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Alumni Community Intern (Part-Time)

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Job Title: Alumni Community Intern (Part-Time)

Reports to: Senior Manager, Community Engagement

Status: Non - Exempt; Hybrid 

Hourly Rate: $18.00

Start Date: 9/15/2025

End Date: 12/12/2025

Preferred Year in School: 

  • Rising Junior
  • Rising Senior
     

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is looking for a dynamic, detail-oriented Alumni Community Intern to support and grow our national alumni network. This role is ideal for a current college student or recent graduate who is passionate about youth media, journalism, and community-building. You’ll help us strengthen relationships with current and former SRL students, develop engagement strategies, and spotlight the stories of those continuing their storytelling journeys after high school. This might be a good fit if you: Candidates must be active college students.

  • Love making connections and supporting peers
  • Are proactive, creative, and open to experimenting with new ideas
  • Have experience in journalism, education, and/or community building

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Help coordinate virtual and in-person alumni events (i.e. career events, social meetups)

Support monthly alumni planning committee meetings

Help kick off and support our online alumni community (ex. Discord)

Help further explore new ideas like local meetups or college/career resource guides

Brainstorm creative ways to collect alumni testimonials and feedback

Other administrative and community support as assigned

DESIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

  • Preferred Major: Communications, Arts, Journalism & Media, Community Building

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 

Community Engagement + Storytelling: Learn how to build and sustain a vibrant alumni network through

thoughtful outreach, event planning, and storytelling that highlights diverse voices and experiences

Career Development + Mentorship: Gain insight into the professional pathways within journalism, media, and

public broadcasting, while helping to create opportunities for alumni to connect with each other and industry

professionals.

Organizational + Strategic Thinking: Develop skills in project management, communications, and digital tools while

working in a fast-paced media education environment. Learn how to implement and iterate on community-building

strategies that have real-world impact.

DESIRED COMPETENCIES:

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft newsletter features, blog posts, and
  • professional emails
  • Excellent organizational and time management abilities; able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with attention
  • to detail
  • Creative thinker with an interest in community-building, event planning, or youth engagement
  • Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a remote/hybrid team setting
  • Tech savvy and open to using platforms like Google Drive, Zoom, Slack, Discord, Airtable, and Canva
  • Interest in storytelling, mentorship, and media/journalism career development
  • Curiosity, initiative, and enthusiasm for SRL’s mission and the power of alumni networks

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience with Discord or other online communities a plus
  • Experience with social media platforms a plus
  • Demonstrated experience in community building a plus

LOCATION

WETA and NewsHour Productions are Washington, DC established media and news organizations.  We are a largely local workforce based out of the Campbell Place office in Arlington, VA.  WETA and NewsHour Productions value employee flexibility when possible.  Most positions based in our Arlington, VA office will be onsite or hybrid, depending upon the role.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

WETA and its subsidiary NewsHour Productions LLC serve local and national public media audiences by producing and distributing content of intellectual integrity and cultural merit. Through broadcast, digital and community services, the organization offers compelling, diverse programming on five television channels, including primary channel WETA PBS, and on WETA Classical, the exclusive home for classical music in the nation’s capital; produces a portfolio of national television productions, including PBS NewsHour, recognized globally for bringing balanced, in-depth news coverage to all Americans; creates impactful documentaries with longtime production partners Ken Burns and Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features a variety of content offerings on weta.org, WETA Passport, the PBS Video App and the WETA Classical App; and serves communities near and far with education and engagement initiatives that contribute to the company’s mission of public service.   Benefits | WETA

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

WETA/NewsHour Productions is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities to all.  We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind, for any reason, as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and internships.  WETA and NewsHour Productions make hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.