Internships Seek to Help Fill Circ Talent Void - Brief Article

Circulation Management, June, 1999

Internships Seek to Help Fill Circ Talent Void To help address the "circulation talent crunch," industry organizations are establishing internship programs. The National Trade Circulation Foundation, Inc. and American Business Press have developed a program to place interns in business circulation positions for the summer and at the beginning of each college semester. Publishing graduate students, English majors and honors program students interested in paid circulation internships are being recruited from Pace University's Master of Science in Publishing internship program, and made available for interviews with prospective member companies. Acceptance into the program requires faculty recommendations, a completed application, the submission of an essay, cover letter and resume and an interview with Pace's director of corporate outreach, Rochelle Evans. The summer internships, which begin June 1 and can last up to eight weeks, are full-time. The fall semester program starts September 9; typically, interns wi ll work a 15-week, 20-hour-per-week assignment.

In addition, the Fulfillment Management Association has launched a pilot program to integrate three, fully-paid interns into circulation/fulfillment positions within three sponsor publishing companies. Gruner Jhr and Martha Stewart Living are two participants. FMA is working with New York University to select graduate students. The 12-week internship will begin in late July. If the program is successful, FMA will expand it to publishers around the country next summer. For more information, call Renee Jordan at (203) 358-4317 for NTCIF and Stacy Ciaravella at (212) 499-1771 for FMA.