Intern Coordinator & Editorial Fellow

Regional nonprofit Midstory is seeking a graduate student, recent graduate, or graduating senior to serve as a full-time, in-person Intern Coordinator & Editorial Fellow for the summer 2024 term in Toledo, Ohio, beginning on June 3, 2024, and ending no earlier than August 30, 2024. The graduate fellowship is an opportunity to be fully integrated into a nonprofit multimedia organization doing innovative storytelling. The person in this position will have the chance to pursue their own stories in addition to mentoring and managing several younger journalists.  Interested applicants can send their resume and cover letter ASAP to contact@midstory.org. Deadline is rolling; interviews are ongoing.  

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Curriculum development: assisting in curriculum and workshop development for internship and attending all intern workshops, sessions and activities
• Intern first-round edits: provide first-round edits and feedback on all intern-produced written content as part of publishing workflow to editors
• Weekly intern meetings: independently schedule and meet with each intern individually each week to check in on writing progress, give oral feedback/advice and create/move deadlines as needed
• Calendar management: update draft and final due dates on team calendar(s)
• Content development: pitch and complete own stories as time allows
• Weekly editor check-in: update editors regularly, specifically through a weekly written summary and meetings as needed

The opportunity is full-time, in-person and carries a stipend. 

The Midstory is seeking graduate students with good writing and people skills, who are looking for a meaningful way to spend their summer. Having training or a background in journalism training is helpful but not necessary. 

The position would give graduate students the opportunity to hone in on their editing and writing skills, to work with college students from across the country (including students from schools like Harvard, Northwestern, UChicago and more), to learn the ins and outs of nonprofit work and to spend a summer with a vibrant and young team doing work with communities on the ground.

About Midstory: 

Midstory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to progressing the narrative of the Midwest through creative storytelling and solutions-oriented research. Learn more at www.midstory.org.