It’s amazing to think that a publication started by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and James Russell Lowell in 1857 is still kicking. The Atlantic has morphed from a focus on literary and cultural affairs to more broadly attacking the topics of foreign affairs, politics, economics, and cultural trends. It has also joined forces with National Journal and Government Executive to form Atlantic Media. Their publications are a little more advanced than Highlights and Mad Magazine, which is why a recent rebranding effort was probably necessary. Appealing to people’s intellectual sides just isn’t the best way to sell magazines, unfortunately. With lots of changes going on at Atlantic Media, and National Journal Group’s political trade journals still bringing money, now might be an interesting time to consider interning with Atlantic Media.
Atlantic Media is another old media company that is trying to hang on in an old media world. They have a great heritage, but how they approach the next few years will determine whether they are around in another century and a half. This might scare some of you away, but an internship is a low risk way to be part of something that have significant long term effects. I first became aware of internships with Atlantic Media because they were getting ripped apart by Gawker for offering 40 hour/week unpaid internships. That didn’t give me high hopes for Atlantic Media, but I figured that they were worth checking out anyway. The Atlantic Media Internship page shows three distinct types of opportunities with the company – The Atlantic Media Fellowship, the W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship (diversity), and general internships with The Atlantic and National Journal Group. These internships are offered year round and listed specifically on Atlantic Media’s Current Opportunities page. The Atlantic Media page says that they’re unpaid; however, if you look at The Atlantic’s Internships page, you’ll see that they’re now paying interns $10 per hour (and only requiring 32 hours per week). Maybe that Gawker article induced some change? From what we can tell, all of the internships are located in Washington, DC, and how you should apply depends on which internship program you are interested in.
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