Job Abstract

Hearst Connecticut Media Group’s journalists cover communities all over the state, serving readers across platforms, including our sites, app, newsletters, social media accounts and more for nine daily and 21 weekly newspapers.

We’re looking for a collaborative, organized and thoughtful Audience Intern for an 8 to 10 week paid part-time internship embedded in our newsroom.

The audience team oversees, manages and creates content for several daily news sites. Audience team members write alerts and social media posts, build special projects and curate and package stories from multiple sources.

Depending upon the intern’s area of expertise, they will embed with a team leader to learn best practices for a platform or platforms to grow their expertise and contribute to the newsroom’s goals of serving more readers with impactful and engaging journalism.

Duties and responsibilities could include:

Working collaboratively with audience team members to curate, package and elevate stories and headlines across platforms that engage and retain local readers

Crafting push and email alerts or social media posts

Reporting and producing timely stories and / or videos on trending topics

Taking on a small special project in collaboration with other journalists

Qualifications:

Strong writing, editing and verbal communication skills

Some college experience, preferably in an English, communications or related field

Organized and detail-oriented with a proven ability to effectively juggle multiple tasks

Ability to speak a second language like Spanish a plus

To apply:

Send a cover letter, resume and clips for review.

HCMG is committed to growing and retaining a more diverse workforce that better reflects the communities we serve. We strongly encourage all people of working age, who are traditionally underrepresented in media to apply, including women, people of color, applicants with disabilities, those from the LGBTQ+ community and veterans.

Some great candidates may not check all the boxes for this role. If you’re a passionate, dedicated worker who's interested in Hearst Connecticut Media Group but don’t have all the skills listed here, please still reach out and tell us more about what you bring to the table. Here's a look at Hearst CT's 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report: https://bit.ly/3H7UNkV

This internship can be based in either Norwalk or Meriden and is not eligible for remote candidates.