Applications are invited for The Economist's 2012 Marjorie Deane internships. Financed by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation, the awards are designed to provide work experience for a promising journalist or would-be journalist, who will spend three months at The Economist writing about economics and finance. Applicants are asked to write a letter introducing themselves, and an original article of no more than 500 words that they think would be suitable for publication in the Finance and economics section. Applications should be sent to deaneintern@economist.com by April 20th. For more information about the Foundation visit www.marjoriedeane.com.