Today those of us on the Young America's Foundation listserv got notification that they're still accepting applications for their internship program this summer (now in "2 great locations"!)
Although their "Top 10 Reasons" (published in full below) were pretty hokey and often vague (what does "organizing programs" mean anyway?), but I have to admit their most compelling argument -- unless you have a weird affinity for Ronald Reagan -- was that they pay their interns a sizable stipend. YAF advertises that they're willing to pay $1,000 a month in stipends to each intern. It's nothing close to a salaried wage, but it's often better than many progressive organizations can pay.
After all, Campus Progress has written about the increasing number of unpaid internships that go to more and more qualified people in the midst of an economic recession. When I was an unpaid intern in 2005, the New York Times reported that the Heritage Foundation (often perceived as the ideological opponent of our parent organization, the Center for American Progress) not only pays a bigger stipend than YAF, $2,500 per month, but also provides a subsidized living space, "complete with a fitness room" and "walk-in closets."
The cost of Heritage's internship program? $570,000, according to the 2005 article. That amount is often more than the entire operating budgets of many progressive organizations.
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There are tons of internships out there, but if you're interested in writing for the Campus Progress magazine, you should consider applying to our summer internship program. Rather than fetching someone coffee, you'll be spending the summer doing reporting, writing, and test-driving the journalism profession.
Because Campus Progress is part of the Center for American Progress, our summer program has some unique advantages, like a weekly stipend, a transportation benefit, and the chance to come out of the internship with actual substantive clips that show you're an awesome writer. Believe me, as someone that survived the internship process, these things are rare qualities among internship programs.
If you're interested in interning for us, please follow the instructions on this page, and include in you're cover letter that you're interested in interning with the Campus Progress journalism team. You must choose Campus Progress as your top choice on the application to be considered for our program.
Our own Zach Marks, having finished up his internship (though hopefully not his blogging) for us here at CP, has now been given a pretty sweet gig - blogging at HuffPo. Regardless of what you think of HuffPo, they don't pick nobodies to blog for them. His first post went up yesterday (and he then stopped by the office in the afternoon, yet didn't tell us about it...so modest). Our congratulations to Zach, and we hope you show his new blog some CP love.
Also, to read about Zach's culinary skills with a microwave, check out this NY Times story.
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