| Internship News Professional Internships are available for second year Writing and English students at literary agencies, book and magazine publishers, and other writing-related positions. These provide or augment professional experience when applying for editing and writing positions. Many are non-paying, and require some availability during normal work hours. Please call or e-mail Professor Ted Anton for more details. tanton@depaul.edu; 773-325-1767. Recent activities of students and faculty. Katherine Ozment (MWR ’03) had her personal essay “They Run By Night” published in the Chicago Tribune Tempo section August 10, 2003. Professor Ted Anton is reviewing nonfiction book manuscripts for Southern Illinois University Press. Opportunity in National Public Radio: WBEZ CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO - "Ear to the Ground" MENTORSHIP PROGRAM 2004 For the 3rd consecutive year, Chicago Public Radio is sponsoring a radio journalism-training project that we're calling the Ear to the Ground Mentorship Program. The Mentorship Program is part of Chicago Matters, the annual public information series exploring a topic of concern to the Chicago area community. Our Mentorship Program's primary goal is one of outreach: to attract new voices to public radio, to train new talent so they can participate as reporters and commentators dedicated to public radio's mission of education and full, in-depth reporting. Our program seeks participants from Chicago-area communities not typically heard from, among them communities characterized by color, ethnicity or lower economic standing. Ear to the Ground is looking for 4 Chicago-area residents, new to radio, to tell true stories about their communities. The stories they produce will contribute to the community-wide discussion Chicago Matters hopes to create by expanding who is being talked about, and who is doing the talking. The four selected rookie radio journalists will take part in a training program culminating in a two week-long evening "boot-camp." Each participant will conceive, develope, report and produce stories in conjunction with this year's Chicago Matters series exploring "how Youth are reshaping our Chicago." All stories will be broadcast on Chicago Public Radio. In addition, if strong enough, the stories may be broadcast on the air as a part of the Chicago Matters: Youth series. Those who apply should have strong writing skills. Experience in digital audio editing will be helpful. The selected participants will work side-by-side with a mentor who is a professional broadcast journalist at Chicago Public Radio. The team of participants will report on this year's Chicago Matters topic "Youth: Changing Our Chicago," producing one 3-6 minute audio story. Meet the students and hear the stories from last year's ETG HOW TO APPLY
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: --Must submit cover letter, journalism samples, story idea summaries,
CV/resume/bio WHERE TO APPLY: Amy Dorn - Director, Ear to the Ground ***all applications must be received by OCTOBER 27TH in order to be considered
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