Star Tribune is hiring : Digital Audience Producer Internship - Summer 2026 in Mi

The Minnesota Star Tribune is an innovative modern media organization building on an extraordinary 158-year legacy. With seven Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other accolades, we stand as a beacon of journalistic excellence in Minnesota. Together, we are the heart and voice of the North.

Our mission is to build a better Minnesota by connecting us with the people, ideas, and stories that strengthen our communities. We're seeking dynamic leaders who are passionate about journalism and democracy to help shape this future. If you are excited about reinventing one of our state's most trusted institutions and leading us into a new era of growth and excellence, we want to hear from you.

The Minnesota Star Tribune offers 10-week summer internships with our newsroom digital audience team in Minneapolis MN. We select talented, driven college seniors and graduate students who can handle breaking news and enterprise stories. We expect our interns to come to us with skill and leave with polish and invaluable experience from a major-market newsroom. Interns are paid $850 a week. Interns may be able to apply for any available apprentice positions at the completion of their internship.

Star Tribune is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and it encourages qualified applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Candidates should recognize that legacy news operations must merge diversity-and-inclusion aspirations with audience needs to succeed, and support that goal.

We expect our digital audience engagement interns to have :

• Solid news judgment and experience verifying online content.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write stories.
• Ability to multitask and juggle priorities on deadline.
• Experience creating social content on Instagram (stories, feed posts and video), Twitter (including threaded content), Facebook and more.
• Basic video / photo / visual editing skills.

These producers use reader-engagement best practices with superior social media, data-visualization and aggregating skills to optimize all content types on the suite of StarTribune.com digital platforms. They work closely with digital and social media team members throughout the newsroom to maximize the reach of Star Tribune content.

Qualifications :

A solid journalism background combined with an eagerness to innovate and experiment are paramount. Candidates should have experience in daily digital journalism, strong news judgment, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record of collaboration. Must be a strong advocate for emerging digital and social tools and comfortable working with accuracy under high deadline pressure. Candidates should have familiarity with digital content management systems, or the ability to learn such skills quickly. Candidates should understand social media best practices for posting to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, at minimum.

Top candidates can demonstrate they're ready to make the most of this opportunity. The term will be early June to early August.

Your application, which must be uploaded by Nov. 1, should include :

Questions? Email Colleen Stoxen, Deputy Managing Editor, colleen.stoxen@startribune.com. Please do not email your application; to apply, upload here.

Hourly Compensation :

This internship will be paid at $21.25 / hour.

More about the Minnesota Star Tribune :

At the Minnesota Star Tribune, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset, and we are committed to their happiness, growth, and well-being. Here's a snapshot of the exceptional benefits we offer :

Honored in 2023 with Diversity MBA's inaugural Top 25 Outstanding Leadership and Diversity Impact Awards, we are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Even if you don't meet every single requirement for this role, we encourage you to apply. At the Minnesota Star Tribune, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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