The Toronto Star Newsroom One-year Reporting Intern Program – Fall 2016 AND Radio Room Intern Fall and Winter Program
The Toronto Star is looking for new journalists for our one-year reporting and radio room internships. The year-long internship is open to new journalists who have graduated within the past five years from a postsecondary institution and who have never held a full-time, permanent staff position at a company that publishes news daily. The radio room internship is open to post-secondary students
Interns work with full-time staff in a challenging but supportive environment. All Star internships are paid, contract positions.
We cannot accommodate volunteers, short-term placements or co-op students.
One-year Reporting Intern Program:
The one-year program runs from September to September. Successful candidates spend time in a variety of departments including city, sports, life, entertainment, business and features. We welcome story pitches. Journalists must be able to shoot photos and should have multimedia skills.
*Note* - A full, unrestricted Ontario driver’s licence is REQUIRED for the one-year internship program.
What we look for:
Enthusiastic, talented, curious and intelligent journalists with a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a passion for journalism who bring energy, ideas and new perspectives. Strong reporting skills and the ability to work quickly and accurately are requirements. If you are fluent in a language other than English, please include that information.
Application Requirements
• Cover letter. Please include email, snail mail address and phone number. Make sure your contact details are on the first page.
• Resume
• Eight examples of your reporting
• The best joke you’ve ever heard
• Toronto Star interns have the opportunity to pitch lots of ideas for exciting assignments. Always wanted to rock climb? Have a yen for skydiving? Just know you could be the next big thing in the world of standup comedy? Convince an editor you can write a great story from that experience, and we’ll let you do it. In that spirit, please write us a 50-word pitch of an unusual activity or exciting adventure you think would make a great story.
• *Note* - Please submit all requirements in one document.
Applicants Should Demonstrate:
• A range of reporting, with a strong component of news coverage
• Proven ability to report thoroughly, write well, synthesize and organize information
• Multimedia experience, including video, audio and photography
• Reporting experience outside school assignments and a demonstrated commitment to journalism as a career
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Life experience that contributes to your development/ability as a journalist
Application Deadline
The deadline to submit applications is June 20, 2016.
The Radio Room:
Radio Room reporters make regular checks with police and monitor emergency scanners and other sources of breaking news, including websites and social media. They provide quick tips to the newsroom and sometimes do original reporting for all the Star’s platforms.
The work environment is often hectic, so successful candidates must be calm, well-organized and able to juggle several tasks at once. Radio Roomers must be able to persuade sometimes reluctant officials to talk and be prepared to interview victims and family members touched by crime or accidents.
The Radio Room is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by post-secondary students working eight-hour shifts. Several students are hired in late summer to work part-time during the school year; a second group of students is hired to work through the summer months.
*Note* - A full, unrestricted Ontario driver’s licence is NOT required for this position.
What we look for:
Enthusiastic, talented, curious and intelligent journalists with a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a passion for journalism who bring energy, ideas and new perspectives. Strong reporting skills and the ability to work quickly and accurately are requirements. If you are fluent in a language other than English, please include that information.
Application Requirements
• Cover letter. Please state the position you are applying for at the top of the page in bold type. Include email, snail mail address and phone number. Make sure your contact details are on the first page.
• Resume
• Some examples of your reporting
• The best joke you’ve ever heard
• *Note* - Please submit all requirements in one document
Applicants Should Demonstrate:
• A range of reporting, with a strong component of news coverage
• Proven ability to report thoroughly, write well, synthesize and organize information
• Reporting experience outside school assignments and a demonstrated commitment to journalism as a career
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Life experience that contributes to your development/ability as a journalist
Application Deadline
The deadline to submit applications is June 20, 2016.
Interested and qualified candidates can apply directly at: https://careers-starmediagroup.icims.com/jobs/1035/one-year-reporting-intern-program/job. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted. All submissions will be treated as confidential.
The Toronto Star is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier free recruitment process to applicants with accessibility needs in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require an accommodation during this process, please inform the Toronto Star of your requirements.
