Intern and volunteering opportunities for mongabay.com
As mongabay.com expands, help is needed with various aspects of the site. This page will detail some areas where assistance would be appreciated. It will be updated as roles are defined and needs are identified.
SUMMER 2009 - updated 24 Feb 2009
Sales/marketing intern: mongabay is seeking a sales intern to help develop relationships with ecologically-minded entities interested in advertising on the site. The role is part-time and can be done from home. Please contact me (Rhett Butler) for details.
Writing intern: mongabay is seeking qualified writers to contribute articles on conservation and environmental issues (Submission guidelines). Please contact me (Rhett Butler) for details.
Grant-writing intern: Please contact me (Rhett Butler) for details.
TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO OTHER LANGUAGES
mongabay seeks to reach the largest number of people possible with the message that rainforests are important ecosystems that should be treasured. As such, mongabay hopes to expand certain sections of the site [mostly kids.mongabay.com, rainforests.mongabay.com, and some articles from news.mongabay.com] into non-English languages. Translators will be credited for their work and can have a "bio" page (for example: Jiang Chun, Sarah Stosno, and Jeremy Hance). This may be helpful for resume-building as well as finding professional translation work. For news articles, mongabay is looking for word-for-word translation OR summarization, where only the key points are included (i.e. shorter than the original document).
German: various articles from news.mongabay.com
Spanish: various articles from news.mongabay.com
Brazilian Portuguese: various articles from news.mongabay.com
French: various articles from news.mongabay.com
Japanese: various articles from news.mongabay.com
Chinese-Simplified: various articles from news.mongabay.com
MONGABAY.COM
Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development (more)
