News Producer Intern: Social Media & Analytics

The Seattle Times; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance program

Paid holidays

Public transit subsidy

Complimentary Seattle Times subscribed

Job summary

The Seattle Times invites rising juniors and seniors to join our paid summer internship program, spanning 10 weeks as part of our Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. Interns will work closely with staff on real-world assignments in a metropolitan newspaper and website environment.

Responsibilities include homepage management, trending analytics, social media storytelling, and story promotion. Weekend work may be expected.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be juniors or seniors attending a four-year college or university, or graduate students.
• Applicants must be journalism majors or have a demonstrated commitment to print or online journalism, possess social media skills, and be digitally astute.
• Internship experience at other news organizations is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Homepage management: Curating headlines, promoting breaking news, alerting news teams to trending topics and running A/B headline tests.
• Trending reports and analytics reports: This information should help various teams within the newsroom respond to trending topics, make smart SEO decisions and evaluate coverage.
• Social media storytelling: Engage and initiate new potential readers on third-party platforms.
• Story promotion: Crafting social media plans, drafting alerts, and other tasks as needed.

Skills

Social media skills

Digital literacy

AP style knowledge

News judgment

Education

Pursuing journalism degree (4-year college)

Junior or senior year student

Tools

WordPress

Job description

The Seattle Times invites rising juniors and seniors to join our paid summer internship program, spanning 10 weeks as part of our Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. Interns will work closely with staff on real-world assignments in a metropolitan newspaper and website environment.

Responsibilities include homepage management, trending analytics, social media storytelling, and story promotion. Weekend work may be expected.