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The Asian American Journalism Association is kick starting an internship that will have a student write for the Nguoi Viet, the oldest and largest (+50 staff) Vietnamese newspaper in California, AND the Orange County Register.

The goal is to introduce students to ethnic media and have them carry that knowledge to a mainstream newspaper.

Applications will be accepted until Nov. 4.

Can you please send over to any student contacts. This is a PAID internship ($3,000). It's a wonderful opportunity for students to learn and report on Orange County's vibrant Vietnamese population, one of the largest populations of Vietnamese refugees in the US. Students do not need to be Asian to apply, but they do need to register as an AAJA members if selected.

I hope you're doing well!

Thank you!
John Sakata
AAJA-LA board member
Staff reporter, Santa Maria Times
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The AAJA-LA “Diversity in Print Media” Fellowship is a five-month program that will allow a student reporter to explore, learn, and report in English on Orange County’s culturally rich, immigrant Vietnamese community.

The Chapter is looking for a graduate or undergraduate student with solid-reporting skills, a comfort with asking a lot of questions, and an interest in learning about the Vietnamese culture to write for the English section of the Nguoi Viet, the largest and oldest US Vietnamese publication, and the Orange County Register.

For the Orange County Register, the student will write two articles on the Vietnamese community.

For many, the Vietnam War defines perception of the Vietnamese community, but the stereotype prevents greater understanding about a OC bastion blossoming with business and commerce opportunities via first-time immigrant entrepreneurs, parents and children working through generational differences, and a community of immigrants grappling with assimilation into a country far different from the one they immigrated from.

There are close to a quarter of a million Vietnamese residents in Westminster-Garden Grove-Little Saigon area, one of the largest Vietnamese resettlement communities in the United States.

ELIGIBILITY:
College and graduate print journalism students only
OC-area residents only

PROGRAM POINTS:
The internship will last for five months.
AAJA-LA will offer a stipend of $3,000.
The internship will begin at the Nguoi Viet in January. The selected candidate will serve the second half of their internship at the OC Register in March.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Submit your five strongest clips/ videos, and your resume. Also include story ideas that can range from news features, profiles, business news, sports, education, etc.
Applications are due by November 4.
E-mail applications to aajalalosangeles@gmail.com.

The Dow Jones News Fund is offering more than 100 paid interships in business reporting, and news, sports and multimedia editing. Students approved for the program will also receive free pre-internship training and $1,000 scholarships.

The application is a two-step process. Applicants must fill out an online application form at the Fund's website. Click on the "programs" tab and then on "college internships." Register as an "intern applicant."

Students must also take an editing test proctored by Tom Clanin. Contact him by Oct. 21 to arrange taking the test.

Here is a list of news media outlets that have participated in the past and information on the training.

Wall Street Journal summer 2012 internship program

California Chicano News Media Associations's Journalism Opportunities Conference information

Resources

Associated Collegiate Press Guide to Internships

Associated Press for both jobs and internships
http://www.ap.org/apjobs/index.html

California Chicano News Media Association posts job and internship opportunities from around the nation. The jobs are open to people of all ethnic groups. http://www.ccnma.org/

California Newspapers Publishers Association Classified Bulletin includes many entry-level jobs. The CNPA will also send your resume newspapers seeking journalists. http://www.cnpa.com/association_jobbank.cfm

Careerjet is a national job search engine. http://www.careerjet.com

FastWeb, http://www.fastweb.com/, lists many scholarships, but you need to register and will probably be targeted by advertisers.

Editor & Publisher classified ads http://www.editorandpublisher.com

Jobs Page offers career tips on writing resumes, preparing clips and interviews. It also announces Knight Ridder internships and job fairs and includes other helpful links. http://www.freep.com/jobspage

JournalismJobs.Com announces job opening and lets you post resumes and subscribe to a job-notification list. http://www.journalismjobs.com/

JournalismNext.com is designed to increase newsroom diversity by helping print and broadcast news outlets find talented journalists of color. Included internships. http://www.journalismnext.com  

Insert Text Here features Michelle Nicolosi's favorite job sites along with a media-news digest and resources for reporters. http://www.inserttexthere.com/ 

http://www.monster.com/ offers both resume posting and job searchers.

National Public Radio Internships in Washington NPR internships vary from semester to semester; Send a written request and your mailing address to internshp@npr.org

News Job Networks has links to myriad communciations job banks, including those for advertising, broadcast and print journalism, and e-zines. http://www.newsjobs.net/ 

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Job Bank http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/