BostonBruins.com Internship

The BostonBruins.com Internship is a position that works with the Bruins Content Manager at BostonBruins.com, within the Bruins Communications Department. Interns will gain experience working on the Public Relations side of sports writing. Essential duties are as follows:

• Authoring game stories, news stories and feature stories for BostonBruins.com and the Bruins Gameday Program.
• Acting as a producer during the in-game live blogs. This includes watching away games on NESN to help with the production of the in-game live blogs.
• Recording interviews on a mini-camera for use on the Boston Bruins TV website as well as distribution to local television stations.
• Transcribing coach and player interviews for distribution to local media.
• Assisting the Communications staff in gameday media operations during Boston Bruins home games.
• Other duties as assigned.

This is a writing-intensive position as prospective candidates will publish stories on the Boston Bruins website and should possess strong writing backgrounds. Candidates must be organized, responsible, punctual and have flexible schedules to work some nights and all Bruins home games during the time of the internship. This internship is required to work all home games at TD Garden. Strongly prefer those candidates with more availability and those that are located in Boston until the end of June 2010.

Please send three clips of your best work either by email or hard copy.

We accept resumes on a rolling basis. Please specify which internship you are applying for in your cover letter (spring, summer, fall). The schedule is as follows:

• January-May (spring, application deadline 12/1)
• May-August (summer, application deadline 3/1)
• September-December (fall, application deadline 8/1)

Interested candidates should mail (please do not fax or email) a resume and cover letter to:

Caryn Switaj
Web Content Manager
Boston Bruins
100 Legends Way
Boston, MA 02114

All Bruins Communications Internships are for college credit only and are unpaid.