ABC News Audience Engagement Intern, Spring 2027
About The Position
The ABC News Audience Development team creates, distributes, curates, and optimizes ABC News content across digital platforms, including ABCNews.com, mobile apps, social media, search, video, and other distribution channels. The team connects audiences with breaking news and original journalism and looks for opportunities to grow engagement across existing and emerging platforms. The Audience Engagement Intern will gain hands-on experience at the intersection of journalism, audience strategy, analytics, and digital storytelling while working with audience development professionals. The internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in the New York, New York area, from January 2027 through June 2027. Interns support initiatives across ABC News digital platforms, curate content experiences on owned platforms, support audience growth strategies, and help distribute content to external partners. They also contribute to headline testing, monitor news, search, and social trends, and identify emerging platforms, formats, and audience behaviors. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree while taking at least one class at the time of application, or currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and have unrestricted work authorization. Candidates must be available Monday through Friday for 40 hours per week throughout the internship, provide their own housing in the New York area, and have reliable transportation to and from work. A portfolio review is required; applicants should include a portfolio link on their résumé.
Requirements
- Experience with journalism, news reporting, news production, digital media, or content creation through coursework, internships, campus media, or related projects.
- Understanding of the 24/7 news cycle, current events, and breaking news coverage.
- Demonstrated writing and editing skills through coursework, internships, campus media, or published content samples.
- Experience using social media platforms, digital publishing tools, or content distribution channels through academic, extracurricular, internship, or personal projects.
- Familiarity with audience metrics, analytics, or data-informed decision-making through coursework, projects, or prior experience.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university pursuing a degree and taking at least one class at the time of application, or currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
- Must be at least 18 years of age and possess unrestricted work authorization.
- Must be available Monday through Friday, 40 hours each week, from January 2027 through June 2027.
- Must provide own housing for the duration of the internship in the New York, New York area and have reliable transportation to and from work.
- A portfolio review is required; a portfolio link must be included on the résumé for a completed application packet.
- Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants may work for only one consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
Nice To Haves
- Experience conducting research or analyzing audience, engagement, or content performance data.
- Familiarity with social media management, content publishing, or audience analytics tools.
- Experience creating content for digital, social, or campus media platforms.
- Experience working in a newsroom, media organization, student publication, or related environment.
- Familiarity with SEO, headline writing, or audience engagement strategies.
- Interest in emerging digital platforms and evolving audience consumption behaviors.
- Junior or senior year standing preferred.
- A major or coursework in Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Communications, Digital Media, Media Studies, Marketing, or a related field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support audience development initiatives across ABC News digital platforms, including ABCNews.com, mobile apps, search, social media, video, and other distribution channels.
- Help curate content experiences across owned platforms.
- Support audience growth strategies.
- Assist in distributing content to external partners to maximize visibility during major news events.
- Contribute to headline testing efforts.
- Monitor news, search, and social trends.
- Help identify emerging platforms, formats, and audience behaviors.
Benefits
- Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
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