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Building your career in journalism? This once in a lifetime opportunity will allow you to build your skills in a fast-paced environment to deliver transparent Colombian news to global readers.

Our partner, Colombia Reports, is Colombia’s only on-line English-language newspaper. Based in Medellin, Colombia Reports has a small but dynamic team of volunteer reporters who strive to bring clear, transparent news to an English-speaking audience. Colombia Reports verifies facts in Spanish news sources and uses original research to produce its news material. Colombia Reports strives to deliver unbiased news that is free from association with political or business interest groups. In this fast paced environment, interns help to deliver transparent Colombian news to global readers. Interns will be engaged as full-on members of the enterprising newsroom.

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Positions Available for this Project:

Copy Editor & Integrity Officer

In this position, the intern will have the final responsibility of checking articles for accuracy, and ensuring perfect grammar, spelling, and punctuation of articles published.

Position Type:
Intern

When:
Year round

Language:
Excellent English, basic Spanish

Who:
Everyone. This is a particularly good position for someone focused on imporving their Spanish language skills.

Description of Activities:

•Optimize publications by checking for accuracy and verifying facts
•Rigorously check for grammar, punctuation & spelling
•Write captivating headlines
•Please note: Experience in writing or publishing is a plus


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Newspaper Content Contributor

This is an excellent position for a journalism student or early career professional. The intern will review articles written in Spanish, check for accuracy, and translate into English. The intern will gain an increasing level of responsibility, and write and research articles about the news that matters most to our readers.

Position Type:
Intern

When:
Year round

Language:
Intermediate Spanish, Excellent English

Who:
Everyone. Experience in writing or publishing is an asset

Description of Activities

•Produce news through translation and research
•Conduct on-the-ground interviews
•Write engaging stories for our readers

Duration

2 months +

Start Dates

Anytime

Costs / Benefits

Includes:
-At least two meals per day
-Accommodation
-Airport pick-up and drop-off
-Pre-departure support including cross-cultural preparation materials, fundraising guidance, blogging guidance
-Language lessons
-Program placement

Starting at 1700USD for 2 months.

Requirements

•Complete online application

•Submit resume to admin@thehumanityexchange.org

•Successfully complete interview