Atlantic Media Company Internships

Atlantic Media in Brief:

Atlantic Media is a 300-person magazine, news service and website publishing house in the Watergate, Washington, DC. Our flagship magazine, The Atlantic, was founded in 1857 as the nation's serious literary and political publication. Its website today, utterly un-1857, is among the nation's largest and fastest-growing magazine web publications.

Our writers, over time, have included: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Robert Frost, John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, Harry S. Truman, Virginia Woolf, John F. Kennedy, John Updike and V.S. Naipaul. Our writers today include: James Fallows, Andrew Sullivan, Jeffrey Goldberg, Ronald Brownstein, Sandra Tsing Loh, Clive Crook, Robert Kaplan, Mark Bowden, Caitlin Flanagan, Jonathan Rauch, Megan McArdle, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Stuart Taylor.

Our Principal Publications:

The Atlantic

·National magazine on policy, politics, global affairs, literature and culture. Magazine read by 1.5 million (highly-educated) Americans; website enjoys 8.3 million visits per month.

The National Journal

·Nonpartisan weekly magazine published for the White House, Congress, national media and the larger Washington community. Website, operating behind (an expensive) pay wall, serves highest-ranking officials and executives in Washington.

National Journal Daily

·Comprehensive news service covering all major legislative developments on Capitol Hill.

Government Executive

·Policy and management magazine published for top 80 senior officials in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Website now enjoys 750,000 visits per month.

The Hotline

·Web-based news service (obsessively) covering politics, politicians, opinion polls and election races across the U.S.

The Internship in Brief: Basic Elements

Due to our year-long Fellowship program, Atlantic Media does not participate in a formalized summer internship program. If summer opportunities do become available, we will post the description under the Current Opportunities section of our website. Thank you for your interest.

·Marketing and Ad sales

·Events

·PR and communications

·Operations

·Client services

·Corporate Research

Attributes of all successful candidates will include:

· Strong oral and written communication skills

·Superior organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

·A spirit of generosity, strong service ethic, superior grace under pressure

·Confidentiality with sensitive material and communication

·Comfort level with ambiguity and urgency

·Resourcefulness and ability to work proactively and independently

·Willingness to get the job done at all costs (including administrative tasks)

To apply for an internship, please see our Current Opportunities.