Discover Magazine Internship
Interviewer: Joe Treen, Editor at Large
Intern duties: Discover offers an approximately four-month, full-time, paid ($10/hour) internship. We hire only one intern for each four-month period. Candidates must be college graduates with a strong grounding in science. We particularly seek candidates who are enrolled in or who have completed an advanced degree science-writing program. Duties include researching and fact checking features and departments; tracking down story ideas for our news section; reporting and writing short news items for the magazine and the Web site. Deadline for the next (May 2004) term is March 15.
Rough Internship Schedule: Actual dates vary according to the schedules of outgoing and incoming interns. Summer internship: May 15, 2004 through September 1, 2004 deadline: March 15; decision: March 31)l Fall internship: September 1, 2004 through January 1, 2005 (deadline: July 15; decision: July 31)

Science Magazine
Interviewer: Eliot Marshall, senior correspondent
Intern duties: Interns work as regular reporters on Science's news staff for 6 months; their work is published by the daily news web page, ScienceNow, and in the news section of the weekly magazine.
Minimum qualifications: College graduate, writing experience
Salary: Full-time temporary position, competitive pay but no health benefits
Dates: January - June or July - December
Details:Science is published weekly; ScienceNow is published 5 days a week.

Science Editor
(the periodical of the Council of Science Editors)
Interviewer: Barbara Gastel, Editor, Science Editor and associate professor of journalism, medical humanities, and biotechnology at Texas A&M University
Intern duties:The intern serves as staff writer for Science Editor, a bimonthly magazine/journal mainly for editors working in scholarly scientific publication. The intern also has opportunities to take part in editorial tasks and to observe the workings of the publication
Minimum qualifications: Candidates must have excellent information-gathering and writing skills. They also should have some science background and some understanding of the workings of scientific research and publication.
Salary: The salary for this 20-hour-per-week internship is $1050/month for master's degree students. For interns not at the master's level, the salary is adjusted accordingly.
Dates of internship: Internships normally are available for the fall semester, spring semester, and summer term. Specific dates are flexible. An intern for summer 2004 semester has been chosen, but interns for the 2004-2005 school year are being sought.
Details about your publication or news office: This internship is located at Texas A&M University. Because the internship normally is 20 hours per week, interns can concurrently pursue other activities, such as taking courses or working on a thesis. Sites employing recent Science Editor interns include the American Society for Microbiology, Chemical & Engineering News, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,and Texas A&M University Press.

Argonne National Laboratory
Interviewers: Catherine Foster, Manager, Media Relations
Intern duties: Participants will work at least ten 40-hour weeks on science news and feature stories and magazine articles for the Argonne News, Frontiers and logos, as well as related news releases and media contacts. These internships require a strong background in journalism and an interest in science. The working environment is collegial, creative and collaborative. Argonne's Office of Public Affairs has six full-time professional journalist/writers who work with our interns.
Minimum qualifications: Participants must be full-time students at an accredited college or university and must have a strong interest in science-related journalism
Salary: $400/week
Dates of internship:Internships available quarterly
Details about your publication or news office: Argonne's Office of Public Affairs has six full-time professional journalist/writers who work with our interns. Argonne National Laboratory has more than 200 research programs in basic and applied science, including mathematics and computer science, biology, environmental research, materials science, physics, chemistry, energy research, and advanced nuclear reactor technology. Argonne's Illinois site is located on a wooded, 1,500-acre campus near Chicago.
More internship details are available online.

The Harvard Medical School Internship in Science Writing
Interviewer: Robert Neal, Director of Publications
Brief description of intern duties: The program is writing intensive. Primary responsibilities include planning, researching, and writing research briefs and features for Focus, the Medical School's faculty newsletter, which is sent to 16,000 faculty and staff at the school and its 18 affiliated institutions.
Minimum qualifications: A bachelor's degree, educational background in science, and demonstrated writing skill. Good clips are important.
Salary: $10.00/hour
Dates of internship: There are three internships during the year, one in the fall, from Sept. through Dec.; winter/spring, from Jan. through May; and summer, from June through Aug.
Details about Public Affairs Office: Public Affairs is divided between publications and media relations. The publications side has a director/editor, production manager, editorial assistant, and three science writers. The intern is an integral part of this editorial group.

