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The main way to become a writer for New Scientist is through our internship scheme. It is advertised in the magazine and on our website at any time between November of the current year and January of the following year. The internships are based at our London office and last from 3-6 months. There is no guarantee of a job on the completion of your placement, but by the end you will have an excellent grounding in science journalism and an understanding of how New Scientist operates.
To qualify, you must be a graduate with a burning desire to be a science and technology journalist. Above all, New Scientist looks for people with a proven ability to write - you should ideally have some cuttings and if you have done some kind of postgraduate journalism course this is bonus. The advert in New Scientist gives full details of how to apply; please do not send in your application on spec until you have seen the advert as we do not keep CV's on file. Yes, this does mean that you will have to read the magazine regularly!
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Most of our feature articles are written either by researchers (who usually give first hand accounts of work in which they are involved) or by science journalists but we are open to anyone who can write in our style on topics which we find exciting. We don't encourage people to send in full-length material out of the blue because we will often not have time to read it. If you have a good idea for an article, you should send a short synopsis - no more than 400 words - by email to the features editor. And everyone is welcome to send letters for publication though you must include a postal address for your letter to be published.
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