ABC News Audience Engagement Intern, Spring 2027

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ABC News Audience Engagement Intern Spring 2027

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About the Role & Program

The ABC News Audience Development team is responsible for creating distributing curating and optimizing ABC News content across digital platforms including mobile apps major social media platforms search video and other distribution channels. The team plays a critical role in connecting audiences with breaking news and original journalism while identifying opportunities to grow engagement across existing and emerging platforms.

As an Audience Development Intern you will gain hands-on experience at the intersection of journalism audience strategy analytics and digital storytelling. Working alongside experienced audience development professionals you will learn how editorial judgment data insights and experimentation help drive audience growth and engagement. The ideal candidate is passionate about news and current events follows digital media trends and is interested in understanding how audiences discover and consume content across platforms.

This internship is a full-time six-month commitment in the New York New York area from January 2027 - June 2027

What You Will Do

On any given day you will support audience development initiatives across ABC News digital platforms including mobile apps search social media video and other distribution channels. You will help curate content experiences across owned platforms support audience growth strategies and assist in distributing content to external partners to help maximize visibility during major news events. You will contribute to headline testing efforts monitor news search and social trends and help identify emerging platforms formats and audience behaviors. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen editorial judgment analytical thinking collaboration and digital storytelling skills while gaining exposure to how data and audience insights inform content strategy.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience with journalism news reporting news production digital media or content creation through coursework internships campus media or related projects.
• Understanding of the 24/7 news cycle current events and breaking news coverage.
• Demonstrated writing and editing skills through coursework internships campus media or published content samples.
• Experience using social media platforms digital publishing tools or content distribution channels through academic extracurricular internship or personal projects.
• Familiarity with audience metrics analytics or data-informed decision-making through coursework projects or prior experience.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments meet deadlines and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Experience conducting research or analyzing audience engagement or content performance data.
• Familiarity with social media management content publishing or audience analytics tools.
• Experience creating content for digital social or campus media platforms.
• Experience working in a newsroom media organization student publication or related environment.
• Familiarity with SEO headline writing or audience engagement strategies.
• Interest in emerging digital platforms and evolving audience consumption behaviors.

Education

• Junior or Senior year preferred.
• Major or coursework in Journalism Broadcast Journalism Communications Digital Media Media Studies Marketing or a related field preferred.

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
• Current Disney Interns College International or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information

• Able to have a consistent reliable work schedule throughout the internship
• Fully available from January 2027 through June 2027
• Fully available from Monday through Friday 40 hours each week
• Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the New York New York area
• Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work in the New York New York area

Materials Requested:

• A portfolio review is required for this position. For full consideration please include a link to your portfolio on your résumé. Applications without a portfolio link on the résumé will not be considered a completed application packet and may not be fully considered for the position. Please visit our support site or additional information.

The pay rate for this role in New York is $23.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package such as medical financial and/or other benefits dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: Posting Segment:Digital Media

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Digital Media All

Primary Job Posting Category:

Production Intern

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Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

New York NY USA

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Intern