- Location: Washington , DC
- Salary Range: None
- Sector: Commercial
- Organization URL: http://www.southernpulse.com
- Experience: Internship
- Last Date To Apply Feb-1-2012
- Date Posted Nov-28-2011
Description
Southern Pulse is a growing information gathering and dissemination organization that uses field contacts and in country media sources to gather open source information on security, energy, politics, and business in Latin America.
The internship position(s) will focus you on a particular sub-region in Latin America - Cent Am, the Andes, the Southern Cone, etc. - and involve information gathering from local media sources in Spanish/Portuguese (usually online), producing concise news feeds or "pulses" via a weekly intel cycle, and contributing to other Southern Pulse content collection and preparation.
The position is conducted remotely and usually requires 10-15 hours/week; it is unpaid but provides experience in analyzing geopolitical events in Latin American, writing and editing, a chance to network within the Southern Pulse environment, as well as access to the Southern Pulse database and potential future opportunities with the company and Southern Pulse partner organizations.
Qualifications
Applicants should be focused on Latin America and be proficient in reading/translating Spanish-English; knowledge of Portuguese may help. This unpaid internship is for a period of at least three months, rolling application.
Contact Details
- Contact: Samuel Logan
- Telephone: N/A
- Email: editor@southernpulse.com
Application Instructions
Please send inquiries or a cover letter and resume to: editor@southernpulse.com
