#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – how to write an internship covering letter
May 14th, 2012Posted by Sarah Marshall in Top tips for journalists
Freelance journalist Chris Goodfellow has shared a covering letter he wrote which successfully landed him an internship at the Financial Times.
Writing on Media Spank Goodfellow states:
When applying for internships I found plenty of articles explaining how to write cover letters, but very few examples of actual applications. These are not the best four paragraphs I’ve ever penned (in fact I winced a little when I read them back this morning), but it did the trick and hopefully you’ll find it useful.
The four paragraphs are at this link.
