Yale College is invited to nominate one candidate to the national competition. The Magazine Internship Program includes the performance under supervision of such editorial tasks as handling reader mail, evaluating unsolicited manuscripts, researching articles, checking facts, writing leads and captions, proofreading, copy editing, interviewing, covering press conferences, and attending editorial meetings. At some magazines there will be writing opportunities, even a few bylines. There will also be opportunities to see how the circulation, advertising, and other business departments of the magazine function. However, although there may be some reporting and writing, this program emphasizes the tasks of editing magazines and is intended for editorially-oriented students.
Interns are responsible for their own travel expenses between New York and home or school.
They are also responsible for their own housing and maintenance. ASME, however, will assist in making dormitory arrangements in New York and Washington D.C. for students needing accomodations. Eligible for the program are students who will have completed the Junior year of college by June 2002 and be entering the full Senior year in the fall of 2002. Students are selected for the Magazine Internship Program on the basis of their involvement in journalism and their interest in magazine work, which must be evident from their academic courses, participation in campus journalism, and previous summer internships or jobs. Applicants must have held responsible editorial positions on a campus magazine, newspaper or yearbook and have had at least one summer job or internship in journalism.