VSFS Editor - A Veteran's Story, Instagram, OR Operation Song

PROJECT SUMMARY: Review "A Veteran’s Story" blog posts written by fellow interns for publishing on the VAntage Point blog and official VA social feeds with a monthly audience of over 2 million.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Are you good with a red pen? Do you have an eye for detail or an ear for awkward phrasing? Consider joining VA’s Digital Media Engagement team! Editing interns are responsible for reviewing written work and making edits as needed before submitting content to our team for final review and publishing. Blog posts are written and submitted by other interns, but need to be reviewed for typos, correct grammar and phrasing, correct use of AP Style, and adherence to VA style.

A Veteran’s Story provides in-depth stories about a Veteran’s excellent work during or after their service. These pieces do not simply recount key details of a Veteran’s service, but provide deeper information and allow more creative freedom in storytelling.

Our communication work is a representation of the VA as a whole. Publishing accurate, quality work is one of our team’s most important obligations, so we are looking for people who can help ensure that every post is ready to go before it is published.

REQUIRED SKILLS & INTERESTS: Editing and Proofreading

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To be selected for this position, you must have experience editing content for a publication, school newspaper, blog, newsletter or other communication platform. Some experience and familiarity with AP Style is preferred.View our work: http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Digital Media Engagement Team internship is one of the largest and most established internship programs available through the Virtual Student Federal Service. Last year, our internship had approximately 120 interns in various departments and leadership positions. If you want to join a team that is well structured and will offer meaningful work that will help you build skills that you can actually add to your resume, then you should definitely join our team.

For more information about interning with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Digital Media Engagement Team VSFS Internship program, please visit: https://dmeinterns.org/.

REQUIREMENT(S): Must be a U.S. Citizen

PROJECT SUMMARY: Help share the personal stories of hundreds of Veterans who have used musical therapy through the nonprofit organization Operation SongTM. Edit and polish engaging content about their songs and stories for publishing on our Vantage Point blog http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Are you good with a red pen? Do you have an eye for detail or an ear for awkward phrasing? Consider joining VA’s office of Digital Media Engagement as an editing intern for the Operation Song project. Operation song uses musical therapy to help Veterans express themselves through music. Through this partnership, interns create blog posts highlighting Veterans who have written songs about those experiences.

Editing interns are responsible for reviewing written work and making edits as needed before submitting them to our team for final review and publishing. Blog posts are written and submitted by other interns, but need to be reviewed for typos, correct grammar and phrasing, correct use of AP Style, and adherence to VA style. Our communication work is a representation of the VA as a whole. Publishing accurate, quality work is one of our team’s most important obligations, so we are looking for people who can help ensure that every post is ready to go before it is published

PROJECT SUMMARY: Review and edit Instagram posts written by fellow interns for publishing on the VA's official Instagram channel with an audience of over 130,000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To see our Instagram content, please visit: https://www.instagram.com/deptvetaffairs/.

Our team uses Salesforce Social Studio to schedule content for our social media channels. You will be given a account on our Salesforce Social Studio platform and will be trained in how to use it in order to schedule social content. This will be valuable experience to add to your repertoire and will be a tremendous help to the VA and to Veterans.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Digital Media Engagement Team internship is one of the largest and most established internship programs available through the Virtual Student Federal Service. Last year, our internship had approximately 120 interns in various departments and leadership positions. If you want to join a team that is well structured and will offer meaningful work that will help you build skills that you can actually add to your resume, then you should definitely join our team.

For more information about interning with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Digital Media Engagement Team VSFS Internship program, please visit: https://dmeinterns.org/.