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GREAT FIRST JOURNALISM JOBS:
Some good places to work if you're just starting out. These entry-level journalism jobs are very competitive...

  • Wall Street Journal Robert L. Bartley Fellowship Program; beginning journalists spend up to six months working as opinion page writers at the WSJ or Far Eastern Economic Review.
  • U.S. News & World Report; write stories for 2 million-plus circulation magazine in this year-long paid internship with health benefits.
  • BusinessWeek; 6-month paid internships available for 1 million-circulation business magazine.
  • Newsweek Maynard Parker Fellowship; two, one-year full-time positions offered at weekly news magazine with 3 million-plus circulation.
  • NPR Kroc Fellowship; year-long, intensive training program that pays $40,000-plus.
  • BBC Journalism Trainee Scheme; offers 21 journalists six-month paid placements covering sports or news in London, Belfast, Glasgow and other U.K. bureaus.
  • Hearst Newspapers Journalism Fellowship; three 8-month rotations at some of Hearst's biggest and best papers.
  • Associated Press; 6-month temp positions may lead to permanent job.
  • Maclean's; one-year paid internships at 500,000 circulation weekly magazine that covers Canadian politics, pop culture and events.
  • Financial Times Graduate Trainee Journalist Programme; recent grads and postgrads take a training course in the UK and then rotate in various positions in the publication's editorial department in London for two years.
  • The New Republic; prestigious neo-liberal, Washington-based magazine offers special year-long "reporter-researcher" position for entry-level journalist.
  • The American Prospect Writing Fellowship; two-year reporting gig for recent grads at Washington-based magazine with a liberal perspective.
  • Investor's Business Daily; six-month, $870/week apprenticeship in L.A. at daily publication with 230,000 circulation for recent college grads interested in business journalism.
  • Fortune; in 6-month position intern functions as entry-level reporter and reports for magazine's front-of-book section, 'First'.
  • New Times/Village Voice Media Writing Fellowship; 6-month temp jobs often lead to permanent positions at one of the company's many alternative weekly city papers.
  • Los Angeles Times Community News; cover burbs for insert sections in L.A. Times
  • Bucks County Courier Times; 2-year program for entry-level reporters at respectable 75k daily in Philly area. Alumni have gone on to work for major metros.
  • Smithsonian magazine; 6-month staff writer position for recent grads interested in writing on the arts, history, sciences and popular culture of the times.
  • Dow Jones, Bloomberg and many other financial wire services hire young reporters.
  • New Jersey Monthly; regional magazine offers one of the few mentoring programs in the magazine world - two paid one-year editorial internships.
  • Foreign Affairs; year-long paid internship working as an assistant editor with substantial responsibility.
  • Slate; year-long, writing intensive editorial assistant position at online current-affairs and culture magazine.
  • Sports Illustrated for Kids Internships; 6-month paid positions for college graduates interested in sports journalism.
  • Jersey Journal; coveting an entry-level job in New York City? This paper's 9-month paid internship in nearby Jersey City might not be a bad alternative.
  • Atlantic Media Fellowship; offers recent grads nine-month jobs paying up to $40,000 to launch, research, write and edit new websites.
  • Mother Jones Fellows; report for up to one year for 233,000 circulation magazine known for its investigative journalism.
  • ESPN PA Trainee Program; low pay and awful hours, but this 7-month program could lead to a job as a producer or manager.
  • Media General Multimedia Fellowship; 9-month program in one of Media General's cross-owned markets in which four recent grads divide their time between the newspaper, TV station and the website.

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    These daily newspapers are located in or near big cities, have large circulations and offer paid internships, lasting from 6 months to 3 years, for young journalists and recent graduates...

  • Arlington (Ill.) Daily Herald, 1 year
  • Baltimore Sun, 2 years
  • Baton Rouge Advocate, 2 years
  • Boston Globe, 1 year
  • Chattanooga Times Free Press, 6 months
  • Chicago Tribune, 2 years
  • Harrisburg Patriot-News, 1 year
  • Kansas City Star, 2 years
  • Long Island Newsday,
  • Miami Herald, 1 year
  • Newark Star-Ledger, 1 year
  • New York Times, 6 months
  • Orange County Register, 2 years
  • Orlando Sentinel, 1 year
  • Philadelphia Inquirer, 2 years
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2 years
  • Riverside Press-Enterprise, 2 years
  • Seattle Times, 3 years
  • Toronto Star, 1 year
  • Trenton Times, varies
  • USA Today
  • Washington Post, 2 years
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