ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
INTERNSHIP INFORMATION
PROJECT CENSORED INTERNSHIPS
Fall 2006
Project Censored is a student-faculty media research project in it's
28th year of operation at Sonoma State University. We publish an annual
yearbook "Censored: The News That
Didn't Make the News." The Project needs student interns to help
with the Spring research cycle. 1-4 Internship Units can be earned through
Sociology, Communications Studies or other departments. Interns work from
45-180 volunteer hours during the semester on one of the following teams.
All positions have training components for students to learn duties required.
Applications for teams can be picked up from the Project Censored Office (Stevenson 2087) or by calling 664-2500, E-mail: censored@sonoma.edu
STORY MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Send articles to evaluators, follow-up on evaluators' rankings. Do data
base checks on selected censored stories, contact publications nationwide
for complementary subscriptions and hot stories. Search publications and
internet for important censored news stories, select two important censored
stories each week for national distribution through our listserv.
BROADCAST PRODUCTION TEAM:
Plan, research, and present Project Censored segments for on-air video
productions Tuesday evenings at Santa Rosa cable access studio. Write
and present scripts for video-magazine-style production. Edit and research
video clips and segments. Includes arranging and taping interviews and
becoming familiar with studio equipment and procedure.
PUBLICITY & PUBLIC SPEAKING TEAM:
Train to do public presentations on Project Censored. Contact Radio Stations,
Colleges, High Schools, and book stores in the Bay Area for speaking engagements
and radio interviews. Also plan and attend events arranging placement
and sale of books and publicity materials.
WEB MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT TEAM:
Do web site postings, development and research. Expand international linkages
to Project Censored web site. Conduct Project Censored internet outreach.
WRITING TEAM:
Research and write for publication in Censored 2004 yearbook. Research
and report updates on past top Censored news stories for the Déjà
vu chapter, or compile and report the "infotainment" stories
of the year that kept the public entertained, distracted, and uninformed
for the Junk Food News chapter. Update resource guide. Involves research,
interviewing, writing, and editing.
GRANT WRITING