NEA Counter Disinformation Intern, Center for Communications, Counter Disinformation Strategy Department (Summer 2025)

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Posting Period:

March 31, 2025 - Until Filled

Employee Type:

SHORTTERM Short-term Temps

Position Type:

Intern (Fixed Term)

Position Details:

NEA is accepting applications for individuals interested in participating as a NEA Counter Disinformation Intern in the NEA Internship Program, Center for Communications, Counter Disinformation Strategy department, for the

Summer 2025 session, which will begin on or after June 9, 2025 and will end on or before August 14, 2025.  The internships range from six weeks to a full semester.  Interns will receive a stipend of $20 per hour and may intern up to a maximum of twenty (20) hours a week.

The NEA Internship Program provides interns with training, learning opportunities, educational activities and exposure to a variety of rich and substantive programmatic experiences that support quality public education. These experiences may include conducting research; data analysis; writing and editing memos and materials; curating disinformation reports; participating in and assisting with partnership events, meetings and forums; and other appropriate program-related activities.

NEA Internships:  Position Summary

The NEA partners with institutions of higher education, intern programs and other organizations to identify interns - generally, but not limited to, juniors, seniors, recent college graduates (up to 18 months) or graduate students - who are interested in public education policy and education issues. Students pursuing degrees in Education, Political Science, Government, Human Resources, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Business, Finance,  Economics, Management, Communications, Computer Science, Journalism, Mass Media,  Graphic Design, Digital Communications and other disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Position Emphasis: This position supports NEA’s strategic objective to focus the energy and resources of its 3 million members toward the promotion of public education by participating in internship opportunities and assignments in the Center for Communications, Counter Disinformation Strategy department, of the National Education Association.  This internship may be hybrid - virtual and on-site at NEA Headquarters.

Counter Disinformation Intern assignments include:

• Draft and edit disinformation report summaries

• Research social media for new trends in content creation

• Create disinformation reports for state affiliates

• Research -- looking into new actors and trends that pop up or initial evaluations about the reach of disinformation in certain areas; draft memos to report on learnings

• Training collaboration -- support training of staff and members in best practices to counter disinformation

Additional Proposed Intern Activities: NEA interns will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with NEA staff and participate in a variety of meaningful learning experiences, projects and opportunities during the internship.  In addition to participating in assigned Center/department activities, based on their skills and interests, interns will also have opportunities to participate in relevant NEA sponsored and/or approved group activities that may occur at NEA or in the Washington Metropolitan area.  The group activities may include participation in interviews with the NEA President and Executive Director, and organizational leadership and staff, observing NEA events such as Representative Assembly events, Board meetings or cross Center/department events, and participating in policy forums, organizing or lobbying activities or organized partner or Intern events in the Washington DC Metropolitan area, such as Washington DC Intern Week.

Expected skills and opportunities for development that the intern may obtain from this educational experience.

Counter Disinformation Intern will have opportunity to develop/obtain:

• Organization skills

• Experience working under deadline pressure

• Keyboarding

• Experience Using Social Media

• Interviewing skills

• Writing and editing skills

• Ability to learn and experience using several key media databases

Additionally