ABC News Audience Engagement Intern

Job Description:

The ABC News Audience Development team is responsible for creating, distributing, curating, and optimizing ABC News content across digital platforms, including , mobile apps, major social media platforms, search, video, and other distribution channels. The team plays a critical role in connecting audiences with breaking news and original journalism while identifying opportunities to grow engagement across existing and emerging platforms. As an Audience Development Intern, you will gain hands‑on experience at the intersection of journalism, audience strategy, analytics, and digital storytelling.

Working alongside experienced audience development professionals, you will learn how editorial judgment, data insights, and experimentation help drive audience growth and engagement. The ideal candidate is passionate about news and current events, follows digital media trends, and is interested in understanding how audiences discover and consume content across platforms.

This internship is a full‑time, six‑month commitment in the New York, New York area from January 2027 - June 2027.

• On any given day, you will support audience development initiatives across ABC News digital platforms, including , mobile apps, search, social media, video, and other distribution channels.
• You will help curate content experiences across owned platforms, support audience growth strategies, and assist in distributing content to external partners to help maximize visibility during major news events.
• You will contribute to headline testing efforts, monitor news, search, and social trends, and help identify emerging platforms, formats, and audience behaviors.
• This role offers the opportunity to strengthen editorial judgment, analytical thinking, collaboration, and digital storytelling skills while gaining exposure to how data and audience insights inform content strategy.

• Experience with journalism, news reporting, news production, digital media, or content creation through coursework, internships, campus media, or related projects.
• Understanding of the 24/7 news cycle, current events, and breaking news coverage.
• Demonstrated writing and editing skills through coursework, internships, campus media, or published content samples.
• Experience using social media platforms, digital publishing tools, or content distribution channels through academic, extracurricular, internship, or personal projects.
• Familiarity with audience metrics, analytics, or data-informed decision-making through coursework, projects, or prior experience.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively in a fast‑paced environment.

• Experience conducting research or analyzing audience, engagement, or content performance data.
• Familiarity with social media management, content publishing, or audience analytics tools.
• Experience creating content for digital, social, or campus media platforms.
• Experience working in a newsroom, media organization, student publication, or related environment.
• Familiarity with SEO, headline writing, or audience engagement strategies.
• Interest in emerging digital platforms and evolving audience consumption behaviors.
• Education:
  
  Junior or Senior year preferred. Major or coursework in Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Communications, Digital Media, Media Studies, Marketing, or a related field preferred.

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
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