[UCIMC-Tech] Intern at Prometheus and join the movement to democratize the airwaves and the media!

[Danielle Chynoweth]

*Please Forward: *

*Internships at the Prometheus Radio Project*

We are looking for interns seeking to gain useful skills and a meaningful
experience in the movement to democratize the airwaves and the media.

The Prometheus Radio Project builds participatory radio as a tool for social
justice organizing and a voice for community expression. To that end, we
demystify media policy and technology, advocate for a more just media
system, and help grassroots organizations build communications
infrastructure to strengthen their communities and movements.

We envision a world in which the media is not a means to limit democratic
participation, but a way for communities and movements to express themselves
and struggle for justice. We imagine a nationwide community radio
infrastructure made up of hundreds of independent, locally-orientated
stations, part of a global movement to put media in the hands of the people.

*Summer Internships available:*

   - Development Intern <http://prometheusradio.org/employment#dev>
   - Business Planning Intern<http://prometheusradio.org/employment#planning>
   - Technical Intern <http://prometheusradio.org/employment#tech>
   - Station Support
Intern<http://prometheusradio.org/employment#station_support>
   - Policy Intern <http://prometheusradio.org/employment#policy>
   - Radio Summer Intern <http://prometheusradio.org/employment#summer>

  *When: *Summer internships go from mid May to late August. Precise start
and end dates can be negotiated. Fall and Spring internships will also be
available.

*Where:* Philadelphia, PA

*Time commitment:* Flexible, 15-30 hours per week is desired. Please
indicate how many hours you can commit to in your cover letter.

*Compensation / Benefits:* There is no stipend available at this time.
However, interns who are university students are eligible for course
credits. Other benefits include a rewarding experience, training, a letter
of recommendation, ability to travel with Prometheus, and the option of
paying the premium to access our health care program.
*How to Apply: *To apply, send a resume and cover letter to *
internships at prometheusradio.org*. Please include the title of the internship
in the subject line. Applications are due by 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 1,
2011.

*Development Intern*
Plays a major role in the development and support of Individual Giving
program at the Prometheus Radio Project.

With support of Development Director, responsibilities include:

   - Donor Research
   - Maintaining donor files
   - Coordinate donor mailings
   - Responsible for development, collection, and layout of monthly donor
   enews content
   - Create and post content on organizational website

Qualifications:

   - Comfort working with databases
   - Strong writing skills


*Business Planning Intern*
Works with Prometheus staff and allies to develop a business plan template
for start up radio stations.

This intern will build upon internal knowledge and collect field experience
from existing stations to develop a template for a comprehensive business
plan that helps to ensure the success of low power FM station applicants.
The deliverable will be a list of best practices, electronic business plan
template, and instructions for completion.

Responsibilities:

   - Identify stages of development and the discreet tasks that comprise
   each stage
   - Develop lists of requirements and best practices for plan inclusion
   - Create time-line for each stage
   - Create ideal type business plan
   - Develop a list of resources for support materials and data collection
   - Develop template based on ideal type that can be utilized by station
   applicants


*Technical Intern*
Works with Technical Director to improve the technical support resources
available to existing and up-and-coming community radio stations.

Primary responsibilities:

   - Perform channel searches for radio stations using FM allocations
   software
   - Document channel search methodology for future interns and volunteers
   - Create technical guides and "how-to" hand-outs
   - Notify radio stations about changes needed to maintain FCC compliance
   - Assist with hands-on soldering trainings at conferences and workshops

Qualifications:

   - Experience teaching technical skills to people without a technical
   background
   - Attention to detail
   - Ability to travel for up to 2 weeks cumulatively over the internship
   period
   - A background in broadcast engineering, electrical engineering, or
   computer science is a bonus, but we will consider candidates who have a
   technical background of any sort and a passion for learning new things.


*Station Support Intern*
Works with Community Radio Director to improve the station support resources
available to existing and up-and-coming community radio stations.

Primary responsibilities:

   - Coordinates station profiles project
   - Follow up with inquiries from existing stations and LPFM hopefuls
   - Assist Community Radio Director create educational materials and
   resource lists for station support part of the website
   - Assists with publicizing Prometheus webinars, conferences and workshops
   - Assists with the writing of newsletter articles
   - Documents intake process for future interns and volunteers

Qualifications:

   - Experience in radio or instructional design preferred
   - Excellent writing and communication skills
   - Ability to work in a team atmosphere on collaborative projects
   - Ability to travel for up to 2 weeks cumulatively over the internship
   period
   - Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
   - A background in public relations, organizing or media production is a
   bonus, but we will consider candidates who have a educational background of
   any sort and a passion for learning new things.


*Policy Intern*
After the recent passage of the Local Community Radio Act, the FCC is
reviewing its rules and preparing to accept applications for new low power
radio stations. The Prometheus policy intern will fight for a better media
system by helping to change the rules on community radio. This will include
researching the impact of proposed FCC rules, educating the public on that
impact, and helping groups around the country to file their own FCC
comments. The policy intern will also play a key role in a major data
gathering initiative to better understand the community radio landscape.
This project will gather qualitative and quantitative data from community
radio stations across the country, which will be presented publicly at
communitymediadatabase.org. This position will offer the chance to learn
both about the world of community radio as well as the regulatory system
that governs our media system.

Primary Responsibilities:

   - Support campaign to involve grassroots groups in the FCC rulemaking
   processes with direct outreach and written materials
   - Publicize opportunities to participate in the LPFM survey through
   email, social media, and direct outreach to stations over the phone or in
   person
   - Support regulatory staff in ensuring that LPFM survey data is
   successfully integrated into communitymediadatabase.org.
    - Research other issues related to the policy goals of Prometheus and
   present this research to policy staff through written reports and
   presentation

Qualifications:

   - Ability to work independently, but also report progress and take
   direction from staff
   - Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet set
   deadlines
   - Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in
   communicating effectively over the phone and in person with diverse groups
   - Interest in media policy


*Radio Summer Intern*
In the wake of our successful fight to pass the Local Community Radio Act
through Congress, the Prometheus Radio Project is launching a nationwide,
coalition-based campaign to help social justice and community groups groups
throughout the U.S. prepare and apply for low power community radio station
licenses.

*Radio Summer* is the first stage of this campaign. Nationally and
regionally, we will inform social movements and communities about the
upcoming license opportunity and share the potential of community radio as a
tool for social justice. This summer we are coordinating volunteers across
the country who will be hitting the road to spread the word about community
radio.

Primary responsibilities:

   - Working with volunteer participants for regional and national LPFM
   organizing events
   - Performing research and preparing background materials and documents
   for outreach
   - Updating and creating stories for the Radio Summer website
   - Maintaining contact data in a constituent relationship management
   system
   - Working with the outreach team to connect to press outlets, write
   op-eds, and amplify press via social media

Qualifications:

   - Strong communication (oral and written) and research skills
   - Ability to work both with in a team and independently
   - Experience with communities historically marginalized from media
   access, representation, and ownership a plus
   - Bilingual English/Spanish a plus



*The Prometheus Radio Project respects and values people of all backgrounds
and considers applicants for positions without regard to race, color, sex,
religion, creed, gender identity and expression, national origin, age,
disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any legally
protected status. As we work in collaboration with many communities that
have been marginalized from media access, we work to employ members of these
communities at Prometheus.*


-- 
Ian A. Smith
Prometheus Radio Project
215.727.9620 x519

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