FiveThirtyEight is searching for an intern to work with our video and social groups in the course of the summer season of 2022. We’re searching for a present pupil journalist or current graduate who’s passionate about accuracy, readability, video manufacturing and storytelling; who’s adept at constructing and cultivating communities on platforms like TikTok or Instagram; and is all in favour of sharing our wonky, data-driven strategy to sports activities and political journalism with these audiences.
The intern’s foremost position can be to construct up FiveThirtyEight’s video presence, engagement and following on social platforms. This implies pitching and executing quick social movies whereas creating and refining FiveThirtyEight’s cross-platform voice and tone. Ought to they’ve curiosity, the intern may narrate or host movies. The intern can even assist with basic video viewers technique and work with our senior designer and video journalists to repurpose present belongings for distribution on our web site and different platforms, together with Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
Journalism expertise (whether or not from a journalism class, faculty paper, job or internship) is a should, as is a few expertise reporting on politics. However “politics” doesn’t simply imply electoral politics — it might imply you’ve gotten expertise reporting on coverage points, social actions, how polarization impacts your group or one thing else.
The social/video intern will report back to the senior editor for social and viewers and the senior video producer however can even have the chance to work with reporters throughout the newsroom.
Candidates ought to be capable of decide to a full-time schedule from Could or June by August. They should be a present pupil or have graduated previously 18 months. It is a paid place and will be executed remotely.
Fundamental {qualifications}:
- Some journalism expertise
- A stable understanding of U.S. politics and a prolific consumption of reports
- Enthusiasm for FiveThirtyEight and the form of journalism we create
- Demonstrated expertise creating compelling social movies
- Some expertise with Adobe Premiere. Candidates ought to be capable of minimize clips and add music
- Expertise writing scripts and storyboarding
- Expertise behind a digicam (a smartphone digicam counts)
Most popular {qualifications}:
- Expertise writing social copy
- Expertise utilizing WordPress or an analogous CMS to publish articles
- Expertise in entrance of the digicam (a smartphone digicam counts)
Further info:
In case you don’t verify each field, that’s OK — we’d nonetheless like to listen to from you. Apply here with a résumé and brief cover letter. Please embrace hyperlinks in your cowl letter or résumé to a few social movies you’ve produced. They are often private tasks and don’t essentially have to be journalistic.
On the time of software, the applicant should be enrolled in an accredited faculty/college and taking no less than one class within the semester/quarter previous to participation within the internship program, or the applicant should have graduated from a university/college inside six months.
This internship is a paid, distant internship and can run Could/June 2022 by January 2023. Candidate should be obtainable to work 40 hours/week on Japanese Time during the internship.
ABC Information and FiveThirtyEight are equal-opportunity employers. Candidates will obtain consideration for employment with out regard to race, coloration, faith, intercourse, nationwide origin, sexual orientation, gender identification, incapacity or protected veteran standing.
