Finance Department Internship (WITNESS, Inc) – Employment, career opportunity in USA

Job Title: Finance Department Internship :
Organization: (WITNESS, Inc)
Country: United States of America
Deadline: 15th Sept 2013
Date Posted:  6th Sept 2013

ORGANIZATION

WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. Founded 20 years ago by musician and activist, Peter Gabriel, WITNESS partners with NGO’s, community groups, and grassroots organizations around the globe. witness.org

Internships at WITNESS offer a unique, hands-on opportunity to enhance their educational objectives through practical, real-world experience under the guidance and mentoring of experienced professionals in the areas of human rights, video advocacy, communications, media operations, fundraising, IT, human resources, and nonprofit administration. Interns participate in an array of activities depending on the department and projects, which may include logging footage, translation, research, event planning, online outreach, and organizational support.

DESCRIPTION

Are you passionate about human rights? Do you believe YouTube and mobile video create incredible opportunities as well as serious risks for activists and citizen witnesses worldwide? Witness is looking for an intern to contribute to an innovative project blending news reporting, citizen media, and human rights advocacy.

The Human Rights YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/humanrights) curates, verifies, and contextualizes citizen video on human rights issues around the world. As breaking news and human rights footage is increasingly recorded by citizen journalists rather than traditional reporters, the Human Rights Channel is at the forefront of international news gathering and human rights investigation.

The Curation Intern will work with the Channel curator to source and research human rights footage created by citizens around the world. The position blends timely news reporting with human rights research and writing for the web. As part of a small team, interns have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the editorial content of the Human Rights Channel and to enhance their knowledge of international affairs and new media activism. They are expected to maintain attention to detail and strong journalistic and human rights ethics.

Objectives include:

    Learning international online news reporting and research skills
    Assisting with research into human rights issues and events via videos, news articles, and reports
    Understanding the potential of YouTube and social networks to source, investigate, and distribute information on underexposed human rights stories
    Working with Curator and other interns to use social media (Twitter, Google+, etc.) to distribute content and engage with followers
    Actively contributing to the Witness blog with analyses of citizen video

All interns are expected to spend between 20-30% of their time engaged in administrative support.

QUALIFICATIONS

Potential interns should be upper undergraduates or graduate students. We’re looking for a team player that has the following qualities:

    Passion for video advocacy and human rights
    Experience conducting online research
    Excellent writing skills
    Video editing experience, or interest in learning
    Attention to detail

It’d be great if you also have:

    Experience with YouTube or other online video platforms
    Video activism experience
    Foreign language skills (especially Arabic)
    Experience in documentary-making, international affairs, activism, journalism and/or related topics
    Familiarity with online social media & interest in learning more

General Information

We require a minimum of two months commitment, for at least 24 hours per week. Internships are unpaid. Our offices are located in Brooklyn, NY, convenient to the Barclay Center and Atlantic Terminal (2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q, N and R trains, LIRR) and C (Lafayette) and G (Fulton) trains.

How to apply:

Application Instructions

No phone inquiries please. We strongly prefer applications by email to internship@witness.org including a resume (2 page max), cover letter with “Human Rights Channel Curation” in the Subject.

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