Summary of the Social Media Intern, Fall 2026 job at The Dispatch

About The Dispatch

The Dispatch is a member-funded publication covering politics, policy, and culture. We are right-of-center and fiercely independent, which in practice means we scrutinize our own side as readily as anyone else's.

Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg founded The Dispatch in 2019 on a straightforward bet: that enough readers were tired of outrage-driven media to pay for something better. They were. Tens of thousands of members now fund our reporting directly, which means we answer to them rather than to traffic. We also own and operate SCOTUSblog, the definitive source for Supreme Court coverage for more than 20 years.

This is a hands-on execution seat on our social team. You will not be shadowing someone or fetching things. You will be publishing to real accounts with a real audience, every day.

We are looking for someone to help us execute our organic social strategy across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Reddit: turning the day’s reporting into platform-native content, cutting clips from our podcasts and video, monitoring and replying in the comments, and reporting on what worked. You will sit inside our editorial workflows, including a standing seat on the weekly editorial call, so you know what is coming and why it matters.

Political media moves fast and unpredictably. The best social work here happens when someone recognizes a moment and acts on it in the next twenty minutes. That is the instinct we are hiring for.

You will leave with a portfolio of work on accounts people actually read, direct experience across five platforms, and a real understanding of how a subscription news business grows. You will work directly with our editors, reporters, and growth team.

We are building out our social function, and this internship is a genuine pipeline into it. If you are excellent, we want to keep you.

This is a paid, part-time internship running approximately September 8 through December 18, 2026, at 15 to 20 hours per week. Hours are flexible and scheduled around your classes and other commitments.

The role is remote. We have an office in Washington, D.C., and if you happen to be in the area you are more than welcome to work from it.

1. Resume. 

2. Links to social accounts or content you have run. Handles, channels, individual posts, or a portfolio link. We want to see the actual work.  If you do not have links to share, just write N/A.

3. Cover letter. In addition to telling us about your experience, please address the following: Briefly, in your own words, what do you believe The Dispatch’s unique value proposition to be? Then pick one of our social accounts and tell us what you think is working, what is not, and what you would do differently in first few weeks.