AllSides, the leader in helping people think for themselves, is seeking remote interns for summer 2024 to gain invaluable experience by supporting and expanding our content
The AllSides mission is to free people from filter bubbles so they can better understand the world – and each other – which strengthens our democracy and the people who comprise it.
AllSides is a leader in combating media bias and misinformation, and enabling people to get balanced news and diverse perspectives. Complete an internship that matters and makes a real impact. AllSides news and content is viewed as many as 79 million times a month.
As an AllSides intern, you would take on important projects and gain professional experience while playing a key role at a rapidly-growing digital media startup. This is a fully remote position that requires at least 10 hours of work per week.
Basic Requirements
Interest in U.S. news media and politics; Reliable internet connection; Interest in revealing different perspectives and understanding each other across divides to improve our democratic society and better deliver the ideals of fair, responsible journalism; Experience using social media.
Preferred Skills
Experience in college journalism/campus media or published in professional news media; follow political news media/have interest in media literacy; experience with Canva, Google Analytics, or HTML is a major plus.
ROLES TO FILL
Social Media Intern
LONG-TERM DELIVERABLES
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Create Social Media Monitoring and Reporting System
- Researching and trying out the plethora of social media monitoring services and apps out there, and also playing with reporting systems from the service themselves. We want to monitor at least X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, maybe others like Truth Social and Reddit.
- Communicating with team through Slack when there’s something to jump on
- Researching and trying out the plethora of social media monitoring services and apps out there, and also playing with reporting systems from the service themselves. We want to monitor at least X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, maybe others like Truth Social and Reddit.
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Organize Canva and other social media platforms
- Arrange our files, templates, graphics etc in a better way
OTHER TASKS
- Assist in regular posting tasks to Instagram and other platforms
Balanced News Intern
LONG-TERM DELIVERABLES
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Misinformation Watch guides
- Researching and writing our Misinformation Watch guides
OTHER TASKS
- Daily/weekly news posting
- Content writing and reviews
- Regional news coverage
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Election news coverage
- Voter guide updates and research
Bias Research Intern
LONG-TERM DELIVERABLES
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News industry ownership and funding research
- Updating this info for our hundreds of major sources
OTHER TASKS
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Bias ratings
- Rating influencers
- Rating political candidates
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General research
- Gathering and inputting data on media bias, misinformation, and other top issues
Video Intern
LONG-TERM DELIVERABLES
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Video production
- Produce videos with the AllSides video team using CapCut/Adobe Premier for our TikTok, YouTube and Instagram channels, as well as some marketing channels.