9/26/23 Newsletter: Jiayang Fan

New WSJ and Bloomberg internships announced

Isaac Yu

Sep 28, 2023

YALE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

Sept. 26 Newsletter | YJI Substack

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Dear YJI,

Another week, another newsletter! Thanks to everyone who came out to the pizza social last week – we loved seeing so many of you and chatting about your summers and future plans. Stay tuned for more events to meet fellow students and professional journalists.

We’ve compiled some YJI guides that might be helpful to you:

YJI RESOURCE GUIDE – FROM IDEA TO PUBLICATION

RESUMÉ & COVER LETTER RESOURCES

ACTIVE PUBLICATIONS 2023

Stay tuned for our Internship Guide next week!

Again, if you’re interested, you can schedule one-on-ones on Calendly with Sue, Kate, Ángela and Isaac.

Also, we wanted to share that Poynter has appointed a new student liaison, Megan Vaz, who you can reach out to with any ideas you have for campus speakers or events.

If you are a campus publication or faculty member and will be hosting events in the upcoming weeks, please reply to this email and let us know so that we can include these events in our weekly newsletter. We are also working on a compilation of active campus publications – if you or someone you know runs a campus publication, please reply to this email to be included in the final doc.

Your YJI fellows,

Ángela and Isaac

EVENTS

The New Yorker’s Jiayang Fan – Literature and Racial Justice

Thursday, Sept. 28 @ 6pm in the Branford Common Room

Jiayang Fan is a staff writer for The New Yorker, to which she has contributed personal essays, cultural and political commentary, and food criticism (including a memorable essay on what makes disgusting foods disgusting). Fan was born in Chongqing and immigrated to the United States when she was seven. Her first book, Motherland, will be published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Anya Kamenetz – Learning in the Age of Climate Change: From Anxiety to Action, following by a Berkeley College Tea

Monday, Oct. 2 @ 12pm in Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium; College tea @ 4pm @ 125 High St.

Anya Kamenetz speaks, writes, and thinks about generational justice. She writes the newsletter The Golden Hour about thriving, and raising thriving kids, on a changing planet. She covered education for many years including for NPR, where she co-created the podcast Life Kit: Parenting. Her newest book is The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now. Kamenetz is currently an advisor to the Aspen Institute and the Climate Mental Health Network, working on new initiatives at the intersection of children and climate change. RSVP for her lunchtime talk here (required).

Job fair w/ the Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tuesday, Oct. 3 @ 7pm on Zoom

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is once again hosting an internship and early career job fair, both a virtual and, new this year, in-person event! These are a chance to learn about opportunities in our newsroom while receiving one-on-one career advice from staff journalists, asking questions of our leaders and learning what makes a successful application. Here is a link to the sign-up as well: https://forms.gle/drGJdRr19KCdJqhq9.

Deadline to secure a spot is 10 a.m. CT, Monday, Sept. 25. We expect to fill to capacity of around 50 people for each event quickly! Email megan.ryan@startribune.com with questions.

Ben Goldfarb – Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb

Tuesday, Oct. 17 @ 12:15pm via Zoom.

Ben Goldfarb is an independent conservation journalist and the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, winner of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. His latest book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, has been supported by grants from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Whiting Foundation. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, Science, The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Yale Environment 360, and many more. He holds a Masters of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College.

UPCOMING INTERNSHIP DEADLINES

Washington Post Internship (Summer 2024): Oct. 4

San Francisco Chronicle (Summer 2024): Oct. 8

POLITICO Fellowship (one-year): Oct. 15

The Information (Summer 2024): Rolling (ASAP), Fellowship & Internship

Bloomberg (Summer 2024) Oct. 23: NY/DC & SF/LA
Wall Street Journal (Summer 2024) Oct. 23 NOON: Reporting, Video, Podcast, Social Video, Audience, Data

Dow Jones News Fund: Nov. 16

Coming soon: Paul Block applications for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade

Keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming guide on the range of internships and opportunities available!

