CALLING ALL STUDENT JOURNALISTS PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE
Culture Days and CTV present:
Student Reporter & Media Internship
BUILDING A CULTURE OF STORIES | WITH MARCI IEN, CO-HOST OF CANADA AM
MAY 2015
Culture Days and CTV are calling on motivated, creative, and culturally curious
students to participate in a unique journalistic internship opportunity.
Studying journalism or media arts? Interested in arts and culture reporting? Apply to become a Student Reporter at
the 2015 National Congress on Culture in Edmonton, Alberta on May 7-8, 2015. During the two-day National Congress,
you will have the opportunity to meet arts and cultural leaders, policy makers, community organizers, artists and cultural
practitioners from across Canada. Have your ear to the ground on national conversations and cover current trends in the
Canadian arts and culture sector.
Visit culturedays.ca for more information on the 2015 National Congress: “A Culture of Stories: Every One. Every Story.”
WHAT IS THE CULTURE DAYS CTV STUDENT INTERNSHIP?
Mentorship: Take part in an exclusive conversation with Marci Ien,
co-host of CTV’s CANADA AM and one of Canada’s most recognized news
personalities. Find out what it takes to be a successful journalist in today’s
media landscape.
Media Tour: Get behind-the-scenes of the CTV Edmonton newsroom and
see how the daily news is produced.
Event Reporting: Cover reporting assignments on each day of the two-day
National Congress on Culture held on May 7-8, 2015 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Become part of on-site media team and publish at least one piece each day
on culture365, Canada’s leading culture blog.
Digital Storytelling: Produce a digital story based on your experience,
a session/subject, or someone who inspired you at the Congress.
Use a combination of text, audio, photos and/or video to tell and produce
your story within two weeks after the Congress.
Story Meetings & Briefing Sessions: Meet with Culture Days’
Communications Manager & Content Producer before, during and after
the internship for story brainstorming sessions, assignments and practical
tips, tools and guidelines for a successful internship.
Application deadline: April 3, 2015.
Please submit your CV and a maximum one-page
letter expressing why you would like to be selected
as a participant in the Culture Days Student Reporter
& Media Internship.
Include 3–4 samples of your work (include writing
and digital media samples (audio, video, social
media, etc.).
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
Selected interns will receive an all access Media Pass to the National
Congress, meals, and a ticket to the Annual Awards Dinner. Successful
interns will also be invited to join the national team of Community Reporters
covering Culture Days activities in September 2015.
ELIGIBILITY
You are eligible to participate if you are:
• Between the ages of 19 and 24
• Enrolled in a journalism, media or creative arts program OR are
a demonstrated self-taught journalist
• An aspiring writer, videographer, photojournalist, audio broadcaster
or multimedia journalist (must have own recording equipment and
editing software)
• Available to attend the two-day Congress in Edmonton
on May 7-8, 2015
• Available to participate in two pre-Congress briefing sessions
(dates TBC)
• Available to participate in a post-Congress briefing session after
all assigned pieces have been published (date TBC)
• Social media savvy* (are active on social media)
Please submit application by e-mail to:
[email protected]
Please write “National Congress on Culture
Student Internship” in the subject line.
Selected candidates will be contacted by
April 10, 2015.
For more information, please contact:
Elvira Truglia
Communications Manager &
Content Producer
CultureDays.ca
[email protected]
1-866-734-4441 ext. 6654
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