work, html coding, and more) and digital PR/promotion internships. If applying for the PR or production intern positions, please specify in your email’s subject line.

APPLICATION MATERIALS:
Complete intern applications include a cover letter, resume, and 2-4 clips. Applicants without published clips are encouraged to submit music-related pieces (reviews or news stories) written on their own. There is no formal application form.

CONTACT:

Please direct all SPIN Magazine internship applications and questions to:
Catherine Davis, SPIN Editorial Intern Coordinator
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New York, NY 10013
Email: Edit Interns

Please direct all SPIN.COM internship applications and questions to:
William Goodman, SPIN.com Associate Editor
408 Broadway. 4th floor
New York, NY 10013
Email: wgoodman@spin.com

Please specify if applying to both SPIN and SPIN.com.

DEADLINES:
The application deadline for the Spring internship is: December 15
The application deadline for the Summer internship is: March 15
The application deadline for the Fall internship is: July 15

Launched in May 2005, the HuffPost has become an influential media web site covering politics, business, technology, entertainment, and the green movement. It is also a platform for thousands of bloggers who weigh in on a wide range of topics.

Huffington, who writes a nationally syndicated political column for Tribune Media Services, is a frequent television commentator, with appearances on such shows as “Charlie Rose,” “Larry King Live,” and “The O’Reilly Factor.” She is the author of 12 books, including Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.

In 2009, Forbes magazine named her to its list of Most Influential Women in Media. She has also appeared on the Time 100, Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

“Arianna is very entrepreneurial, a valuable skill in this brave new world of journalism,” said Dean Stephen B. Shepard.

Huffington will be the CUNY J-School’s third commencement speaker, following award-winning broadcast journalist Bill Moyers in 2008 and Dean Baquet, assistant managing editor and Washington bureau chief of The New York Times, in 2007.

The 2009 commencement will take place at the Times Center in the New York Times building. A reception will follow at the CUNY J-School next door.

• Almudena Toral’s story about a marathoner from Spain made the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta.
• Talk about a relay race: Carla Candia, Michael Cohen, Juan DeJesus, Musikilu Mojeed, Walter Smith-Randolph, Rochana Rapkins, Jordan Shakeshaft, Andrea Swalec and Margaret Teich contributed vignettes and/or pictures to a marathon package. You’ll find their work on the News Service.
• Samantha Stark’s video and story about the soundtrack of the race made the Fort Greene edition of The Local. Ben Fractenberg’s slideshow on Wallabout also can be found on The Local, while Joe Walker wrote about a City Council candidate who was booted from the ballot. Kerri MacDonald’s piece about a zoning dispute in Maplewood is featured in The Local’s New Jersey edition.
• Jenni Avins’ story about a backlash in some quarters over the pink Breast Cancer Awareness branding push made VanityFair.com
• Lindsay Lazarsky’s feature about a Bronx block with a hip past found a home in the Mott Haven Herald.
• Jessica Simeone’s story about personal trainers for children was featured in the New York Post.
• Shane Dixon Kavanaugh’s feature about a sci-fi-influenced band that’s trying to save rock-and-roll made The Brooklyn Paper. Damiano Beltrami, meanwhile, wrote a piece for the paper about teachers undergoing handwriting training.
• Maya Pope-Chappell’s fall movie roundup got nice play in Essence.
• Sergey Kadinsky’s story about the mayoral race made CBSNews.com.
• Matt Robinson’s article about the capman of the Bronx found a home in the Daily News. Maria Clark shared a byline on this story about a slaying in Brooklyn. Mark Morales contributed to a piece about Yankee fans who fancy themselves a buzz-cut above the rest.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

• The reporters in our Interactive Fundamentals sections fanned out around the city, Flip Video cameras in hand, and asked dozens of New Yorkers: “Tell us one way the recession has changed your life.” The results of the video vox pop are plotted out on a Google map. The hits already are starting to roll in, through both the News Service site and YouTube. Thanks to all the reporters and professors involved. Special shoutouts are due to Drew Geraets, Collin Orcutt and Kristen Joy Watts who made the map presentation come to life.
• Kieran Meadows spent his summer as a Carnegie Fellow with the Brian Ross Investigative Unit at ABC. The piece he worked on – a “Harvest of Shame”-style expose of the use of children as fruit pickers – hit the ABC trifecta last week, with segments on “Good Morning America,” “World News with Charlie Gibson” and “Nightline.” ABCnews.com also ran a print story – co-written by Angela Hill (’07), our first Carnegie Fellow. It looks like the Ross story already is having an impact.
• Joel Schectman’s report about fears that U.S. satellites might be vulnerable to attack made BusinessWeek.
• Joe Walker broke into The New York Times’ Metro section with his story about a developer who was barred from selling apartments in New York State. Mike Reicher, meanwhile, wrote a piece for The Times’ City Room blog about a U.N. investigation of New York’s affordable housing situation. David Montalvo, writing for the New Jersey branch of The Local, profiled a Millburn township committee candidate, while Lois DeSocio wrote about new lacrosse nets for Memorial Park.
• Page 18 of last Monday’s Daily News was a J-School affair. Maria Clark, Mark Morales and Kate Nocera’s bylines popped up on different stories.
• Sergey Kadinsky wrote about the New Jersey gubernatorial race for CBSNews.com.
• Alana Rigal’s video piece about offbeat mayoral candidates made the News Service. It’s a version of a longer story she did for “219 West,” which now can be found online.
• In you missed last week’s live webcast of “The Aerial View,” produced by Mark Morales, Rachel Senatore and Jessica Simeone, no worries: you can catch the show here.
• How’s this for J-School teamwork: Nicholas Martinez’ feature about “pink-slip parties” included additional reporting by Aaron Adler, Aashish Jethra, Erin McCarthy. The story made am New York.
• Janet Lawrence’s profile of a maintenance worker at the Paramount Plaza is featured in Our Town.
• Emily Feldman wrote a story for NBC Local Integrated Media about three Harlem restaurants offering an unusual special: free round-trip car service rides.  Maya Pope-Chappell, meanwhile, wrote about two young brothers who gave their World Series tickets to charity.

Congrats to all – and keep ‘em coming!

DEADLINE DECEMBER 1

Launched in May 2005, the HuffPost has become an influential media web site covering politics, business, technology, entertainment, and the green movement. It is also a platform for thousands of bloggers who weigh in on a wide range of topics.

Huffington, who writes a nationally syndicated political column for Tribune Media Services, is a frequent television commentator, with appearances on such shows as “Charlie Rose,” “Larry King Live,” and “The O’Reilly Factor.” She is the author of 12 books, including Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.

In 2009, Forbes magazine named her to its list of Most Influential Women in Media. She has also appeared on the Time 100, Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

“Arianna is very entrepreneurial, a valuable skill in this brave new world of journalism,” said Dean Stephen B. Shepard.

Huffington will be the CUNY J-School’s third commencement speaker, following award-winning broadcast journalist Bill Moyers in 2008 and Dean Baquet, assistant managing editor and Washington bureau chief of The New York Times, in 2007.

The 2009 commencement will take place at the Times Center in the New York Times building. A reception will follow at the CUNY J-School next door.