Engagement & Outreach Intern: Events, Content & Community

Position Overview

Interns in the Outreach and Community Engagement department handle a wide range of assignments, including writing, webinar tech support, event coordination, content development, data compilation, marketing, and web research — all designed to support engagement around local and national productions in the D.C. metropolitan area. Interns occasionally work directly with families and children in settings such as schools, libraries, and childcare centers.

• Rising Junior
• Rising Senior
• Graduate Student

• Collaborate with the Outreach & Engagement team to support events and educational workshops, providing onsite and virtual assistance with logistics, registration, marketing, and follow‑up material distribution.
• Contribute to the development of content for the monthly newsletter.
• Conduct web research on assigned tasks.
• Develop and maintain community databases.
• Gather and process data collected from events and educational workshops using surveys, informal assessments, and anecdotal notes.

Preferred Major: English, Communications, Journalism, Social Work, Education

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational, computer, and research skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage technological transitions for virtual workshops.

WETA and News Hour 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. Most positions based in our Arlington, VA office will be onsite or hybrid, depending upon the role.

WETA and News Hour Productions are equal opportunity employers committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic 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 News Hour Productions make hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.