Malaysiakini Internship
Description:
Launched on November 20th, 1999, Malaysiakini.com offers daily news and views in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil, delivering over 40 million page views and 1 million hours of reading time to over 2 million absolute unique visitors. As of July 2008, Malaysiakini became the most read news website and the most popular Malaysian website. Malaysiakini’s editorial position is built on fast, accurate and independent news, and well informed and diverse views. Malaysiakini’s Letters section has generated active participation from readers of all races and religions and of various ideological backgrounds, creating an open and well-informed arena of public debate unseen in Malaysia since the 1960s. Discussion on taboo subjects such as migrant workers, AIDS, Islam and racial quota systems has generated a new understanding on these issues. Our editorial position is consistently supportive of justice, human rights, democracy, freedom of speech and good governance.
Requirement:
The intern will be assigned among others; to develop an online newsletter and will be involved in the newsletter planning, execution and effectiveness assessment. During the internship period, the students will be exposed to these areas:
- Online Editing
- Article Writing
- Managing the Joomla Content Management System
Candidate must possess or currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma, Professional Degree, Master's Degree or Doctorate (PhD) in Art/Design/Creative Multimedia, Mass Communications, Advertising/Media, Humanities/Liberal Arts, Linguistics/Languages or equivalent.
- Required skill(s): English Writing
- Preferred skill(s): Photoshop, Joomla
- Required language(s): English
- Applicants must be willing to work in Bangsar
- Applicants should be Malaysian citizens or hold relevant residence status
- Internship duration of 3 month(s)
How to apply:
Students is encouraged to submit their application form and CV via their respective school and you can download the internship application form here.
Posted on 25th February 2013