Business News and Reserach Intern (San Francisco)

The award-winning San Francisco Business Times is seeking an editorial intern with solid journalism experience. This high-level internship is focused on writing and reporting.

You will work with a team of 15 reporters, editors and researchers in downtown San Francisco on a publication named one of the five best business weeklies in the nation. We cover real estate, nonprofits, biotechnology, health care, finance, technology, law, sports, hospitality and green business.

We’re looking for interns with journalistic training who are committed to straightforward reporting and accuracy. Interns report and write stories for both the print edition and web site as well as proofread and handle a few minor administrative duties.

Internships normally run 3 to 6 months. The internship begins in August, though there is an opportunity to work in the newsroom for three weeks in June.

Pay is $12/hour.

You need:

• To have solid journalism experience at a student newspaper and/or an internship at a newspaper, magazine or web site. Business journalism experience is a plus.
• To have with a strong command of English grammar, usage and punctuation.
• To be dependable and organized.
• To be available at least 30 hours per week and preferably 40 hours a week.

To apply, email the following to Emily Fancher, senior editor, at efancher@bizjournals.com:

•A cover letter explaining your interest in the internship.
•A resume.
•Three to five writing clips.
•Two to three references.

Please note, we will not consider candidates with no journalism experience.

About us: The San Francisco Business Times is a regional newspaper covering Bay Area business news, people and trends. We have a readership of close to 100,000. We're one of more than 40 papers owned by American City Business Journals, a unit of Advance Publications, the Newhouse family holding company. For more information, visit our web site at www.sanfranciscobusinesstimes.com

Other ways to contact poster:

By mail:

San Francisco Business Times
275 Battery St., Suite 940
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attn.: Emily Fancher, Senior Editor

Or by Fax:
Fax: (415) 394-9905

Posted by Sarah Haroon on April 8, 2009