Spring + Summer Community Engagement Fellowship (Waco) - The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune is hiring for its 2026 fellowships. We are looking for creative, high-potential talent to join our trailblazing digital news organization.

We’re looking for a fellow to assist in coordinating social media promotions for The Waco Bridge’s news and events.

We want creative self-starters who are reliable, quick on their feet and comfortable managing multiple projects at once. 

This fellow drives audience and member engagement by working with the Community Engagement and Events Manager and the Editor-in-Chief to promote The Waco Bridge’s content and events on social media. Their work includes creating and managing the Bridge’s social media content on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok and Reddit.

This fellowship is based in Waco. Students must be able to work from our Waco offices and occasionally attend Bridge events in Waco.

Responsibilities

• Create social content based on the news of the day

• Engage audiences with short-form video content that highlights the Bridge’s news content by recording new short-form videos and editing new or existing videos

• Drive traffic and awareness for the publication across social media

• Assist with community outreach efforts through email and phone calls to help promote and coordinate Bridge events and meetings with the community

• Optimize social content and track performance

• Help the Bridge with copywriting, social media placement and field marketing of events.

• Help coordinate media appearances for Bridge journalists

Qualifications

• A major in marketing, communications, journalism, public relations or related fields

• Solid news judgment and experience writing on deadline.

• Sharp social copywriting skills and experience using social networks for promotion

• Experience producing and editing visual content (including social graphics, audio, video and/or other multimedia)

Questions? Contact Dominic Villa, Community Engagement & Events Manager for The Waco Bridge, at dominic.villa@wacobridge.org.

How to apply

You may apply for more than one 2026 fellowship. Submit your application here for spring and summer fellowships by Nov. 2 and for fall fellowships by Feb. 15.

The Tribune is the state’s premier digital-first news organization, providing in-depth, nonpartisan coverage of Texas politics and public policy. Our nonprofit newsroom covers a wide range of topics, such as public and higher education, health, immigration, politics and the environment. In addition to investigative reports, we produce robust journalism in a variety of formats — from data visualizations and searchable databases to explanatory guides and editorial events — all designed to bring greater transparency and accountability to public policy and government.

Tribune fellowships are paid positions for currently enrolled college students who work part-time in the spring and fall and who are full-time in the summer. Recent graduates are eligible for the summer program, but spring and fall fellows must be enrolled as community college, undergraduate or graduate students while they work at the Tribune.

Tribune fellowships are available to those seeking experience in the following fields: audience engagement, data visualization, engineering, events, marketing and communications, nonprofit resource development, photography, product development, graphic design, and reporting.

Why join our fellowship program?

Our fellows don't just observe — they contribute directly to our mission.

Non-journalism fellows are critical to ensuring we can continue to serve Texans with factual, nonpartisan news. We’re looking for college students eager to put their classroom lessons into practice and launch their careers while working toward a more engaged, better-informed, more civically aware Texas.

The Tribune’s newsroom fellowships offer practical experience in public service journalism. You'll work alongside our award-winning staff to produce meaningful, fact-driven work that informs Texans and holds power accountable. This isn’t just an internship — it’s a chance to have a real impact.