Japan Today Editorial Internship (expired)

GaijinPot Jobs

Company

GaijinPot Jobs

Job ID

127984

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Post date

Jul 15, 2018

Industry

Media / Publishing / Printing

Function

Editor, Journalist, Copywriter, Technical Writer

Work Type

Internship / Student (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Salary

Amount not specified

• Internship

Japan Today, Japan's leading English-language online newspaper (www.japantoday.com) is looking for motivated interns who want to learn and grow their skills in the media industry. You will be working with and assisting our media professionals to create content and grow our brand across Japan and internationally. GPlus Media, the owner of Japan Today, based in Minato-ku, is a foreigner-run company with several brands including Japan Today, Savvy Tokyo, GaijinPot (incl. GaijinPot Travel) and InJapan.

Time Requirement
We offer an internship to those who can commit to a minimum of three months or hopefully more. The intern will come to the Japan Today office a minimum of once a week for a minimum of five hours a day. The official schedule will be determined on a case by case basis.

Compensation
This is a non-paid internship. However, transportation fees to and from the office, as well as costs to and from the office when covering events or working on an assignment out of the office will be covered.

Internship Requirements

Age: University age+
Language: English-Japanese Bilinguals only

In this journalism-focused internship, you will work directly with the editor of online news site
Japan Today to research and pitch story ideas, do social media posting, take photos, do translations, go to press conferences in Japanese, conduct interviews for stories in Japanese and more.