Editorial Spring 2026 Internship Program (Paid/Remote)

Ballotpedia

74d • $15

About The Position

As an intern at Ballotpedia, you will go through a similar onboarding experience to full-time employees. You will learn how to code the Ballotpedia website, be oriented to Ballotpedia’s style guide, learn about what we do to prevent and detect bias in our resources, and much more. Following orientation, you will join either the Editorial, External Relations, or Tech teams, working alongside full-time staff members. As a Ballotpedia Editorial intern, you may be embedded in one of our Editorial teams (i.e. Ballot Measures, Elections, Events, Law, Local Expansion, News, or Policy) and work directly with Editorial staff members. Your responsibilities will include researching elections and candidates, policy topics, legislation, ballot measures, or other topics, depending upon your assignment. You will support the creation of original encyclopedic articles, assist our teams in news tracking, legislation tracking, and primary source monitoring, process candidate surveys, conduct other detailed research projects, participate in brainstorming sessions and planning meetings with experienced staff members, process new volunteer applications, and assist with metrics and reporting on data collection.

Requirements

• Must have a well-functioning computer with Internet access.
• Familiarity with Google Applications (Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive, etc.) is helpful.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in editorial work and civic engagement.
• Experience in research and writing.

Responsibilities

• Research elections and candidates, policy topics, legislation, ballot measures, or other topics depending on your assignment.
• Support the creation or create original encyclopedic articles.
• Assist teams in news tracking, legislation tracking, and primary source monitoring.
• Process candidate surveys.
• Conduct other detailed research projects.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and planning meetings with experienced staff members.
• Process new volunteer applications and work with volunteer program activities.
• Assist with metrics and reporting on data collection.

Benefits

• Compensation at $15.00 per hour, or per your area’s minimum wage if higher.
• Opportunity to receive academic credit for the internship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees