What are the responsibilities and job description for the Opinion Video Intern position at The Washington Post?
Join the future of news
We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.
About Our Team
The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Why This Role Matters
We’re seeking content interns to support our expanding video team. Candidates should have experience already making content: editing videos, running a TikTok, clipping for podcasts and thinking critically about titles, thumbnails and audience engagement.
The paid interns will turn their creator instincts into professional experience, working alongside producers, editors, and talent to bring a daily content operation to life. They will be in the room where shows are planned, clips are cut and communities are built. Interns will help with daily production tasks, gathering assets and elements for rundowns, assisting with editing clips (longform and shortform), brainstorming and editing shoulder content (e.g. reaction clips and extras). They will also track community sentiment, surface audience feedback and support social posting.
Session Options:
We are looking for college juniors, seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates.
Required Skills:
Collaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.
Your story awaits. Apply today!
Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.
We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.
About Our Team
The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Why This Role Matters
We’re seeking content interns to support our expanding video team. Candidates should have experience already making content: editing videos, running a TikTok, clipping for podcasts and thinking critically about titles, thumbnails and audience engagement.
The paid interns will turn their creator instincts into professional experience, working alongside producers, editors, and talent to bring a daily content operation to life. They will be in the room where shows are planned, clips are cut and communities are built. Interns will help with daily production tasks, gathering assets and elements for rundowns, assisting with editing clips (longform and shortform), brainstorming and editing shoulder content (e.g. reaction clips and extras). They will also track community sentiment, surface audience feedback and support social posting.
Session Options:
- Session 1: 01/05/2026 to 03/13/2026 Application Deadline: 10/30/2025
- Session 2: 03/23/2026 to 05/29/2026 Application Deadline: 12/20/2025
- Session 3: 06/08/2026 to 08/14/2026 Application Deadline: 04/01/2026
- Session 4: 09/07/2026 to 11/20/2026 Application Deadline: 07/01/2026
- A résumé
- A cover letter that includes links to shows or videos you have worked on and a description of what specifically you contributed to the final product.
- An original social video on any contemporary news topic, with a hook, a story, and a call to action.
- A second video explaining how you view today’s news social landscape. You should address which YouTube shows and independent creators are approaching the landscape effectively, which ones aren’t, and what news media companies can learn from them.
- If you are not able to upload a video file due to file size limitations, please include a link to a video hosted elsewhere in your resume or cover letter.
- You’re a creator-in-progress, whether that’s on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.
- You are comfortable editing your own stuff (on Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, Apple Final Cut Pro, or even Apple iMovie).
- You’re passionate about news, culture and internet fandoms, and know what people are sharing right now.
- You’re hungry to learn the professional workflows behind making content at scale.
- You are comfortable in fast-paced environments and on deadline.
- We welcome interns with a range of interests — from those who love creating their own talking-head videos to those obsessed with editing political clips, remixing footage and making mashups.
We are looking for college juniors, seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates.
Required Skills:
- Experience with Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, Adobe After Effects or Apple Final Cut.
- Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop or Canva for quick graphics and thumbnails.
- Understanding of YouTube Studio basics (metadata, scheduling, analytics).
- Experience running your own channel, page or fan account, including a keen sense of how to write platform-native social captions.
Collaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.
Your story awaits. Apply today!
Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.
