El Grito Media Internship & Fellowship

El Grito Media Fellowship & Internship Program

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Washington, DC / Remote Hybrid Opportunities

ABOUT EL GRITO MEDIA by LULAC

League of United Latin American Citizens is launching El Grito Media, a digital-first newsroom focused on civil rights, policy, culture, and community-centered reporting impacting Latino communities and allies across the United States.

Built within one of the country’s oldest Latino civil rights organizations, El Grito Media is developing a new model for community-connected journalism. Our newsroom works directly with people on the ground to investigate issues, verify information, and explain how national policies affect everyday lives.

While El Grito Media operates within a nonprofit advocacy organization, we are committed to fair, accountable, fact-based journalism regardless of political affiliation or economic interest. We believe journalistic rigor, transparency, and community trust are essential to our work.

Internship & Fellowship Opportunities

We are seeking juniors, seniors, and master’s students interested in civil rights, immigration and public policy, investigative journalism, digital storytelling, broadcast or multimedia reporting, and social-first news production. Students do not need to identify as Latino or speak Spanish to apply.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape an emerging newsroom from the ground up while gaining meaningful, hands-on experience in reporting, storytelling, and digital journalism.

Depending on their skills and interests, fellows and interns may pitch original story ideas, conduct interviews and field reporting, verify community-submitted tips, research public records and policy developments, and contribute to accountability reporting efforts. Participants may also help produce TikTok and Instagram news content, assist with short-form video editing and scripting, write digital articles and explainers, support audience engagement efforts, and participate in editorial meetings and newsroom workflow development.

This is a hands-on, “shoe-leather reporting” environment where students will be encouraged to pursue stories from start to finish with guidance from experienced journalists and editors while learning newsroom ethics, verification practices, and professional reporting standards in a fast-paced digital news environment.

Ideal Candidates

We are primarily seeking journalism, media, communications, and broadcast students who are curious, resourceful, community-oriented, and interested in accountability reporting and public-interest journalism. 

Ideal candidates should be comfortable speaking with people from different backgrounds and possess strong writing, research, interviewing, storytelling, or video editing skills. Familiarity with platforms such as TikTok and Instagram is a plus.

Compensation & Academic Credit

At this early stage of development, these positions are currently unpaid due to budget constraints. However, LULAC is happy to coordinate with colleges and universities to provide:

• Internship credit
• Practicum credit
• Independent study arrangements
• Experiential learning documentation

Diversity & Equal Opportunity

League of United Latin American Citizens is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We recognize that our continued success depends on recruiting and retaining talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

LULAC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, economic status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

LULAC will not tolerate unlawful discrimination or harassment of any kind.

To Apply

Please submit the following through Handshake:

• A resume
• In place of a cover letter please answer the following prompt. Tell me about a time you faced a challenge while reporting. It can be ethical, logistical or creative. How did you overcome it and what did you learn? (300 words max) 
• Any relevant work samples (articles, videos, social posts, photography, etc.)