AAVM Fellowship

About AAVM

Asian American Voices Media (AAVM) is a nonpartisan civic-information initiative that translates, verifies, and distributes credible U.S. news into Asian languages - with a current focus on Chinese (美华集萃) and Korean (한미목소리) - to improve access to trusted information for immigrant and diaspora communities.

AAVM sources reporting directly from established U.S. news organizations and applies a structured summarization, verification, and attribution framework supported by human editorial review and AI-enabled translation tools. The initiative is designed to strengthen media literacy and access to reliable information, particularly in multilingual contexts where language barriers and fragmented media ecosystems can increase vulnerability to misinformation.

Fellowship Overview

AAVM is seeking undergraduate and graduate student fellows to support its editorial review and translation-quality workflows. This fellowship offers hands-on experience at the intersection of journalism, public policy, and information integrity and is well-suited for students interested in media, governance, international affairs, or democratic institutions.

The fellowship is remote, part-time, and structured to accommodate academic schedules. Fellows engage not only in editorial review, but also in regular mission and strategy sessions on coverage priorities, community selection, and information-integrity considerations.

Responsibilities

Fellows will work under the supervision of AAVM's editorial leadership and may support the following activities:

Editorial and Operational Experience

• Reviewing translated news summaries (English to Chinese or Korean) for accuracy, clarity, and fidelity to original source reporting
• Verifying sourcing, attribution, and factual consistency against primary U.S. news reporting
• Applying AAVM editorial standards across outputs (style consistency, sourcing, and attribution)
• Flagging translation ambiguities, terminology issues, or culturally sensitive phrasing
• Assisting with light editorial summaries and contextual notes related to civic relevance
• Supporting internal quality-control workflows for a multilingual news platform, including glossary and recurring terminology alignment
• Participating in periodic check-ins and feedback sessions with AAVM leadership

Mission and Strategy Engagement

• How we identify and prioritize communities and states where in-language civic information gaps are most acute
• How we determine coverage focus areas based on the U.S. policy and media landscape
• How editorial judgment, translation choices, and distribution strategy intersect with broader questions of trust, access, and democratic participation

Fellows are also exposed to organizational decision-making around partnerships, expansion into new language communities, and the ethical and operational considerations of running a U.S.-based civic information platform.

Graduate fellows may also assist with higher-level synthesis, documentation of editorial workflows, or mentorship of undergraduate fellows, as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Eligibility: U.S. citizens only.
• Strong to native reading proficiency in Mandarin Chinese or Korean, with professional or academic fluency in English
• Demonstrated interest in U.S. public policy, current affairs, journalism, or international relations
• Excellent attention to detail and comfort working with primary-source news material
• Ability to exercise sound judgment when engaging with politically sensitive but nonpartisan content
• Reliability and consistency in a remote, deadline-driven environment

Additional assets (not required)

• Coursework or experience in journalism, public policy, international affairs, East Asian studies, or media ethics
• Prior translation, research, or editorial experience

Time Commitment and Compensation

Approximately 4 - 5 hours per week, remote. This is a paid fellowship; compensation details are shared during the interview process.

What AAVM Provides

• Paid, substantive field experience with a real-world civic-information media initiative
• Exposure to challenges at the intersection of media, democracy, and information integrity
• Training in editorial standards, sourcing, attribution, and AI-assisted translation workflows
• Mentorship from practitioners working across media, policy, and technology
• A portfolio-building experience relevant to careers in public service, journalism, policy analysis, or national security

How to Apply

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit the following materials by email.

AAVM is nonpartisan and non-advocacy. Fellow work focuses on editorial verification and translation quality for publicly available reporting from established U.S. sources.