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Summer 2012 Reuters Global Journalism Internships Train with the world’s largest international multimedia news agency; work with seasoned reporters and editors; prove yourself in fast-paced newsrooms around the world. The Reuters Global Journalism Internships offer talented students and graduates an opportunity to learn and shine in our bureaus internationally. You are a student or recent graduate who is passionate about news and a quick learner. You have a strong academic record in journalism, economics, business, law, accounting, languages or computer science. You have journalism experience. You are fluent in English and possess excellent writing and communication skills You have good mathematics skills You have the legal right to work in the country where you have chosen to apply. THE CANDIDATE THE JOB October 2011 Applications open January to March Interviews and half-day assessments July and August Internships start AMERICAS Ten weeks New York City 5 positions Washington D.C. 2 positions Chicago or Los Angeles 1 position Sao Paulo or Mexico City 2 positions EUROPE Six weeks London 6 positions ASIA About eight weeks Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing 6 positions The paid internships are a crash course in hands-on business, political and general news reporting. Every intern will report to a senior editor and be assigned a journalist mentor to provide advice and guidance during the summer. They’re expected to write regularly and deliver in-depth stories during their assignment. Interns will receive several days of formal training before they start work, focused on writing skills, journalism ethics, and basic financial knowledge. They may also be able to take advantage of other, regularly scheduled training opportunities during the summer, depending on where they’re based. Interns who excel may be considered for other opportunities, including the Reuters Journalism Trainee Program or junior reporting roles. The intensive Journalism Trainee Program, which begins in September 2012 in New York, London and Singapore, offers nine months of training and leads into a staff job if required standards are met. THE TIMELINE www.careers.thomsonreuters.com ” The Reuters internship program was a great platform for me to report on the breaking news of the day and proved a wonderful training ground for my career ahead. In the past year I have covered the U.S. debt ceiling debacle, the Middle East uprisings, IMF-World Bank meetings, and spent a month helping out the Tokyo bureau with their coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster .” MARI SAITO Markets Correspondent, Tokyo (Intern Tokyo 2008, Washington DC 2009) SINGAPORE LONDON NEW YORK MEXICO CITY

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Summer 2012

Reuters Global Journalism InternshipsTrain with the world’s largest international multimedia news agency; work with seasoned

reporters and editors; prove yourself in fast-paced newsrooms around the world. The Reuters

Global Journalism Internships offer talented students and graduates an opportunity to learn and

shine in our bureaus internationally.

You are a student or recent graduate who is

passionate about news and a quick learner.

You have a strong academic record in

journalism, economics, business, law,

accounting, languages or computer science.

You have journalism experience.

You are fluent in English and

possess excellent writing and

communication skills

You have good mathematics skills

You have the legal right to work in the

country where you have chosen to apply.

THE CANDIDATE

THE JOB

October 2011

Applications open

January to March

Interviews and half-day

assessments

July and August

Internships start

AMERICAS

Ten weeksNew York City

5 positions

Washington D.C.

2 positions

Chicago or

Los Angeles

1 position

Sao Paulo or

Mexico City

2 positions

EUROPE

Six weeksLondon

6 positions

ASIA

About eight weeksSingapore,

Hong Kong,

Tokyo, Beijing

6 positions

The paid internships are a crash

course in hands-on business, political

and general news reporting. Every

intern will report to a senior editor

and be assigned a journalist mentor

to provide advice and guidance

during the summer. They’re expected

to write regularly and deliver in-depth

stories during their assignment.

Interns will receive several days of

formal training before they start

work, focused on writing skills,

journalism ethics, and basic financial

knowledge. They may also be able to

take advantage of other, regularly

scheduled training opportunities

during the summer, depending on

where they’re based.

Interns who excel may be considered

for other opportunities, including the

Reuters Journalism Trainee Program

or junior reporting roles. The

intensive Journalism Trainee

Program, which begins in September

2012 in New York, London and

Singapore, offers nine months of

training and leads into a staff job if

required standards are met.

THE TIMELINE www.careers.thomsonreuters.com

” The Reuters internship program

was a great platform for me to

report on the breaking news of

the day and proved a wonderful

training ground for my career

ahead. In the past year I have

covered the U.S. debt ceiling

debacle, the Middle East

uprisings, IMF-World Bank

meetings, and spent a month

helping out the Tokyo bureau

with their coverage of the

Fukushima nuclear disaster .”

MARI SAITO

Markets Correspondent, Tokyo (Intern

Tokyo 2008, Washington DC 2009)

SINGAPORE LONDON NEW YORK MEXICO CITY