Fall Internship

Here is an internship to think about. This paper has a great reputation for photojournalism and has some motivated photographers on staff. The deadline has passed for their summer internship but if you are graduating or would like to take a semester off, the fall deadline will be in June. This info can be found on the NPPA's job information bank.

Photojournalism Internship - The Valley News, White River Junction, Vt.

The Valley News is seeking a motivated intern to work with the newspaper's three staff photographers and photo editor, covering a range of assignment and enterprise work. An award-winning 16,500 daily morning newspaper on the Vermont/New Hampshire border, the Valley News covers a region that includes 46 towns in four counties; its core area includes Hanover, Lebanon and Claremont, N.H., and White River Junction, Vt. The Valley News is owned by Newspapers of New England, a family-owned publisher of seven dailies and weeklies that also includes the Concord Monitor and the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Mass.

The intern is treated as an equal in the newsroom. They are expected to get out of the office to find stories, as the rest of the photo staff does. This is where community journalism thrives. Those who do well are self-starters and have the curiosity to tell stories through the eyes of the areas residents. Photographers also produce weekly picture pages and long-term projects.

In addition to having an insured car, the intern must provide their own camera and basic lenses, which the newspaper insures and will cover necessary job-related repairs. The newspaper also has pool lighting equipment, Nikon cameras and a sports lens.

Each internship will cover four months, and pay is $360 per week plus overtime when applicable. Mileage is also reimbursed.

Application deadline for the summer internship, and others, are as follows:

Spring/Summer (May-August) 2010 — February 1, 2010
Fall (Sept.-end of the year) 2010 — June 1, 2010
Winter/Spring (Jan.-April) 2011 — October 1, 2010

Please send a cover letter, resume and portfolio of about 20-30 images (CD is preferred) to:

Geoff Hansen, Photo Editor
Valley News
P.O. Box 877
White River Jct., VT 05001

No phone calls or emails, please.