Editorial Internship Program
Vanessa Hurley, the Spring 2008 editorial intern,
holds one of the tools of the trade—a digital recorder.
DARTMOUTH MEDICINE magazine offers a formal editorial internship open to college students and recent graduates. Interns work closely with the regular editorial staff in the DMS Office of Publications and devote most of their time to contributing to the magazine: reporting; interviewing; researching; writing; editing; fact-checking; proofreading; supervising photo shoots; and providing other help, as needed, to the other members of the staff. Candidates should have an interest in writing about science and medicine in a way that is both understandable and interesting to general audiences and to medical professionals. In addition, interns attend all regular editorial meetings and have a chance to observe and take part in editorial decision-making. Having a science background is advantageous but not required.
About Previous Editorial Interns
Terms:
Fall: mid-September - mid-November (10 weeks)
Winter: early January - mid-March (10 weeks)
Spring: mid-March - mid-June (10 weeks)
Summer: mid-June - mid-August (10 weeks)
Openings: One each term, usually
Location: Dartmouth Medical School Publications (Centerra Office Park), Suite 303, 21 Lafayette Street, Lebanon, NH
Hours: Minimum commitment of 200 hours; arrangement can be flexible—i.e. 20 hours a week for one term or 10 hours a weeks for two terms; a greater time commitment is possible.
Wage: This internship is unpaid in the monetary sense. However, we make sure that our interns get remuneration for their contributions in the form of learning. This is NOT a photocopying and coffee-fetching sort of internship. Our interns go on interviews, write articles that are published, learn tricks of fact-checking and proofreading, take part in editorial meetings, and gain substantive experience in many other ways.
Job qualifications:
Candidates should have an interest in writing about science and medicine in a way that is understandable to lay audiences and interesting to medical professionals. Having a scientific background is advantageous but is not required. Candidates should have strong writing and communications skills and be able to work independently and follow through on long-term projects. In addition, they should be experienced with such computer programs as Microsoft Word and with doing Internet research.
Description—Dartmouth Medical School Office of Publications:
DMS Publications publishes DARTMOUTH MEDICINE magazine, a quarterly that covers the education, research, and patient-care activities of Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, plus occasional one-time publications. The office also serves as the primary photo archive for the Medical School and as an information resource about the institution.
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