Science News
Interviewer: Julie Miller, Editor
Brief description of intern duties: Work as full-time science writer at weekly magazine.
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in science or journalism.
Salary: $1,800 per month
Dates of internship: 3-to-4 month period during May through August (Spring and Fall internships also available)
Details about your publication or news office: A weekly science magazine for a general readership. Located in Washington, D.C.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Interviewer: Kurt Riesselmann, Public Information Officer
Brief description of intern duties: Writing for daily e-zine and monthly magazine, help with tasks in Public Affairs Office.
Minimum qualifications: B.S./B.A., proof of writing skills
Salary: $500 weekly or higher, depending on degree; appointments are 3 to 6 months
Dates of internship: next available term: September 2004 (flexible starting date)
Details about your publication or news office: 5 staff members, frequent national media coverage

Popular Science
Interviewer: Dawn Stover, Science Editor
Intern duties: Research/reporting/factchecking: Interns get a lot of hands-on research and reporting experience, such as making phone calls to sources, attending press conferences, and obtaining and evaluating products for review.
* Editorial Support: Interns are an important part of the staff team and pitch in to assist editors and readers. You will not sit around waiting for something to do.
* Writing/Editing: Depending on their skills and enthusiasm, interns may have the opportunity to write items for the website, and the FYI, Headlines, What's New and How2.0 sections of the magazine.
* Interns' names are listed our masthead
Minimum qualifications:College degree, writing experience, and demonstrated interest in science and technology. Ideally the candidate has been published elsewhere (college publication, academic journal, etc.)
Salary:$100/week
Dates of internship:May/June through end of August. Exact dates are flexible.
Details about your publication or news office: Popular Science is the world's largest science and technology magazine, with a circulation of approximately 1.5 million. The magazine is owned by Time4 Media, a subsidiary of Time Inc. (part of Time Warner). The office dress is neat but fairly casual> -> no suits needed but no ratty jeans either (in case you have to attend a press conference). Also, unless deadlines require otherwise, we will be working summer hours during the internship period: 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays. With its small but tightly knit staff, Popular Science offers a fast-paced, hands-on experience. Interns have an opportunity to explore many topics, and to become immersed in the daily intricacies of the editorial process. At the outset of the internship, the intern is introduced to the overall editorial system at Popular Science. After that, he or she is invited to jump in and proceed with various projects. Our interns have an opportunity to write for the magazine, and almost always receive bylines.

American Physical Society
Interviewer: David Ehrenstein, Focus Editor
Brief description of intern duties: Write for the Physical Review Focus web site, which describes physics research published in APS journals. Assist with selection of worthy journal articles and with Web and e-mail list maintenance.
Minimum qualifications: Undergraduate physics coursework, BA/BS in physics preferred.
Salary: $12/hr
Dates of internship: June or July through December 2004
Details about your publication or news office: The Focus audience includes physicists, physics students, and science writers. The stories mostly cover papers from _Physical Review Letters_, the world's most prestigious physics journal.

Journal of Young Investigators
Name of interviewer: Mitch Lunn, Director of Public Relations
Brief description of intern duties: JYI Science Journalists actively participate in a writing-intensive immersion program designed to create effective science writing for the general public. Students in the program compose a diverse array of articles on topics from science policy to recent discoveries. To complement their writing experience, the undergraduates also edit news and feature > articles written by other students in the program. Professional science writers -- from places such as The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Journal of the American Medical Association -- serve as mentors to these undergraduate science journalists by reviewing rticles and providing detailed, constructive feedback. Under the guidance of their mentors, JYI undergraduate science writers are required to review articles written by other students. The combined experience of writing and reviewing non-technical science writing prepares students for careers in science writing and as future contributors to a scientifically-literate public.
Minimum qualifications: Undergraduate college student with a strong interest in science journalism
Salary: None - valuable volunteer and learning opportunity
Dates of internship: Flexible
Details about your publication or news office: The Journal of Young Investigators (JYI), Incorporated, is an independent, not-for-profit, peer-reviewed, online science journal. JYI is managed entirely by and for undergraduate students from across the United States and abroad. Recognizing the importance of science communication among scientists and with the general public, JYI believes that training in effective communication should be integral to science education. As the first national, hands-on attempt to provide such training for undergraduates, JYI is dedicated to only publishing only undergraduate research and science feature articles and involving undergraduates in every step of the writing, editing, and peer-review processes.