SpecialEdConnection Summer Internship Opportunity – PAID

• May 28-August 7, 2024 (excluding June 19 and July 4-5); start/end dates can be adjusted as needed
• Work within regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with lunch break (REMOTE)

SpecialEdConnection.com, a product of LRP Media Group (lrp.com), is a subscription-based website that helps public school districts and special educators stay in compliance with federal special education law. This unique online resource delivers best-practice articles, model policies, staff training tools, state-specific data, and more. It’s the only resource special education directors and other administrators need to gain clarity on their legal requirements.

What you’ll do:

• Learn about federal special education laws
• Learn about court cases involving special education
• Identify potential story ideas and legal compliance angles
• Generate interview questions
• Write headlines and story teasers/blurbs
• Outreach to sources (special educators or special ed attorneys) and schedule interviews
• Shadow Special Ed Connection writers and editors conducting interviews
• Contribute quotes to articles
• Edit and revise your work
• Write full bylined articles

How you’ll benefit:

• Build great clips to add to your portfolio
• Strengthen your skills and experience as a journalist
• Learn about topics of critical importance to students with disabilities
• Learn about professional roles within a major media company serving a unique niche of subscribers

Desired experience and skills:

• Undergraduate communications/journalism major entering junior or senior year
• Experience as reporter for campus or other news publication (including at least one bylined work sample of a digital and/or print article)
• Familiar with how to do outreach to secure sources, interview sources, and write features articles
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Persistence and ability to take initiative
• Willingness to gain expertise in new topics
• Ability to apply feedback to improve work

LRP is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran status.