From: brayj@umich.edu
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 17:36:23 EST
AFL-CIO Media Outreach Internship
Start Date: June, 2002
Duration: One Year (not a summer-long internship)
Salary: $500 - $550 per week plus benefits
Deadline for Applications: April 15, 2002
The AFL-CIO media outreach internship has a dual purpose:
(1) to help the AFL-CIO shape the public=s opinion of today=s unions
through media outlets, including making workers= voices and issues heard in
all available media forums;
(2) to develop people with the skills needed to fill the labor movement=s
growing need for effective communicators.
The intern position is a full-time, year-long opportunity to explore and be
part of the dynamic new labor movement while developing specific media
outreach skills. While the internship is based in Washington, D.C., it
also includes a period of field work.
Duties include:
9 Writing press releases and media advisories;
9 Developing new media contacts;
9 Monitoring press coverage of unions;
9 Helping to stage press conferences and events;
9 Helping workers to refine their message and to make their voices heard in
the media;
9 Coordinating on various AFL-CIO projects including politics, trade,
organizing and legislation.
9 Producing background materials for internal and external use.
The media outreach intern should be an effective writer and communicator
with a deep interest in addressing issues affecting working people.
Previous experience with unions, student labor coalitions, community
organizations allied with labor or other labor-related organizations is a
plus, but not a requirement.
Please send a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications for
the position, a resume, and a writing sample (1000 words max) to Deborah
White, AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20006 or e-mail to
dwhite@aflcio.org.
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Jackie Bray
Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality - SOLE
sole.steer@umich.edu
1017 Oakland St.
Ann Arbor, MI
48104
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