The Outpost in the ‘Burbs, the awesomely cool acoustic music series in Montclair, is looking for a volunteer part-time PR person.

The candidate will write press releases and other promotional materials and distribute them to an established list of media contacts. They will also co-ordinate interviews with artists, implement social media strategies, and generally brainstorm ways to attract more people to this great non-profit weekend concert series.
For more information, contact Outpost board member Al Mercuro at 212-647-7620 or amercuro@skylinegenesis.com.

The Book Doctors, authors of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Workman, 2010), and creators of Pitchapalooza, are looking for writers with skills. In exchange for helping us with running our business, we will work with you, and show you the step-by-step process of making your writing better, explaining what’s great about it, and helping you connect with the audience it deserves. We’ve helped everyone from Timothy Ferris to Genn Albin get six-figure book deals. www.thebookdoctors.com, sterryhead@gmail.com

MEWSie HEDI MOLNAR writes:

Daily newspaper has opening for part-time Production/Copyeditor.

Days:  Mondays and Fridays from 1 pm to 8 pm.

Also, openings for Interns (paid) full-time for 9 months.

Interns should have writing/reporting skills and be able to take photos to accompany stories.

Contact:  Margaret Schmidt, Managing Editor, The Jersey Journal
mschmidt@jjournal.com or call:  201 – 217 – 2480

Women’s Voices For Change, a nonprofit organization devoted to redefining life after 40 for women, is searching for an intern to assist the editor-in-chief of its website in expanding its social media presence and helping with the production of content. Must be proficient on a computer, be experienced with FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media outlets, have some experience with a content management system (preferably WordPress), and be organized and detail-oriented. Unpaid, but a great opportunity to gain experience managing social media and learning the blogging format and to get a recommendation. Hours negotiable; office located in Montclair.  Email maura_rhodes@womensvoicesforchange.org with INTERN in the subject line.

Barista Kids, a local parenting website that offers news, event information, resources and discussion, is searching for an outgoing intern to serve as editorial assistant. Intern will be responsible for updating the events calendar listings online and may pitch ideas for posts for the page. Great opportunity to learn the blogging format. Must be proficient on a computer, know a little bit about CMS and be organized and detail oriented. Must be able to commit to at least 6 months of work. Required work will take 3 to 4 hours a week on your own time. Unpaid but chance to work with seasoned, longtime journalists and get a recommendation if desired. Email georgette@baristakids.com with INTERN in the subject line.

IndieReader (www.indiereader.com), the essential guide to self-published books and the people who write them, is looking for an (unpaid) intern to help with PR/marketing-related tasks in conjunction with IR’s new “Discovery Awards”. Further info about the Awards can be found on IR’s website.

Please contact Amy at amy@indiereader.com for further info.

Baristanet is looking for reporters available evening hours to cover meetings. We also seek rising high school seniors and college students for internships doing a variety of things.

Please write to erika@baristanet.com.

Barista Kids, a local parenting website that offers news, event information, resources and discussion, is searching for an outgoing intern to serve as editorial assistant. Intern will be responsible for updating the events listings online; maintaining our Facebook Page; and may pitch ideas for posts for the page. Great opportunity to learn the blogging format. Must be proficient on a computer, know a little bit about CMS and be organized and detail oriented. Must be able to commit to at least 6 months of work. Required work will take 3 to 4 hours a week on your own time. Unpaid but chance to work with seasoned, longtime journalists and get a recommendation if desired. Email georgette@baristakids.com with INTERN in the subject line.

Nameberry, a large international website on baby names created by MEWSie PAM SATRAN, is seeking an intern to work with us for 3 to 5 flexible hours a week, from your own home, on a range of projects from researching names to writing blogs to building our social media presence and much more.  Great opportunity for a student looking to develop web skills in preparation for entering the job market or a seasoned professional who needs to retool his or her career for the digital marketplace.  Apply to pam@nameberry.com.

MEWS founder PAM SATRAN is looking for a part-time intern to work on her website nameberry, based on the ten best-selling baby name books she coauthored.  We’re looking for someone to work independently, at home on your own schedule, roughly five hours a week, doing everything from researching and writing blog posts to managing our social media to handling publicity to developing the site and monitoring our message boards.  No pay but we will help you get college credit and this is a great opportunity to learn everything about creating and managing an editorial website.  Our ideal person doesn’t need web experience but should write well, be disciplined and self-motivated, be both independent and willing to take on a broad range of responsibilities.

Nameberry is two years old, attracts 20,000 visitors a day, and is featured regularly in UsWeekly and The Daily Beast.  Have a look at the site and then email pam@nameberry.com and let us know why this internship would be right for you.