Media Archive Internship (Archive)
1 Position
Organization
WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. Founded nearly 20 years ago by musician and activist Peter Gabriel, WITNESS partners with NGOs, community groups, and grassroots organizations around the globe.
Description:
WITNESS is offering unpaid internships in our Media Archive. Interns train under the supervision of an Archivist, providing general assistance and performing a range of tasks in a fast-paced advocacy-oriented production and human rights archive. The WITNESS Media Archive is the repository for over 4000 hours of original raw video footage from human rights NGOs around the world, as well as over 50 original documentary productions.
This is a great internship for students interested in hands-on, in-depth cataloging experience; working with unedited, unpublished video footage in a dynamic production environment; and exposure to documentary or nonfiction materials.
Approximately 20-30% of the time will be engaged in administrative tasks, and the remainder will involve duties such as cataloging media in an in-house database, handling archival digital media, researching the collection for clients and staff, digitization projects, screening/logging/transcribing footage, and post-production support.
Qualifications:
Ideally, potential Interns should be graduate students with a focus in studies of moving image archives, library science, archival studies, human rights, international relations, or media production.
Candidates should have:
• Familiarity with foreign affairs and international politics;
• Strong written English skills;
• Experience or strong interest in archival work & setting;
• Experience with or strong interest in working with visual media
Other preferred qualifications include:
• Experience or skills in video production or digital media;
• Fluency in Spanish, French or other foreign language;
• Knowledge of Filemaker databases;
• Knowledge of metadata or cataloging standards or protocols.
General Information
We require a minimum of two months commitment, for at least 35 hours per week. Internships are unpaid. Our offices are located in Brooklyn, NY, convenient to the Atlantic Terminal (2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q, N and R trains) and C (Lafayette) and G (Fulton) trains.
Application instructions:
No phone inquiries please. Please send applications by email to internship@witness.org including a resume and cover letter and “Archive” in the Subject.