IRW Intern (Student)

Work Where You Learn: Build Experience, Grow Skills, and Contribute to Your University Community.

 

This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

 

Important guidance for current American University employees: American University current employees, including those employed in student positions, must apply through their employee Workday account. If you are a current employee at American University, please log into your employee Workday account and select the Find Jobs report which will take you to our internal career listings. Applying outside of your employee Workday account may cause delays in a hire process.

Department:

School of Communication

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

Student Interns in the Investigative Reporting Workshop (IRW) will work as researchers and reporters with publishing partners on a variety of subjects. Subjects include, but are not limited to, immigration, public health, and law enforcement. IRW Student Interns report directly to the Executive Editor of the IRW, and will interact with other staff, students, faculty, and consultants of the IRW.

Essential Functions:

• Support IRW’s investigations.

• Check the accuracy and validity of data analysis used in projects.

• Handle daily data work for the various data-driven journalism projects within the IRW.

• Contribute to one or more investigative reports.

• Request and gather public information. 

• Clean and analyze received data.          

• Develop journalistic stories.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• Part-time.

• 10 hours per week.

Salary Range:

• $22.50 per hour.

Other:

• This position is open to undergraduate students at American University.

• This position does not have a Federal Work Study (FWS) award.

• This position is for the Spring 2026 semester.

Other Details

• This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

• Please note this job announcement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• American University is an E-Verify employer.

• Visit https://www.american.edu/hr/ for additional information about American University employment and benefits.

 

Current American University Employees

American University current employees (including those employed in student positions) must apply through their employee Workday account. If you are a current