Webbmedia Group has a Research Fellowship program and accepts six - eight participants throughout the year. This is a highly competitive program that offers intensive mentoring as well as hands-on skills building. This fellowship provides access to the latest emerging technology tools and trends as well as access to our cadre of consultants, many of whom are former award-winning technologists and journalists. Fellows are responsible for researching trends and projects, speaking with industry leaders and product developers and writing research memos and reports which are published and syndicated. Fellows receive full bylines on all of their work.
We are currently accepting applications for the Fall 2010 Research Fellow cycle. Deadline for application is September 13, 2010.
Hours are flexible and project based, but all deadlines must be met. This is an unpaid position, however fellows receive mentoring and access to a variety of tools and applications. You do not need to be a student in order to apply - recent (undergraduate and graduate school) graduates are eligible. Requirements are below. Applicants should email a resume and a memo explaining what websites they use the most (and why), what technology they think will be the most game-changing, how they plan to contribute to our team and what they hope to learn. Fellowship begins September 20 and ends December 8, 2010.
Requirements:
1. Must have your own laptop or desktop computer.
2. Must have Internet access. No dial-up or satellite. Must be cable, DSL or above.
3. 5-7 hours of work each week doing research, writing and interviewing.
4. Must be available for virtual meetings (via phone or Skype).
5. Must actively use at least one social network.
6. Should have solid research and writing skills.
7. Should have a positive attitude, lots of creativity and be willing to think way outside the box.
Previous Webbmedia Group Research Fellows:
Elizabeth is a recent Politics graduate from the University of Cambridge, trying to break into the heady world of journalism. She is looking forward to the opportunity to pick up some more experience and put her well-honed internet research skills to use as an intern for Webbmedia Group.
A West Wing junkie, the highlight of Elizabeth's journalism experience so far has been covering the 2008 Presidential election for three months with the UK's Channel 4 News. She has also worked as Editor of The Berry, Cambridge's student political paper, and as a correspondent for Scoop08 and The National Student. Elizabeth has just moved to London, where she is discovering the true value of her iPhone - stopping her from becoming completely and hopelessly lost every time she steps outside her front door.
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She researches online journalism, crowdsourcing, citizen-media interactions, and various formats of information delivery in the Web 2.0 world. She writes about social media and technology at the Online Journalism Blog. She has also contributed to The Guardian site and The Huffington Post on related topics.
Jennifer Ward is a recent graduate of journalism from the Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Over the summer she was a fellow with the Carnegie and Knight initiative for the future of journalism, where she researched and reported on youth and technology.