Internship Opportunities

Check out our featured internships!  We will keep you updated as new internships become available. If you have any internships or job opportunities to post on the National ACT website, please contact Rylee Coy, Communications Coordinator, at nact.comms@gmail.com.

College Aggies Online  The Animal Agriculture Alliance is gearing up for its annual College Aggies Online (CAO) scholarship program, kicking off September 9. The nine-week program provides a multitude of opportunities to gain real-world experience and build resume skills while competing for scholarships ($20,000 was awarded last year!).  CAO is open to undergraduate, graduate, pre-professional students, collegiate clubs, and classes interested in sharing positive, factual information online and in their campus communities about animal agriculture. Highlights from the 2023 program include:

• Students sharing more than 1,380 posts about agriculture online
• Clubs and classes reaching over 10,000 people in person through campus events
• Confidence communicating about agriculture increasing from 6.55 to 9.0 on a 10-point scale

WATT Global Media Internship Program

Ag News Daily – Producer/Reporter Intern

Ag News Daily is seeking a part-time intern to assist in day-to-day activities to support the Ag News Daily podcast. This role can be filled either part-time, as an internship, or for class credit. This role will typically require ~20 hours/week with somewhat flexible hours, and is fully remote. The intended start date would be mid-May, but is open for discussion. This intern will collaborate with the co-hosts and staff of Ag News Daily, using a creative and digital approach in providing information to farmers and agriculturalists.

JOB DUTIES:

• Use Adobe Creative Cloud to edit the weekly Ag News Daily video and audio podcast (need be available between 8 – 1 p.m. on Fridays to edit podcast)
• Including editing/producing the daily social media reels
• Posting the full show to YouTube, and podcast platforms
• Use Adobe Creative Cloud to generate daily content for social media accounts
• Manage social media accounts: Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
  • Posting daily reels
  • Posting daily YouTube shorts
• Writing weekly podcast show script
• Scheduling interviews/researching potential guests/topics
• Scheduling week interviews
• Writing and editing the monthly and special edition PigX Podcast, as needed

REQUIREMENTS:

• Proficient in using Adobe InDesign, Premiere, Audition and Canva
• Interest in agricultural journalism, broadcasting, communications or marketing
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Self-starter
• Exposure to Adobe Creative Cloud
• Comfortable posting to social media

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Writing background
• Production agriculture/farming background or interests
• Exposure to using a social media scheduling platform, such as Hootsuite

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE FROM THIS INTERNSHIP:

• A welcoming space to try new ideas, and grow your skills
• Mentoring from Ag News Daily team
• Remote-work
• Ability to potentially co-host/learn how to be “on-air”
• Access to the Adobe Cloud Suite

ABOUT AG NEWS DAILY:

Ag News Daily originally launched as a daily podcast in 2017 to provide a newer platform for agriculturalists all over the world to source their news and information. Currently hosted by Delaney Howell and Tanner Winterhof, Ag News Daily is now a weekly video and audio podcast. Heading into the 8th year, the co-hosts decided to transition the program from a daily podcast to a weekly video and audio episode, with daily social media content to provide consumers with another way to engage with ag news.

All interested applicants can send a resume to delaney@agnewsdaily.com by January 15, 2025.

Animal Agriculture Alliance – deadline varies

The Animal Agriculture Alliance offer paid internship positions throughout the year (1 position in spring, 2 in summer, 1 in fall). All positions are full-time (40 hours/week) and can be conducted virtually or based in the Alliance’s office located in Arlington, VA near the Courthouse Metro Station.

Alliance interns assist with social media content production, research of key issues in animal agriculture, media monitoring, legislative tracking, developing reports and member resources and a variety of other projects along with supporting the Alliance team in executing projects like the annual Stakeholders Summit, College Aggies Online, trade show booths, marketing campaigns and more. Interns function as full-fledged members of the Alliance team and will be asked to contribute at a high level to help the organization achieve their mission of safeguarding the future of animal agriculture. Learn more at their website.