Joshua Whitted is the current Associate Publisher, and a tremendous writer at FishDuck.
Media Management Internship
Are you looking to learn about how to manage the content at a media source or major website? We have openings for those of all ages who can lend expertise from their years of experience, or for students who want experience in managing the content schedule, working with writer issues, and making decisions about upcoming articles and content on the site. The Associate Publisher position is available in the future and you may work up to that position as you gain familiarity with daily on-goings of the usual business of a site in the Top 1% in the World for pages read on a monthly basis among all active websites globally.
This is a volunteer position that is typically 15+ hours a week and will be media management experience for the resume’ that students rarely get the opportunity to have.
This is a position of enormous learning between the media technology and the close work of teaching and working with writers and editors. You will first be writing and then doing some editing in order to have that full experience to rely upon when managing others later. You will learn how to manage and maintain the quality of articles and be responsible for their proper publishing six days a week.
This is a twelve month commitment that begins in late summer, as you are being taught by the current Associate Publisher for three months, manage the position for six months, and then mentor the next Associate Publisher your final three months. You’ll be ready to run a publishing company when done!
Bob Rodes is one of the superb editors that you will learn from…
You can now apply for upper division School Credit at the University of Oregon for your time spent on this project due to the close alliance of FishDuck.com with the university in providing students opportunities for improving their resume’ along with job skills to help them get hired.
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“My experience at FishDuck.com has greatly expanded my opportunities in the sports journalism industry. With the reputation FishDuck has earned with the biggest media outlets, promoting my work was easy, and directly led to me other internships and writing jobs.” —Josh Schlichter, Former UO Student
For the Non-Students and Retired? Mr. FishDuck could use some expertise and help of those who have management experience, and are willing to learn Content Management. For those experienced in the field? We could benefit learning from you as the students would. Join us for three to five hours a week!
FAQs of Internships/Volunteer positions at FishDuck.com
How to Apply: For more information about the opportunities at FishDuck, please email Charles Fischer at charles@fishduck.com or call 541-915-4541. To apply, email a cover letter and resume indicating which position(s) you are applying for. Please highlight relevant experience (watching sports counts!) and include contact information for at least two professional references. Applicants for this position should also submit two writing samples such as term papers, or it may be informal, such as personal blog entries.
FishDuck is a hot fast-growing Oregon Duck football site with more than 25 volunteers helping with Writing, Editing, Photography, Research, and the Social Media aspects of the site and serving visitors from more than 50 countries who read our articles.
We seek to educate and entertain our readers with Football Analysis, Op-Ed articles, Recruiting, Player Profiles, History, and even Humor. We have been interviewed and cited/quoted as a source by the Wall Street Journal, and twice have been featured in prominent articles in the Online Sports Section of The Washington Post as our football instructional videos have been viewed more than a Million times by fans and coaches.
FishDuck has even been accredited by Google News as an official Oregon Sports news source, and we are UO Media Credentialed, sitting on Press Row in the Autzen Stadium Press Box and in the Matthew Knight Basketball Arena.