Student Writer for Annual Meeting eNews Daily

Writer for the INFORMS Annual Meeting Daily E-News: November 13-16, 2011.

INFORMS seeks 3 OR/MS students or graduates to cover on-site the sessions, events, and breaking news during the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting to be held in Charlotte, NC, November 13-16, 2011. The writer is expected to produce content for a daily electronic newsletter throughout the duration of the 4-day meeting. The writer may have experience regularly publishing news articles in professional or collegiate news outlets or equivalent experience.

Qualifications:

• Current or recent enrollment in a college-level OR/MS program and/or equivalent experience is required
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
• Laptop with wireless capabilities is required
• Experience with digital photography and ownership of a digital camera is required
• Must be able to attend the conference all 4 days

INFORMS will provide a daily stipend of $100 and reimbursement for local transportation/parking cost if necessary. Please forward a resume and two writing samples (approximately 500 words each) to Ms. Mary Leszczynski, Managing Editor, mary.leszczynski@informs.org. For more information on the meeting, please visit: http://meetings.informs.org/charlotte2011. Click here to view one of last year’s issues: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs096/1101540798173/archive/1103881605046.html