Posted On: June 22, 2023
Paid Journalism Internship
Media Organization: Rest of World
Company Description
Rest of World is a non-profit international newsroom that challenges expectations about whose experiences with technology matter. We connect dots across a rapidly evolving digital world, through on-the-ground reporting in places typically overlooked and underestimated.
Since launching in 2020, we’ve published more than 1,000 stories from nearly 100 countries outside the West. Our work explores the spaces where tech, business, culture and human experience collide, through compelling storytelling and fresh, innovative design. Our journalism ranges from deep authoritative reporting to highlighting the surprising online cultural phenomenons. We’ve covered everything from gig workers, internet shutdowns and supply chain abuses to livestreaming battles, disappeared influencers and unexpected crypto contagion. Our reporting has won recognition in the U.S. and internationally, and our work has prompted companies and policymakers to take action.
Job Description
Rest of World is looking for an Audience Intern, a 3-6 month opportunity to work with the audience team and collaborate with our editorial staff on new initiatives in social media. The right person for this opportunity appreciates the art and science of reaching, engaging, and building loyal readership among a truly global audience, and knows a thing or two about social video, speaking to online communities, and how people are finding news right now. You understand the uses and idiosyncrasies of each of the key social platforms, with specific experience creating for TikTok, Instagram, and other video-first platforms. You know how to listen for what audiences are discussing and sharing in platforms that reach across the geographies and subjects we cover. We’re looking to find new ways to connect with people around the stories we’re telling, and want your help in experimenting, testing, and measuring how to get there.
This position will report to the Head of Audience and work closely with our audience and editorial teams.
Location: New York, NY
Responsibilities:
Create social content from our stories for TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms
Work closely with the editorial team to translate their work into visually compelling social posts with a focus on vertical video formats including scripted and unscripted content
Conceptualize ideas for short stories and posts that can be produced and executed entirely on specific platforms
Ideate on ways to spark conversation with our audience and build interest around our journalists
Qualifications:
Do you get how sharing and engagement works on the internet works? You’re qualified
Video and audio creation and editing experience, and particularly in-platform editing and creation tools
Knowledge of major platforms, including Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Discord
Ability to write witty headlines and introductions for stories
Understands what kind of images and illustrations resonate with younger audience
Ability to work in an experimental environment
The internship will pay $20/hour for up to 20 hours per week. The internship will last from July-September, with the possibility of extending through the end of the year. (We may also be able to amend to accommodate alternate schedules that better match applicants' university calendars.)
To Apply
To apply, please send a resume and a cover letter to gabriel.boylan@restofworld.org with “Audience Intern” in the subject line. In your cover letter, 1) present two ideas based on recently published Rest of World stories for promoting on a social platform of your choosing. 2) Take a look at our Instagram — tell us what we’re getting right or wrong, and if you were given access, what you’d do differently. 3) Include links to your recently published work to give us a sense of how it might fit into what we’re looking for. We will be accepting applications until June 30, 2023 at 5pm ET.