These days a magazine’s website is absolutely essential to its success. Many are saying that there’s a day not too far off when most of the magazines that we know and love won’t be published in hard (soft?) copy and will only be found online. Things are changing, but some magazines seem better suited to weather the changes than others. New York Magazine is one of those that seems to be keeping up with where the industry is going. NYMag.com gets well over a million unique visitors per month, and that’s excluding the month that they published nude photos of Lindsey Lohan when their traffic increased by 2,000%. (No, we’re not going to link to them. You can find them yourself). New York Magazine “covers, analyzes, comments on and defines the news, culture, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City” on a weekly basis. Basically it’s everything New York.
If you want to intern for New York Magazine, you should probably start reading. I can’t think of a better way to prepare for a position with a content publisher than knowing the content that they publish. You might also want to check out Wikipedia’s page on New York Magazine since New York Magazine, like most magazines, doesn’t provide much information about themselves on their website. One thing that seems to be unique about New York Magazine is that they’re not part of a huge media conglomerate (as far as I can tell). There are so many magazines that are owned by companies that publish dozens and dozens of magazines, but New York Magazine doesn’t appear to be one of them.
Once you’re familiar with what New York Magazine is all about, you can check out their Jobs page to get the scoop on their internships. They have one unpaid Communications internship for this spring posted right now, although it may be a bit too late to apply for it. There’s also a paid Video internship that is not posted on New York Magazine’s site, but is on Ed2010. The application instructions vary depending on the positions, so be sure to go to the internship descriptions to get all the details. Also, keep your eye on New York Magazine’s Jobs and Internships page to see when they post Summer internships.
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