WE ARE seeking an intern to write about foreign affairs for The Economist. The internship will be London-based and will pay £2,000 per month. Anyone is welcome to apply.
The aim of the internship scheme is to find and train futurejournalists. Previous experience is not necessary. Rather, we are looking for raw talent. Candidates should have a boundless curiosity about the world and the ability to write about it concisely, wittily and with analytical rigour.The original article you send us is the most important part of the application. We will read it blind . If what you write is not exceptionally good, we will not look at your CV.
“Aspiring coffee-fetchers need not apply for the Economist’s foreign internship, which in six short months had me crisscrossing Puerto Rico to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, rushing to publish a leaked recording that appeared to reveal Honduras’s ruling party planning to rig an election, and arguing with grizzled editors about the nuances of my cover story on murder in Latin America.
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