WORK OPPORTUNITIES

A virtual opportunity to work with Robert Lee Williams, an incarcerated writer in New York: My name is Robert Lee Williams, I'm an incarcerated journalist, residing in Sullivan Correctional Facility, in New York. I'm a mentee of John J. Lennon, prison writer, contributing editor for Esquire and contributing writer for the New York Times. I'm also working with Reginald Dwayne Betts, Yale grad, MacArthur fellow. My work has previously been published by Literary Hub, the Prison Journalism Project, and PEN America. On Friday September 8th, 2023, I also made New York State History by becoming the first incarcerated New Yorker EVER to present at the 2023 Rise Up Conference about higher education in prison, or at any event, for that matter--LIVE! (via Zoom). I set precedent and paved the way for others. Click here and witness history. I'm looking to work with a volunteer and learn from some super smart people to help pitch stories, refine my writing, liaise editing rounds between me and editors, etc. This is how it would work: you would go to jpay.com, punch in my name (Robert Williams), DIN# (10A1230), and State (New York), allowing you to set up an email account. Then we could communicate directly. From there, I’d give you instructions on how to set up the phone service. I’d email you my pieces, you’d copy and paste them into a document. We'd have our own one-on-one editing rounds. In the process, we can learn from one another. When you pitch my pieces you’d be able to leverage my contacts and growing network. If you’re interested, please follow the instructions in the beginning of this paragraph. I look forward to hearing from you!

Early-career jobs at the Information, a tech-focused publication: They have an editorial fellowship, a six-month position for early-career reporters. Both are paid and based either in San Francisco or New York. Jon Victor has offered to answer questions and speak to prospective applicants. Email him at jon.victor@theinformation.com.

Full-time role in Ansonia, Connecticut: The Online Journalism Project, a New Haven-area journalism non-profit that includes sites like the New Haven Independent and the Valley Independent Sentinel, is looking for an early-career, full-time reporter based in Ansonia, Connecticut. Paul, former NHI editor, is a GREAT person to learn from. Good opportunity for someone who enjoys covering and learning about local government and municipal coverage. Also, our very own Dereen Shirnekhi of the New Journal just took an editing job in New Haven with OJP, congratulations to her!!!! Email pauljbass@gmail.com.

The East Rock Record Journalism Project is looking for student employees: Led by New York Times journalist Laura Pappano, the project works with 25 students in grades 3-8 at the East Rock Magnet School each Thursday 2:30pm-4:30pm (www.eastrockrecord.org). Two positions are available on Yale Student Employment website: The Yale Journalism Teaching Assistant & Mentors (Job ID 15161) help students brainstorm, plan, report, and write stories for their school paper. Each year, 5-10 mentors join the program, meeting with students every Thursday 2:30-4:30pm. The Journalism Graduate Student Program Coordinator (Job ID 18705) provides support in all operational areas of the program, including overseeing undergraduate mentors, communications, special events coordination, managing social media and website, and more. If interested, please apply on the student jobs website at yale.edu/seo. Questions, please contact maria.parente@yale.edu.

Harper’s Magazine is hiring for a full-time position: Assistant Editor to do fact-checking and production work. Responsibilities will include fact-checking, proofreading, and using InDesign to input copy changes and adjust layouts. Applicants should be highly organized and comfortable working within tight deadlines. The ideal candidate will be a meticulous editor with a keen ear for language who is familiar with the magazine’s history and style. Experience with InDesign is strongly preferred. The position is full-time and based in New York City. The salary starts at $43,264 per year, and the benefits package includes a generous health-insurance plan. Harper’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to diversity in the workplace. To apply, please send a cover letter and résumé to jobs@harpers.org.

Bon Appetit is looking for an Associate Food Editor: pétit and Epicurious are hiring an Associate Food Editor: This Associate Food Editor position is responsible for generating all types of recipe content and working across all stages of the content production cycle from pitching to recipe development, cross-testing, and working with our video, social, and photo teams. This position requires an ability to translate culinary knowledge into actionable recipes geared towards home cooks—we’re looking for someone who is excited to engage with and create for our audiences. It also requires the ability to collaborate with both staff and contributing recipe developers and chefs, and help turn others’ culinary vision into accessible content. Check out the listing here.

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All the best,