Intern, Digital - Marketplace

American Public Media Group • Saint Paul, MN

1d • $20 • Remote

About The Position

Eager to gain digital experience at one of the top business news shows in public radio? The Marketplace digital team seeks a creative, motivated intern who has an active interest in business and economic journalism. This internship will provide support to the digital team, which is responsible for our website and newsletters. You will have an opportunity to work alongside editors, reporters, and producers with a focus on making sure the website is kept current and engaging. You will learn how to strengthen skills in reporting, writing, homepage curation, SEO and remote teamwork. Key Learning Goals: The goal of this internship is to provide immersive learning and real-world experience through impactful projects. Our goal for you is to: Gain insight into the journalism industry and Marketplace’s properties: In addition to original reporting for the website, the digital team works across the newsroom with radio and podcasting teams. Learn how to help the website team drive audience engagement and help further our mission to raise the economic intelligence of the country. Get tangible experience in daily website homepage curation for a journalism organization. Hone your reporting and writing skills.

Requirements

• Enrolled undergraduate or graduate student, or recent graduates (within the past 18 months)
• Must be able to work 40 hours per week (Monday – Friday, roughly 9:00 – 5:00pm) for the duration of this internship.
• Self-starter with an interest in journalism and how economic news intersects with people’s lives.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work both independently and collaboratively.
• A team player who is accountable, proactive, and solution oriented.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework or experience in journalism and ideally specifically digital writing and editing.
• Ability to create charts, maps graphs for the website a plus but not required.
• Working knowledge of Content Management Systems.
• Working knowledge of Photoshop.
• Working knowledge of AP style.

Responsibilities

• Help to source, optimize, and place relevant images into digital stories.
• Research and add links to Marketplace stories.
• Work with team members to rewrite radio stories into website articles.
• Use SEO best practices to help come up with headlines.
• Join the digital team meetings and trainings.
• As time permits, can pitch, report, and write original articles with your own byline to be published on Marketplace.org.

Benefits

• Eligible to accrue sick time off.
• Eligible for health insurance as required under the ACA.
• Eligible to participate in the APMG retirement plan.
• Participate in robust on-boarding experience.
• Professional development: on-the-job training, workforce readiness training, formal performance review feedback sessions, etc.
• Participate in brown bag sessions to gain broader perspectives of the organization.

What This Job Offers

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