Fivethirtyeight Podcast Intern, Fall 2023 (Remote)

Be a part of an innovative team and culture…

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FiveThirtyEight is an award-winning site focused on providing data-driven journalism in sports, politics, and science. FiveThirtyEight was founded by Nate Silver.

We’re looking for a current student or recent graduate who has thoughts about how to use audio to tell memorable political stories and offer meaningful political analysis. The intern will be embedded with a small audio team and report to our politics podcast producer. That said, FiveThirtyEight is a small newsroom, and the intern will work closely with politics reporters.

As an intern, you’ll learn:

How to get a podcast out the door two times a week, every week

How to create prep packs for a host so they can interview well

How to be a better interviewer yourself

How to research political issues in a nonpartisan way

A day in the life…

The intern’s main role will be to work collaboratively to help craft segments for our politics podcast, which airs twice a week.

• Collaborate with teams across the newsroom
• Brainstorm segment ideas for our politics podcast
• Documentary or original reporting work for standalone episodes, which would include archival research, cutting tape and scripting
• Help prep segments that we are doing, including research, question docs, and more

What We Are Looking For…

• How to listen for good quotes in an interview, and edit the interview accordingly. There will be opportunities to learn how to be a better interviewer, a more disciplined researcher and a sharper writer on the job.
• Journalism experience (whether from a journalism class, school paper, job, or internship) is a must
• And if you don’t check every box, that’s OK. Please apply!
• An interest in FiveThirtyEight’s empirical approach to journalism is also required
• Some experience reporting on politics (But “politics” doesn’t just mean electoral politics. It could mean you have experience reporting on policy issues, social movements, how polarization was affecting your community, or something else. Interpret it broadly, because we will too!)
• Experience working in an audio editing program

(Preferred Qualifications)

• Documentary experience
• Podcast experience

Required Education:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university and taking at least one class, or be a recent graduate of an accredited college or university within the last six (6) months at time of application, or be currently participating in the Disney College Program, Disney Culinary Program or Disney Professional Internship Program

Preferred Education:

• Recent graduates or graduate students

Additional Details:

• Submit cover letter, resume and three clips (links on your resume or cover letter). The clips need not all be audio stories. We are most interested in seeing your ability to tell compelling stories, regardless of the medium.
• This internship is a remote position– Requires a working, reliable internet connection as well as a quiet, dedicated workspace
• The approximate dates of this internship are September through early January 2024
• Candidate must be available to work full-time hours (40 hours/week) and open to nights and weekends for the duration of the internship

The pay rate for this remote role is $21.70 per hour. 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. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.