It's Been a Minute & Life Kit Internship- Fall 2026

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Application Instructions: Applications close on Sunday, June 21st at 11:59 pm ET.

It’s Been a Minute is the future of NPR programming. Through three podcasts a week plus a radio show, host Brittany Luse highlights trends in culture (from how we live to what makes us laugh) and explores why people are connecting with them now. IBAM covers everything from politics to pop culture and is redefining cultural journalism by asking questions traditional media has yet to ask. Our team is innovative, ambitious, creative, curious, and fun. Our audience has tripled in the past six months, and we’re looking for an intern who is hungry to learn how to make a show from the inside out.

Created around original podcasts, Life Kit is NPR’s brand for actionable journalism. With journalistic rigor and in-depth reporting, Life Kit publishes three podcasts a week that aim to help people be their better selves. We also produce a steady flow of digital stories, Instagram stories and posts, and regular radio pieces. We answer how-to questions with evidence-based take-aways. Our team is highly collaborative, curious, nimble, and hardworking. We are looking for an intern who embodies all those traits to join our team.

This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff is defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events.    

• Contributing to episode research
• Pitching episode ideas
• Assisting with audio production tasks, including pulling audio clips for edit and producing promos
• Assisting with social media efforts; follow-up with episode experts
• Supporting engagement editor(s) with video production
• Booking guests and arranges logistics
• Helping monitor listener feedback
• Obtaining audio and assists with basic production
• Attending editorial meeting and pitches story ideas
• Performing routine administrative tasks
• Fact-checking for episodes and digital stories
• All work of the intern is to be performed under the close supervision of the host teams.

• Strong research skills
• Strong writing skills
• Computer literacy
• Interest in audio journalism
• Knowledge of NPR podcasts and other content

• Resume 
• Cover Letter
• Writing Sample

Must be a current student in an accredited degree program or a recent graduate of no more than 12 months from the month of the start of the internship.

Select One (Include the specific office, geographic work location, and number of onsite days as prompted below)

This is a hybrid permitted role. The employee will be required to be in the office at the New York City location at least 3 of days a week. The employee must also reside in New York City.

This is a full-time, non-exempt internship

This is a full-time internship with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST. The intern is expected to work onsite in the NY Bureau 3 days a week.

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