Time Out Beijing: LUCE China – Beijing December 5, 2007
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Time Out Beijing
LUCE China – Beijing
Organization Description:
Time Out is an arts and culture listings magazine founded in London, UK nearly 40 years ago. With magazines now in over 25 countries around the world, Time Out is known as being a city’s essential listing guide. Time Out previews, reviews and critiques the arts from fine art, books, film, music, classical and opera and performance to reviewing and discussing food and drink, nightlife, fashion and sports. The magazine is a comprehensive guide to what is happening in a city.
Time Out’s purpose is to dig below the surface of a city and discover the people that live in, and inform readers about things that occur in the city and the hot topics of the month.
Time Out Beijing has been published for three years and is now a leader in the market. It is published in both English and Chinese in Beijing and Chinese in Shanghai. Time Out organizes some of the largest cultural events in the city, from music festivals to art fairs and is an active part of the contemporary cultural community.
Internship Description:
The internship is a researcher and reporter position working within the publishing industry at Time Out. During the course of the internship the intern will develop a broad understanding of publishing will be given from editorial, sales, marketing, distribution and circulation perspectives. The focus of the internship will be editorial, the intern will help senior editors with research, interviews, fact checking and writing news and featured articles. The intern can focus on one specific section of the magazine such as music or food, fashion or news depending on their interest but will also work across the title on several sections.
The intern will be given a mentor from the senior editorial staff who will be able to assist and guide them. The intern will be expected to attend weekly editorial meetings, be in the office from 10am-6pm Monday-Friday, unless they are at an interview press conference or with their mentor on a story. The program should give the intern a clearer understanding of publishing and journalism. It should give the intern a clear idea of what a news story or feature story is and how to construct it. Although the intern may attend with their mentor some fashion parties or interviews with film stars, it will also show that entertainment journalism also involves long hours and tight deadlines. The intern will aim to get at least one article published with their name in print in the magazine.
Ideal Internship Qualification:
| Logistical: Any knowledge of Mandarin Chinese language either written or spoken an advantage. Strong oral communication skills. Quick thinking and able to work to tight deadlines. Strong written skills and an ability to write with accuracy and flair. Attention to detail and ability to fact check accurately. Understanding of China and the social history. |
Personality: Should be open minded and patient with others. Should be able to have strong powers of persuasion to gain information or permissions Should be outgoing and lively Should be social and affable. Should be calm under pressure Able to work with a team and share and delegate work. |
Magazine work is a lot of work. Before starting a new issue, the editors and section writers first hold a meeting. In this meeting, they throw out ideas, decide on a theme for the magazine, and see what preliminary research needs to be done. I am proud to say that I became more and more involved as time went on, and even provided a section editor with an article to write (which he did write) when he was stumped! After the meeting, each person starts doing research. In actuality, this meant a lot more googling that I thought. The internet has really changed the way in which journalism happens, because so much information is on the internet in variously ordered forms. In doing research I also called organizations, and did fieldwork. One of the first articles I got published was a shop review. I went to the store, tried to inconspicuously take notes, and wrote up a feisty review. I also went to a bunch of dance lessons, evaluated them and typed up the Visitor’s Corner – a section devoted to fun things visitors to Beijing can do.
Joy
Class of 2009