NASA Journalism
Are you interested in writing and journalism and looking to explore jobs that require your skillset? NASA runs a vey unique summer internship in which a select number of students help manage its media and communications. This is a very cool opportunity to work inside an iconic organization in a non-technical role. NASA has a robust communications engine, and if you live within 50 miles of its Greenbelt, MD facility this could be an excellent choice for you.
NASA invites HIGH SCHOOL students interested in journalism, communications, media relations, science writing to participate in our summer internship program. You'll work with a leading team of writers and multimedia producers to create and share content from NASA's most exciting science missions: mind-bending results from the Hubble Space Telescope, new views of our surprisingly dynamic moon from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, stories of our changing planet from NASA's remote sensing satellites, and breaking news from surface of the Sun. Our internships are designed to give students broad exposure to many moving parts of our busy newsroom. Interns will create videos, web features, newsletter articles, media interviews, and social media posts. Note this position is limited to HIGH SCHOOL students and that students are required to live within a 50 miles of Greenbelt Maryland.
How do I get started? Check out NASA’s website for more information.
How do I expand this narrative arc? This is a perfect opportunity for a teen that is interested in science and writing. It’s also a unique way to expand a portfolio that has a lot of impressive but ordinary features (like school newspaper, school literary club). Looking for more? Think about some of these:
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Consider starting a school radio or TV station
Do a summer course like this one at the New York TImes.
Start writing more about science-based issues, and then enter into a competition like one of the many sponsored by The New York Times.
HOT TIP: NASA is a major brand known world-wide. The media and communications internship is a really interesting way for a science-y writer to test drive one of the many important applications of great writing skills in the science world. If you live close to Greenbelt, MD, this internship could be a real resume booster!