Aram Zucker-Scharff

The Washington Post To Create WPNYC, a New York-Based Design and Development Office:

The Washington Post is building a NYC-based Tech/Design unit. Why? No apparent good reason. 

Speculation: Either they’re planning on expanding their Markets/Business (difficult) or NYC (near-impossible) coverage or they’re planning to roll out web- or mobile-based tools as stand-alone products (or a product line) and are finding the ‘start-up community’ insufficient in the DC area to support, staff and publicize such an endeavor.

There is an additional alternative, but one I think truly unlikely, that they simply can’t find the quantity and quality of tech/design staff they need in the DC Metro Area. By my knowledge, this is impossible. The people are all there, the only difference I can think of is that tech people get paid less in NYC than DC, and that’s why I’m maintaining this as a remote possibility. 

WaPo has been increasingly becoming a local paper and political focus-publication. There’s unlikely to be a space in the market or industry for it to turn that around. So what’s the reasoning behind this?

NOTE: They aren’t moving into a new office, apparently they still are in the Slate office, thus this makes a whole lot more sense. Via.

EDIT: I’d forgotten that Trove is not part of the Bezos owned WaPo.

PSLA is looking for Remote Interns. Accepting applications until October 23.:

P.S. Literary Agency (PSLA) is accepting applications for internships. The two positions—Digital and Social Media Intern and Editorial Intern—should want to gain experience at an agency, have a flexible schedule, be able to devote 20 hours a week, and be comfortable working remotely.

“The Web is your CV and social networks are your references.” – The New Résumé: It’s 140 Characters  (via courtenaybird)
FJP: Exactly, and speaking of which, we have summer internships available.
(via futurejournalismproject)

UPWORTHY: We’re hiring, like, a lot of people.: upworthyinsider:

We’re expanding our editorial team in a number of directions at once, and we’re looking for multi-talented, politically-attuned, self-driven social media natives to help us figure o…