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Internship Listing:(REVIEW) Science News Intern, Laurin Publishing, Pittsfield, MA| Position's Title | | (REVIEW) Science News Intern, Laurin Publishing, Pittsfield, MA | | Number of Openings | | 1 | | Description | Laurin Publishing, founded in 1964, is located in Pittsfield, Mass. Under the brand Photonics Media, the company publishes Photonics Spectra, Biophotonics, and EuroPhotonics magazines, and Photonics.com. Photonics, meaning light-based science, encompasses the fields of optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics, electro-optics, photonics component manufacturing and more. With a collective subscriber base of more than 125,000 worldwide and more than 1.1 million unique website visits per year, Laurin Publishing’s Photonics Media products and publications lead the photonics industry with editorial excellence – fostering a tradition of innovation and progress by sharing knowledge, insight and vision for the future.
Job Duties
Working from industry press releases and other news sources, science news interns will prepare business and technology stories for web and print. Under the direction of the senior editor, interns will write and post web news stories, prepare images, and post news, images and other items to the website.
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The ideal intern candidate will have basic reporting, interviewing and writing skills, knowledge of and interest in physics, photonics and/or engineering, plus basic computer and internet research skills, along with some basic photo editing, html and web posting. | | Salary/Hourly Rate | | $12.50/hour | | Hours per Week | | 15+ | | Start Date | | Immediate | | Organization | | Laurin Publishing | | Address | | 2 South St., Pittsfield, MA | | Contact Person | | Carol Atwater | | Phone | | 415-499-0514 | | Department | | HR | | Additional Infomation | | Send resume, cover letter and references to carol.atwater@photonics.com |
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For additional information, contact:
Career Services Center
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
375 Church Street
North Adams, MA 01247-4100
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