Apply Now | MONGABAY Student and Graduate Internship Program – 2024

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Motivated and gifted individuals are now being asked to apply for the MONGABAY Internship Program, which will start in the spring of 2024 and run from January 1 to June 30, 2024. The internship gives the interns the chance to advance their writing careers and hone their craft.

This internship is a partially funded program. The interns will be able to hone their writing abilities and have their news pieces featured on the well-known Mongabay website, which reaches millions of readers worldwide each month.

• Company/Organisation(s): MONGABAY
• Program Type: Internship
• Program Location: Remote
• Program Duration: 6 months
• Available Slot: Several
• Basic Qualifications: Students & Graduates
• Nationality: Any Nationality

Qualification Standards

Applicants must fulfill the following requirements in order to be eligible for consideration in the MONGABAY Internship Program:

• Exceptional ability to communicate
• Automotivator
• Intensely interested in environmental issues
• Positive outlook
• Coachable and receptive to new ideas
• High standards for both personally and professionally
• Skills for resolving issues

Program Timetable

The interns will be required to meet predetermined deadlines while working online from home or any other location that suits them best. The intern can work a flexible schedule, but for the complete six months, they must put in an average of ten hours each week. Interns must be adaptable and make plans for the possibility that some weeks would require far less work than others—roughly 15 hours.

Four of the pieces the interns submit will be paid for; the other two are included in the first learning phase. The pricing for these articles will be discussed with the internship editors when the time comes.

Internship Benefits

• Experience with publication in a reputable news source
• Studying Mongabay’s journalism initiatives and procedures
• Joining a group of skilled and enthusiastic authors
• Mentoring and assistance:
• Staff Q&A and a meet-and-greet training session through Skype
• Collaborating with many editors and getting direction and criticism
• Enhancing writing abilities enhancing interviewing abilities
• Constructing a resume with personal recommendations and reference letters from Mongabay

Procedures for Applications

How to Apply: Interested parties can click this link to submit an online application for the Mongabay internship. All applications have to be sent in English. The following documents must be submitted by applicants (it is highly advised that you have these ready before starting the application process):

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Explain your interest in Mongabay and the ideals and abilities you can bring to the platform.

Questions about motivation (found on the application form)

• Send in a sample of your writing from a blog post or journal entry (maximum of 600 words).
• Alternately, you can select one of the next three articles to finish a writing sample.
• Beyond the statistics: Conflict between humans and lions (Panthera leo) in and around Ethiopia’s Gambella
• National Park
• Thismia kelabitiana (Thismiaceae) in central Togo: insights into changes in the West African forest-savanna mosaic, and a new, rare Fairy Lantern from Borneo that may be endangered by commercial logging
• Optional: send in one more sample of your own writing (no more than 600 words).

Application Deadline: November 28, 2023

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