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About the Role
Democracy Now! Internships are paid, 20-hour per week, temporary work placements designed to help students, early-career professionals, and career changers gain entry-level skills and experience in archiving, fundraising, and translation within a non-profit setting. The Archive internship program offers a chance to learn about audio-visual archiving and preservation in a dynamic environment, working closely with the Democracy Now! Production team and Archivist.
Responsibilities
- Catalog incoming video created by Democracy Now! producers and other independent media and news organizations
- Process paper, book collections and magnetic tape
- Digitize analog media
- Create tags and descriptive metadata for media asset management system
- Perform other duties as needed
Requirements
- Knowledge of Democracy Now! and commitment to its mission
- Experience with basics of video and audio editing
- Proficiency with Mac OS X, Linux and Office suite or equivalent
- Knowledge of relational database platforms
- Familiarity with video codecs and open source audio-visual tools preferred
- Knowledge of current events is helpful
- Authorization to work in the US
Skills
- Archiving
- Fundraising
- Translation
- Audio-visual archiving
- Preservation
- Video editing
- Audio editing
- Mac OS X
- Linux
- Office suite
- Relational database platforms
- Video codecs
- Open source audio-visual tools
- Current events
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Temporary
- Part-time
- In-person
Experience Level
- Entry-level
Education Level
- Student
- Career changer
Salary/Compensations
- $21 per hour
About the Company
- Democracy Now! is a non-profit organization with an archive composed of over 70,000 media items, including books, photographs, artifacts, and audio-visual materials from the 1980s to today. The archive serves as a resource for researchers, filmmakers, artists, and educators.
Equal Opportunity
- Democracy Now! is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, people with disabilities, women and LGBTQ-identified people are encouraged to apply.