Intern at Reason This Coming Spring!

The deadline for Reason magazine's Spring internship, which begins in January, is next week (November 13). Applications have been coming in already, but given that I am expecting some applications to be sent in at the last possible moment, I thought it would be worth highlighting some words of wisdom from my former colleague Mike Riggs, who back in March outlined five tips on how to land an internship. If you don't feel like reading Mike's post in full (you really should), here are the tips in brief:

• Follow instructions
• Write the hell out of your cover letter
• Show some familiarity with the publication
• Tell me what you can do for us, because we know what we can do for you
• Be Patient

I know it sounds easy, but otherwise good applicants have jeopardized their chances of securing an internship here in the past by not following these simple tips. Those lucky enough to get an internship here have the chance to write for Reason magazine and Reason.com, conduct research, and proofread. 

The instructions for how to apply for the internship are here.  

Check out the work done by our current interns Jess Remington and Zenon Evans.

Good luck wannabe Reason interns. I look forward to hearing from you soon. 

Comments

[Live Free or Diet]

Follow instructions
Write the hell out of your cover letter
Show some familiarity with the publication
Tell me what you can do for us, because we know what we can do for you
Be Patient

Be a cute little redhead.

[Fist of Etiquette]

They're not going to make the mistake of getting a female intern again.

[Auric Demonocles]

Are you suggesting they have male redheads? That sounds awful.

[Hugh Akston]

Don't be fooled, hopefuls. SugarFree has applied to be an intern every six months for the last five years, and he's never even heard back from them.

[Brett L]

They have to destroy their computers in order to sanitize them after reading his writing sample.

[hamilton]

Knowing how to mix a Aviation is a good fast-track. Hint: claim you make it with Creme Yvette.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Check out the work done by our current interns Jess Remington and Zenon Evans.

Apparently it helps to have obviously made up names. "I'm Howitzer Q. Goodthrust and I'm here for the internship."

[Hugh Akston]

Bolt Vanderhuge

[hamilton]

1. Who names their kid after a noble gas? (misspelled, at that).

2. If you're going to pick an element, why not the obvious choice of Ytterbium?

[Brett L]

I named my kid plutonium so I could call him Pu.

[Lord Humungus]

Does the intern have to clean the blood of orphans off of The Jacket?

[Restoras]

What about all the orphan bone dust? That stuff gets everywhere and is impossible to get rid of.

[Agammamon]

The jacket licks the blood off itself.

Disposing of the dried out husks that remain after its feeding is another story.

[Caleb Turberville]

Interns are the redshirts of starship Reason.

[Brett L]

I thought assistant editors, like **** and **** were the redshirts of Reason.

[Restoras]

Add to the list of responsibilities;
Creating clever and amusing alt+text to placate the asylum.

[Auric Demonocles]

This should be the only requirement.

[Agammamon]

"The deadline for Reason magazine's Spring internship, which begins in January"

Uh, you guys do know that, not even in southern Arizona, spring doesn't start in January.

[kibby]

Really wish I could do this, but I'll be in my last semester of a useless degree & can't afford to do anything but finish all my requirements. =(