[Lasa] Latinamericacurrentevents.com open source intelligence internships

[crowdpub at mindspring.com]

Dear Members of the Ecuatorianistas list:

I received a good response to our latest announcement regarding our internships for the summer of 2011. There are still three openings to cover specific areas of Latin America. For any students who want to substantially improve their research skills and have an interest in open source intelligence will gain much from this internship. We are also accepting applications for fall 2011 and spring 2012. I will work with students and their institutions to help gain college credit for their work. I have posted the announcement below. Thank you for forwarding this on to interested candidates.

Latinamericacurrentevents.com is an open source news monitoring website that focuses entirely on Latin America. The site is an independent, unbiased, nonpartisan news reporting and news aggregation organization. What sets this aggregator apart from others is that it human edited.

Currently we are accepting applications for a select few nonpaid internships for the summer and fall of 2011, for foreign media news monitors. Successful candidates will be trained in this unique discipline and will have an opportunity to improve their language and research skills. Follows is a listing of some of the requirements and expectations.

1. Interns must have a strong desire to follow news and have an intense interest in Latin America.
2. Intermediate or higher Spanish or Portuguese speaking/reading/writing ability. Native speakers of Spanish or Portuguese are encouraged to apply. Oral and written exam will be given in Spanish and or Portuguese.   
3. Must be willing to commit to a minimum 3-4 month internship (longer is encouraged. 10-20 hours are required weekly(Some interns have opted for 40 hours a week during the summer). Work and instruction will be via remote service and some overnight work may be assigned. 
4. Must be detailed oriented and be able to translate from Spanish/Portugese to English in writing short succinct abstracts of news stories from a variety of sources including television and radio. Some interns will be required to call sources in Latin America for input as to stories.  
5. Interns will be required to learn Wordpress content management database.
6. Those with experience in Latin America will have priority consideration.
7. Min. undergraduate GPA 3.2 / Will be required to provide writing sample in English and Spanish or Portuguese. Writing skills must be above average.
8. Interns will be given particular areas to be monitored and will have significant supervision and direction.
9. Interns must have good judgement and maturity.
10. Must take direction in performing the mission of this news reporting agency.   

Anyone who desires more information and or would like to apply for this challenging position may contact:
Nicholas Crowder
crowdpub at mindspring.com
602-789-4159                    
http://www.latinamericacurrentevents.com