2026 Summer Video Production Coordinator Internship - REMOTE

USA TODAY Co.

1d • Remote

About The Position

USA TODAY CO. is looking for a proactive, organized, and creative Video Production Coordinator Intern to help guide our video interns.
This position is ideal for a graduate student with newsroom experience—whether through a college publication, internship, or professional setting—who understands social video and wants to shape how stories are adapted for shortform platforms.
You will support the use of AI assisted video tools to transform articles from local newsrooms into high-volume shortform videos optimized for our sites and for social platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
You will help manage production priorities across the intern team, review work for quality and consistency, and collaborate closely with editors and producers to streamline workflows and elevate storytelling across the network.
This is a remote internship that can be based in all states except Alaska and Hawaii.

Requirements

• Enrolled in or recently graduated from a journalism program (junior year or beyond preferred)
• Experienced working in a newsroom or similar editorial environment; college newsroom or journalism program experience is welcome.
• A digital first thinker who understands how people consume shortform video on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and emerging platforms.​
• Comfortable working from clear briefs and producing quick turn, high volume videos on deadline in a remote environment.
• Curious about AI and automation in news and eager to learn and test new tools and workflows.
• Familiar with basic video editing tools (CapCut, Adobe Premiere, mobile editing apps or similar) and open to template driven, AI assisted production.
• Organized, efficient and able to manage a production queue while communicating clearly about progress, priorities and blockers.
• Interested in journalism, service content and storytelling that helps people make informed decisions in their daily lives.

Responsibilities

• Produce 10–15 short-form videos per day using AI assisted tools and templates, turning articles, photos, data and graphics from our local properties into clear, accurate and engaging video.
• Coordinate and support a team of video interns who collectively create roughly 80 short-form videos per day, helping manage the production queue, set priorities and keep projects on deadline.
• Use AI assisted platforms (such as Stringr, Wochit and other template driven tools) to assemble vertical videos tailored to TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, YouTube Shorts and other platforms.
• Produce fast, “what does this mean for me?” explainers that clarify topics like cost-of-living updates, tax changes, weather and safety alerts, consumer news, sports storylines, high interest local stories and science/space events.
• Turn reporter and editor briefs into clear video treatments, selecting visuals, text, pacing and formats that match audience expectations on each platform.
• Adapt newsroom content into platform native vertical video, with concise onscreen text and captions that highlight key takeaways and next steps for users.
• Optimize videos for each platform (hooks, length, aspect ratio, captions, thumbnails) based on best practices and performance trends.
• Review peer videos for clarity, accuracy, attribution and brand alignment, providing constructive feedback and examples to help raise overall quality.
• Ensure every video follows brand guidelines for fonts, colors, lower thirds, captions and overall visual style.
• Track basic performance metrics for the videos you and the team produce and share quick learnings and examples with editors, producers and interns.
• Consistent delivery of accurate, on brand shortform videos at scale across key service, money, weather, policy, sports, high interest and science/space coverage.
• A well-coordinated intern team that reliably produces high volume video with strong engagement (watch through, saves, shares, clickthrough’s) across social and owned platforms
• Faster turnaround from story assignment to published video for our local newsrooms, driven by clear priorities and efficient workflows.
• Positive feedback from editors, producers and interns on communication, organization, reliability and collaboration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed