Fall 2018: September 10- December 14
Do you ever wonder about the future of work? Or trade deals? Or what frozen chicken has to do with the price of pickup trucks? Do you know the game underrated overrated? Are you a regular listener of The Indicator from Planet Money? (A must!) Are you ready to hit the phones in search of the perfect character? To read the footnotes of CRS reports? To write the perfect tweet that celebrates the glory of the yield curve? Do you read nerdy econ and business blogs for fun?
We're a very small, highly productive team of deeply curious economics and business reporters, and we love telling stories and geeking out about economics. We work out of NPR's office in New York City (no Tiny Desk concerts here, sorry). We make five short podcasts a week. And every day is a dash to do the best we can, find the smartest guests, the freshest insights. We'd love to have you along for the journey, even if it's just for a few months -- we love to teach, and we're looking for someone who's eager to learn.
If this sounds like something you can throw yourself into for a semester, please apply! We'll be in touch.
- Pitch great stories
- Provide feedback at edits
- Write copy for npr.org for each episode
- Regularly post to Planet Money social media accounts
- Monitor Planet Money inbox and social media accounts for feedback from listeners and share with team
- Respond to listener emails, follow up on their story ideas
- Do research into your ideas, and ours
- Book guests
- Help with tracking reporter narration in studio
- Mix promotional materials
- Help identifying and preparing past episodes for rebroadcast
- Excellent writing, researching and analytical skills
- Knowledge of or at least interest in economics and business
- Ability to work independently, quickly and accurately, while under deadline pressure
- Web skills including knowledge of basic blogging software and social media strategy
- A natural interest in engaging audiences on social media
- Being easy to work with, even on tight deadlines