What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer 2025 Editorial Intern, Advice position at Slate Magazine?
About The Role
Slate is looking for a summer editorial intern for its Advice section. This internship is suited for someone who wants hands-on experience working at a fast-paced online magazine and who wants to pursue a career in editing. You’ll help support Slate’s flagship columns—Dear Prudence, Care and Feeding, Pay Dirt, How to Do It, and Good Job—and embed in a team focused on all things Slate Advice.
This internship will run for 90 days, starting in May or June depending on the candidate’s availability. The position is based in Slate’s Brooklyn office but remote candidates will be considered.
The internship pays minimum wage in your location or $16 an hour, whichever is greater. The deadline to apply is March 20.
Requirements
Candidates must be organized and detail-oriented, have a proven interest in editorial work, and be familiar with Slate’s advice columns. They must be able to work efficiently and without much supervision, but also be enthusiastic about contributing to a team. This is not a podcasting position. To apply, please send a brief cover letter explaining why you’d excel in this role, and a résumé.
Responsibilities
Slate, founded in 1996, is a daily online magazine and podcast network that helped invent the voice of the web. Our strong editorial voice and witty take on current events & culture have been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. Our podcast network, established in 2005, produces more than 20 podcasts, including Slow Burn, What Next, Decoder Ring, ICYMI, and more.
Slate is an affiliate of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE:GHC). GHC is a diversified holding company whose operations include educational services; home health and hospice care; television broadcasting, online, print, and local TV news; automotive dealerships; manufacturing; hospitality; and consumer internet companies.
Slate is an affiliate of Graham Holdings. Read the Graham Holdings Company California Worker Privacy Statement here.
The internship pays minimum wage in your location or $16 an hour, whichever is greater.
Slate is looking for a summer editorial intern for its Advice section. This internship is suited for someone who wants hands-on experience working at a fast-paced online magazine and who wants to pursue a career in editing. You’ll help support Slate’s flagship columns—Dear Prudence, Care and Feeding, Pay Dirt, How to Do It, and Good Job—and embed in a team focused on all things Slate Advice.
This internship will run for 90 days, starting in May or June depending on the candidate’s availability. The position is based in Slate’s Brooklyn office but remote candidates will be considered.
The internship pays minimum wage in your location or $16 an hour, whichever is greater. The deadline to apply is March 20.
Requirements
Candidates must be organized and detail-oriented, have a proven interest in editorial work, and be familiar with Slate’s advice columns. They must be able to work efficiently and without much supervision, but also be enthusiastic about contributing to a team. This is not a podcasting position. To apply, please send a brief cover letter explaining why you’d excel in this role, and a résumé.
Responsibilities
- Assisting with creating columns in our content management system
- Organizing our question inboxes and assisting with question selection
- Selecting letters from the Dear Prudence archives to recirculate
- Contributing to our deliberations on headlines and lead letters
- Editing 1–2 columns per week
Slate, founded in 1996, is a daily online magazine and podcast network that helped invent the voice of the web. Our strong editorial voice and witty take on current events & culture have been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. Our podcast network, established in 2005, produces more than 20 podcasts, including Slow Burn, What Next, Decoder Ring, ICYMI, and more.
Slate is an affiliate of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE:GHC). GHC is a diversified holding company whose operations include educational services; home health and hospice care; television broadcasting, online, print, and local TV news; automotive dealerships; manufacturing; hospitality; and consumer internet companies.
Slate is an affiliate of Graham Holdings. Read the Graham Holdings Company California Worker Privacy Statement here.
The internship pays minimum wage in your location or $16 an hour, whichever is greater.
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