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Editorial Internship at Estatics

Estatics is a student-run magazine dealing with technical and professional issues. Founded at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of public health, Georgia Southern University, Estatics conveys statistics in an inviting way. It covers subjects in disciplines that use statistics: public health, wellbeing, research etc. In Estatics, we make sense of numbers!

Duties:

Editorial intern, a non-paid position, will:

• Proofread copy for grammatical or spelling errors and factual inconsistencies
• Following author's approval, may rewrite manuscript to better fit Estatics’ editorial policy
• Discuss (with authors) possible changes to the copy
• Assist in choosing artwork to accompany articles
• Organize page layouts
• Corresponds with authors regarding articles that may be published
• Perform any other editorial duty that may be assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications:

English, Communication, Journalism, or Writing and Linguistics major
Strong writing skills evidenced by composition courses and other intensive writing courses. A course in technical and professional writing is a plus.
Knowledge of Adobe InDesign, or Adobe Illustrator, or Photoshop is a plus, but not required. However, intern should be willing to learn these programs.

Credit Hours:

This is an unpaid internship; however, the selected candidate may receive up to three (3) hours of credit (WRIT 4790) in each semester of the internship. Work schedule will be coordinated with the internship supervisor.  

Application Process: For further details and to apply, please contact Dr. Tim Giles: tgiles@georgiasouthern.edu