Public Trust Media Group, publisher of Newsbreak, and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), are inviting interested students to apply for limited slots in the Journalism Internship Program for Mindanao Students that will run from May 1 to 31, 2008.
Three incoming senior or senior-level students of mass communication, journalism, or related courses in any college or university in Mindanao will be chosen to receive training on journalistic research, field reporting, and newsroom management under the award-winning staff of Newsbreak.
The program, which will be conducted mostly in Metro Manila and partly in Mindanao, will also give interns the chance to get published in Newsbreak Online (www.newsbreak.com.ph), in the news website of broadcast network ABS-CBN which Newsbreak is managing (www.abs-cbnNEWS.com), and in Newsbreak’s upcoming special issue on Mindanao that AusAID is also funding.
The program will provide two-way air fare, accommodations, and daily allowances to the interns for the duration of their stay in Manila.
The applicant should submit by email his or her resum that includes three (3) references with complete contact details, a recent photo, two sample articles (either published or submitted in any journalism course), and a 600-word essay discussing what issues he or she considers most pressing in his or her locality or in Mindanao as a whole, and how journalism can help address them.
The applicant is also required to submit a cover letter stating what issues or sectors he or she is most interested in, and a recommendation letter from the dean, department head, or internship adviser.
Applications should be received by Newsbreak, through assistant managing editor Miriam Grace Go, at email address gigigo_newsbreak@yahoo.com by April 10, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified by April 18.
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