Our National Conversation (ONC)
Our National Conversation (ONC)
51 – 200 Employees
B2CMediaNon-profit
Our National Conversation (ONC) is a nonpartisan nonprofit media platform focused on improving how Americans engage with politics and public policy. Through its work, ONC creates space for thoughtful, civil discussion across differing viewpoints and encourages people to move beyond hyper-partisan debate toward a more informed and constructive national conversation.

Managing Editor Intern (Remote, California)

Unpaid remote internship leading editorial teams and publication workflows. Support ONC’s youth-led media and civic dialogue work through coordination, training, and editorial standards.

Description

  • Lead a team of writers and editors
  • Assign work and oversee the publication schedule
  • Manage the publication calendar and story pipeline across written formats
  • Set deadlines and follow up on missed commitments
  • Maintain and update publishing process guides
  • Lead recurring weekly editorial meetings
  • Attend Leadership and All-Staff meetings and share updates
  • Support HR with recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding contributors
  • Train editors and writers while establishing standards for sourcing, processes, and formats
  • Protect ONC’s nonpartisan positioning and brand
  • Coordinate joint projects with the Media & Marketing team
  • Focus primarily on coordinating and developing people rather than producing original content

Requirements

  • Writing or editing experience from a professional, academic, student publication, or news setting
  • Ability to edit for argument and structure as well as grammar and style
  • Experience coordinating a group toward a deadline
  • Confidence directing others and holding them accountable to commitments
  • Sound judgment regarding sourcing, attribution, and factual accuracy
  • A demonstrated record of following through on sustained commitments
  • Submit a resume and cover letter with the application
  • Submit a cover letter of 500 words or fewer
  • Address your experience, a team project you led or coordinated, your availability over the next few months, and two proposed changes to ONC’s Editorial Team in the cover letter

Benefits

  • Unpaid internship
  • Remote work availability

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