About Fair Observer
Fair Observer is an independent, nonprofit media organization that engages in citizen journalism and civic education. It publishes more than 3,000 authors from 90 countries, cutting across borders, backgrounds and beliefs. Some of them are former prime ministers, former diplomats and retired intelligence officers. Others are young people from around the world. Anyone can publish with us, but everyone goes through the same fact-checking and a rigorous editorial process. In a nutshell, we provide diversity and quality in an era of echo chambers and fake news.
We are unique: no one else does what we do.
Job Description
Video Interns will handle producing, editing and interviewing for our channel. You could focus on just one of the three tasks or try their hand at two or even three. You will be expected to work actively on YouTube, which could involve interviewing guests on issues like the Iran war or the fall of South Korean stock markets or producing explainer videos on topics like ‘Ndrangeta (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvh\_Vcon9hU) and The Donroe Doctrine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh5lyvfK0qw).
If you want editing practice, you could edit one of the many videos we record on a regular basis. Your work might include developing video concepts, scripts, shorts, titles, thumbnails and posts tailored for geopolitical and current affairs audiences.
Responsibilities
As Video Intern, you might do some or most of the following:
Interview interesting guests for our channel on issues that matter
Edit videos per our guidelines for our channel
Produce videos on important topics after consultations with senior editors
Forge Fair Observer’s digital audience growth strategy across YouTube and social media
Analyze audience behavior, trends and analytics to optimize content performance and publishing schedules
Optimize videos using SEO, metadata, retention strategies, and platform analytics
Work on titles, description and SEO of podcasts, including
The Dialectic
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWLHTcNvjYQ&list=PLzdlS9OPe85L4ahvy40n5V4Vfa9rp7Pwa) and
FO Podcasts
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipe\_a9piL0c&list=PLzdlS9OPe85J6zVnFQo\_9C3jYw\_kidhJc)
Build strategies to expand Fair Observer’s relevance among younger and global digital audiences