Intern at Reason Next Spring!

Accepting applications through November 1.

The Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship program runs year-round in the Washington, D.C. office. Interns work for 12 weeks and receive a $5,000 stipend.

The job includes reporting and writing for Reason and reason.com, helping with research, proofreading, and other tasks. Previous interns have gone on to work at such places as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, ABC News, and Reason itself.

To apply, send your résumé, up to five writing samples (preferably published clips), and a cover letter to:

Gray Internship
Reason
1747 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Electronic applications can be sent to [e-mail]; please include "Gray Internship Application — Spring" in the subject line.

Spring internships begin in January. Exact dates are flexible.

Application deadline is November 1.

Comments

[Weekend at Hillary's, Jr.]

Please don't ask the commentariat to leave samples of anything.

[commodious dares eat a peach]

What if a theoretical applicant has never had his writing published per se, but he makes a mean appletini?

[Citizen X]

Then you can be Robby Soave's personal butler, but that's a different application process.

[Riven]

Soave does seem the type to drink appletinis, doesn't he?

No one has hair that fabulous without enjoying girlie drinks on the reg.

[Citizen X]

His favorite microbrew is Smirnoff Ice.

[commodious dares eat a peach]

It's the source of his volume and luster.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

I always assumed it was Michelob Ultra, but appletinis and Smirnoff Ice both make sense.

[Fist of Etiquette]

How many interns does any publication actually need?

[Riven]

Let's have a conversation about common sense intern reform.

[Hyperion]

Prerequisites:

Must be shitting pants over Trump 24/7

Must be able to write about how Trump is Hitler and somehow totally worse than Hillary in some form unique from the other 5000 articles a day saying the exact same thing.

[Weekend at Hillary's, Jr.]

Must be shitting pants over Trump 24/7

Is this what happened to Reason 24/7? H&R was going to become wall-to-wall Trump so they just phased it out?

[Hyperion]

Back when Reason was still a libertarian rag, I would have wrote this:

Must look good nekked (pics required)

Must be in early to make the coffee

Must know which beer to get me after lunch, before I even think of it.

Is my car washed and detailed yet?

Must know how to polish a monocle like an orphan slave.

Have you ever worked a diamond mine?

[Domestic Dissident]

Speaking of Trump, that well known far right wing outfit Welch moonlights for, the Los Angeles Times, has Trump up by almost five points in their latest tracking poll.

[Hyperion]

The LA Times have always had Trump ahead as far as I can recall. Obviously a gang of right wing extremists who hate women.

[Domestic Dissident]

Nope. Their line has crisscrossed a couple of times. They had Hillary slightly ahead three days ago, and a virtual tie two days ago, but the media no longer being able to successfully cover up just how sick the sick snuke is seems to be having a not very positive effect on her popularity.

[Hyperion]

I don't pay much attention to single polls.

If you look at the RCP avg today, it has Hillary +2. My analysis hasn't changed much in the last couple of months, in that I have PA handing this to Hillary. Trump would need PA to win. He will probably win OH and FL, but that won't be enough.

[Riven]

What if a theoretical applicant has had her writing published...but wouldn't set foot outside the 406 area code for anything?

[Citizen X]

My thoughts and prayers would be with her. Theoretically.

[Homple]

She would be an extern then.

[Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair]

That $5000 isn't exactly keeping up with inflation, is it now?

[KerryW]

Does Reason accept 60+ year-olds looking for a second career after retiring from their first? [dusts off resume]

[Playa Manhattan.]

They seem to be in the habit of hiring attractive young girls.

[Rufus The Monocled]

You wish.

[Rothbard'sbitch]

If I had five published works, why would I want to be an intern? I would just you know be an actual paid writer/journalist.

[lap83]

So you can be in the same room as Robby's hair, duh. Do you want the privilege of buying his hair products or not?

[lap83]

Also perks like getting to eat whatever is left of his fruit sushi after he has fallen asleep exhausted from another 12 hour binge session

[Citizen X]

You don't want to do that. He licks every piece so no one else will take it.

[Lord Rollingpin]

What happened to all the other interns?

[RipRap]

They are all working for CNN.

[RipRap]

Is being trained in self flagellation a deal breaker?

[Riven]

Almost anything.

I went with Future Mr. Riven to Illinois late last month for USPSA nationals, and now neither of us have any desire to leave the state for a good long while.