Digital Audience Producer Internship Summer 2026
Digital Audience Producer Internship Summer 2026
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Job Description
The Minnesota Star Tribune is an innovative modern media organization building on an extraordinary 158-year legacy. With seven Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other accolades we stand as a beacon of journalistic excellence in Minnesota. Together we are the heart and voice of the North.
Our mission is to build a better Minnesota by connecting us with the people ideas and stories that strengthen our communities. Were seeking dynamic leaders who are passionate about journalism and democracy to help shape this future. If you are excited about reinventing one of our states most trusted institutions and leading us into a new era of growth and excellence we want to hear from you.
The Minnesota Star Tribune offers 10-week summer internships with our newsroom digital audience team in Minneapolis MN. We select talented driven college seniors and graduate students who can handle breaking news and enterprise stories. We expect our interns to come to us with skill and leave with polish and invaluable experience from a major-market newsroom. Interns are paid $850 a week. Interns may be able to apply for any available apprentice positions at the completion of their internship.
Star Tribune is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and it encourages qualified applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Candidates should recognize that legacy news operations must merge diversity-and-inclusion aspirations with audience needs to succeed and support that goal.
We expect our digital audience engagement interns to have:
- Solid news judgment and experience verifying online content.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to write stories.
- Ability to multitask and juggle priorities on deadline.
- Experience creating social content on Instagram (stories feed posts and video) Twitter (including threaded content) Facebook and more.
- Basic video/photo/visual editing skills.
These producers use reader-engagement best practices with superior social media data-visualization and aggregating skills to optimize all content types on the suite of digital platforms. They work closely with digital and social media team members throughout the newsroomto maximize the reach of Star Tribune content.
Qualifications:
A solid journalism background combined with an eagerness to innovate and experiment are paramount. Candidates should have experience in daily digital journalism strong news judgment excellent communication skills and a proven track record of collaboration. Must be a strong advocate for emerging digital and social tools and comfortable working with accuracy under high deadline pressure. Candidates should have familiarity with digital content management systems or the ability to learn such skills quickly. Candidates should understand social media best practices for posting to Facebook Twitter Instagram and Snapchat at minimum.
Top candidates can demonstrate theyre ready to make the most of this opportunity. The term will be early June to early August.
Your applicationwhich must be uploaded by Nov. 1 should include:
- Five to 10 links to digital content that you created or to brand social media posts. Digital content may include stories (reported aggregated audience-engagement) social videos or links to brand social promotion. (You can submit screen grabs of brand Instagram or Snapchat stories.) Applications without these submissions will not be considered.
- A memo noting one thing you would change about the Star Tribune to better serve our readers and how your skills could facilitate such an improvement.
- A resume detailing your journalism experience and three references including their titles phone numbers and email addresses.
- Two letters of recommendation. At least one of those letters should come from an editor who has seen you work in a professional environment on deadline. Please do not submit letters of reference from fellow student journalists.
- Reference letters can be attached to your application or emailed to with your name in the subject line.
Questions Email Colleen Stoxen Deputy Managing Editor Please do not email your application; to apply upload here.
Hourly Compensation:
This internship will be paid at $21.25/hour.
More about the Minnesota Star Tribune:
At the Minnesota Star Tribune we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset and we are committed to their happiness growth and well-being. Heres a snapshot of the exceptional benefits we offer:
- Modern Downtown Office: Enjoy a state-of-the-art workspace with a free fitness center collaborative center golf simulator and a rooftop patio.
Honored in 2023 with Diversity MBAs inaugural Top 25 Outstanding Leadership and Diversity Impact Awards we are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Even if you dont meet every single requirement for this role we encourage you to apply. At the Minnesota Star Tribune we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
