Job Description

Editorial Intern – OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC)

Company Description

OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) is dedicated to reducing partisanship and fostering effective solutions to America’s challenges. Driven by America’s youth, ONC operates a media outlet, develops educational materials, and facilitates dialogue with the goal of improving the country.

Job Description

Job Title: Editorial Intern

Reports To: The Editorial Team Lead and the Managing Editor

The Editorial Intern plays a crucial role in advancing ONC’s mission of delivering nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by performing essential tasks for the Editorial Team. The Editorial Desk serves as the final review point for all content produced by ONC, encompassing a wide range of materials such as books, policy proposals, solutions, op-eds, and newsletters. Responsibilities include correcting grammatical and stylistic errors in ONC’s written content and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and prevent errors. Editorial Interns will collaborate with Policy Content Writers and other departments within the organization, maintaining consistent communication with the Editorial Team Lead and Managing Editor regarding project statuses and deadlines. There may be an opportunity for interns to learn to operate the backend of our website to review and approve external writer submissions.

Candidates selected for interviews will undergo a competency assessment. This assessment will involve editing an article to resolve grammatical and stylistic errors.

This is a remote position, with work primarily conducted via Zoom and Slack. Therefore, applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. Interns are required to commit to at least a full semester. However, many individuals choose to extend their internship beyond their initial commitment, provided their performance meets the required standards.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• College credit
• Professional networking
• Resume-building experience

Compensation: This is not a paid position.

Responsibilities

• Edit written content to maintain grammatical integrity for the ONC website and mobile app.
• Ensure ONC’s commitment to nonpartisanship, ideological diversity, and civil debate is reflected in all published work.
• Participate in civil dialogue with conservative, progressive, and moderate writers.
• Work with script writers and core content writers to ensure consistency in all written materials.
• Fact-check written content to prevent errors and maintain accuracy.

Qualifications

The Editorial Intern should possess the following skills, education, and experience:

• Current student working towards a degree in English or Literature, Political Science, Journalism, Communications, and/or related fields.
• Exceptional writing skills are required (English).
• Proficient verbal communication/speaking skills are a plus.
• High attention to detail.
• Prior editing experience preferred, specifically with AP style.
• Responsive, consistent, and effective communicator.
• Ability to work remotely and on their own schedule in order to make deadlines.
• Google Workspace experience preferred.
• Ability to attend Organization-Wide meetings every other week.
• Ability to attend weekly Editorial Team meetings.
• Must be authorized to intern in the U.S.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.