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Magazine – Picture This Post BOOKS/CHILDREN’S BOOKS Content Curator -- Summer, 2022 - INTERNSHIP

Magazine – Picture This Post BOOKS/CHILDREN’S BOOKS Content Curator -- Summer, 2022 - INTERNSHIP


Pre-requisites:

-Minimum of 10 hours/week

-Forward contact information for the academic supervisor of your internship – -Picture This Post no longer proceeds on an internship for school credits unless prior contact is established with the appropriate person/s at your school.  

You may instead opt to become a student volunteer, where you will receive the same training but without arrangements to get you school credit. 

-Attend zoom orientation or zoom interview

- Commitment to fulfill tasks for all Picture This Post staff members—to remain in good standing. See Picture This Post Student Volunteers – Good Standing Commitments.

About Picture This Post and WHAT YOU WILL DO


Picture This Post magazine, www.picturethispost.com, alerts time-strapped readers to cultural offerings that are the best match for their interests in art, books, dance, film, museums, music, theater, as well as travel with a focus on culture. We not only cover culture creators and venues with high name recognition, but also delight in helping to showcase bold, creative strokes by fledgling artists in all genres.

Before applying, please study the PICTURE THIS POST BOOKS Section and a roundup of Picture This Post Children’s Book reviews– Click a picture to read a story. 

NOTE: Picture This Post does NOT cover adult fiction or young adult fiction.

As a Books Content Curator, your duties will first include doing daily tasks shared by many working in the Books section:

-Upload of news releases about new titles available for book review to the Picture This Post Reader’s Calendar, which also functions as a repository of review opportunities for Picture This Post writers.

- Social media sharing of books content to the authors, publishers and others being profiled in new Picture This Post articles (reviews, previews, PICTURE PREVIEWS, interviews and round-up features.)

Depending on your time availability and interests— a custom program will be developed in consultation with you -- and/or your school internship supervisor if you are pursuing this internship for school credit---that additionally includes mastering our guidelines and skills to do one or more of the following—

-PICTURE PREVIEWS (Extracting info needed to complete layout; social media). Your work will include creating round ups of these quick stories by topic—e.g. “new children’s picture books”, or “photography books”, etc.

-interview articles (email interviews for q/a articles) 

-outreach to children’s book authors and outlets to locate potential parent/child book enthusiasts to solicit their interest in becoming a Picture This Post review writer*

-marketing/pr campaign tactics to identify and recruit potential Picture This Post book reviewers* in adult non-fiction categories, including: photography; travel; social justice; art; music; film; dance; theater; etc.

(*This position does NOT include writing book reviews--- applications to become a review writer are separate and begin with a Trial Balloon Process.)

More Details on Your Internship:

Amy Munice, Editor in Chief, will be the primary supervisor of your internship. She is the co-publisher of the magazine, a 30+ year PR professional and freelance journalist, and cultural reporter who has penned many hundreds of articles. She will be the author of your future reference for job hunting purposes.

You will be responsible for submitting a weekly report to the editor-in-chief on your hours/tasks done and work in progress, as well as keep a cumulative report on your published articles, and other accomplishments such as layout for others’ articles. 

Training sessions are held by zoom—usually in small groups—throughout the week and weekend. Initially you will need to adapt your schedule in order to attend training sessions to learn layout, confer on rewrites/instruction, and more. Once you have the prerequisite skills, you determine your schedule each week in order to meet your school’s hour requirements for your internship.

ALL UNPAID– ALL REMOTE WORKERS:

Picture This Post is an entirely volunteer organization, from top to bottom. We are a not-for-profit (as opposed to a 501c3 non-profit) – too small to hire accountants etc. needed for non-profit status. Students are like all volunteers EXCEPT that much time/energy goes into training students and helping you develop a portfolio for future job hunting.  

This position is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in the children’s literature or adult non-fiction, and for initial exposure to how an online magazine works.