Broad Media is currently growing its editorial team. The company has announced paid journalism internship opportunities for graduates who want to work in digital media.
These positions offer great opportunities for graduates looking to enter the digital media space. Interested candidates can apply now to join the expanding team.
What this means for SA job seekers
. Target digital media roles if you are a recent graduate. If you have a qualification in journalism, media studies, or English, look specifically for digital publishers that are actively expanding their editorial teams to get your foot in the door.
. Tailor your CV to highlight digital writing skills. When applying for digital media internships, ensure your resume showcases your ability to write clean, engaging online content and your familiarity with digital platforms and social media.
. Prepare a portfolio of your writing samples. Before submitting your application, gather your best articles, essays, or blog posts to demonstrate your writing capability and readiness for a fast-paced editorial environment.
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Source: BusinessTech
What a media internship is really assessing
Paid internships in media are competitive out of all proportion to their number, and they are almost never assessed on your qualification. Panels look at three things: whether you have published anything, whether you can write to length and to deadline, and whether you have an area you visibly care about. A degree is the entry ticket; the portfolio is the differentiator.
That is good news if you are applying from outside a journalism programme, and a warning if you are relying on academic marks alone.
Building a portfolio when nobody has hired you yet
You do not need a newsroom to produce clips. What matters is that the work exists somewhere a panel can read it, and that it demonstrates range:
- Two or three reported pieces with named sources — a student paper, a community publication, a blog or a newsletter all count. Sourcing is the skill they are testing.
- One piece of data or document work — something pulled from a public report, an annual report, a budget or a court record, with the numbers checked.
- One piece with a genuine structure — a profile or a long read that shows you can organise more than 400 words.
Put them behind a single clean link. A scattered folder of attachments is the single most common own-goal in media applications.
Where the work leads
Internships convert because they let an editor see the one thing a CV cannot show: whether you can be edited. Candidates who take feedback, hit deadlines without chasing, and pitch their own ideas are the ones who get offered contracts at the end. Treat the placement as a three-month interview rather than a line on your CV.
If you do not get this one, the same portfolio gets you into the next round — and into adjacent work in content marketing, communications, research and public relations, which hire on exactly the same evidence.
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