Number of individual students required: 1

There are two ways journalists improve society: 1) spotlight harmful challenges or 2) spotlight helpful initiatives. Unfortunately, our traditional journalism narrative focuses more on the first, and often miss how the same action can affect differently to different marginalized groups, particularly the stories of the thriving social innovation community trying to serve them. "Solutionally Speaking" wants to focus on solutions, based on "solution journalism." It tries to answer the dominant question of our age: is there a positive way for journalism that can truly serve society?

As a web design development intern, you will have the opportunity to take this social innovation idea to bring them to life. You will work closely and collaboratively with the project lead to review and refresh an affordable web design and development strategy for existing MVP, build a website/ landing page and corresponding social media presence, and then create an automated CRM/email marketing to monitor marketing performance. It’s a results-only and agile work environment where you will be able to show your entrepreneurial spirit, do what you love, and feel empowered to influence change.

Students should be prepared to:

• Conduct a needs/feature analysis to determine which lead generative website is most suitable.
• Create a design proposal including mock-ups, budget, and timeline.
• Build a fully-functioning website.
• Provide training on updating and maintaining the site.

There will be initial call with the project lead to design and work plan and then bi-weekly check-ins. The project lead is available anytime through email.