I would like to share with you an opportunity which may be of interest to students of Hindi or Urdu. Here is the key information:
- https://openopps.usajobs.gov/internships/6920)
- Step-by-step instructions on submitting VSFS applications
- The application deadline is this Thursday, February 29, 2024.
If there is a point of contact in your career center or dean’s office to whom such internships would be better directed, please contact Margaret MacLeod (MacLeodMG@state.gov) so that she can advertise the program earlier to potential candidates for the next cycle.
Delving into South Asian Media, Navigating a Global Organization
Introduction
Research and write a print article on the history of the Regional Media Hubs of the U.S. Department of State; prepare exclusive interviews with key figures in the creation and institutionalization of the Global Public Affairs Bureau’s forward deployed media communicators and their evolution to foreign language spokespersons. Propose a multimedia story board, and film content building on this project. See for example Department of State Instagram story “UNGA Confessionals”. Monitor media coverage of U.S. foreign policy in Hindi and Urdu media, advise on opportunities to engage social media influencers, and report on media engagements by senior U.S. officials and the London Regional Media Hub.
What you’ll do
Interns research current events on the subcontinent relevant to U.S. foreign policy and identify trends and influencers in traditional and emerging media. VSFS interns may be tasked with tracking and reporting on social and online media coverage of high-level media interviews, press briefings or media advisories that the Hub coordinates or disseminates. Strong writing skills are essential. Hindi or Urdu proficiency required.
At full performance level, the reports which the interns prepare will be shared with top officials in various Bureaus of the State Department, the National Security Council, various U.S. agencies working on South Asian policy.
Interns will review social media as part of the reporting and alert the Hub to any large-scale conversations taking place on the subcontinent about the US Government and the region.
The Hub tracks Hindi and Urdu media and language skills are required. Assignments may be adjusted depending on whether the intern’s strength is in Hindi or Urdu.
What you’ll learn
Interns will be trained on the specific online media and social media monitoring platforms, enhance their writing skills, develop their data analysis skills, use their Hindi and/or Urdu reading abilities, as well as be exposed to the myriad current events that appear in press articles from the subcontinent (and internationally) that they will review.
Who we are
Interns will work with the small team at the London Regional Media Hub based in London. Their main contacts are with the Deputy Director and Director.
The London International Media Hub is part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Public Affairs and works to connect U.S. policy makers and experts with Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic media. As part of the Office of International Media Engagement, we work in collaboration with Public Affairs offices at U.S. Embassies throughout the Near East and South Asia. The London International Media Hub is hosts one Arabic and one Hindi-Urdu language spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State.
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