Who we are

Youth Ki Awaaz, which literally translates to voice of the youth in

English, is Indias largest online platform for young people to
express themselves on issues of importance.
We are striving to transform the media landscape through
thoughtful opinions contributed by you, and by making best use
of online and mobile journalism, social and new media tools. We
believe that anyone and everyone can and should voice their
valuable opinions and insights on the issues that matter, and
broadcast them to the world in our case, through Youth Ki
Awaaz.
Youth Ki Awaaz has, since 2008, given voice to over 20,000 young
people from across the country and receives nearly 6 million hits
every month. The platform pioneers in crowd-sourcing and has
won multiple national and international awards for championing
the cause of youth empowerment through expression.
The Internship Program
The internship program, as a part of Youth Ki Awaazs
community initiative, gets students and young professionals in
touch with the issues around them and helps spread awareness of
the problems and chalk out the solutions making use of the best
tool - journalism.
In its 4
th
year running, the internship program has tied up with
CNN IBN Citizen Journalist to also train the interns on video
blogging skills, by CNN IBN CJ producers and journalists.

The
Youth Ki Awaaz
Internship
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About the program

Running as Indias most popular work from home program since
2010, the YKA Internship program presents a unique opportunity
for young people from a diverse background to become opinion
leaders and change makers by building their skills of writing,
opinionating, expressing themselves on a diverse range of issues
and bringing forth issues and subjects that often fail to reach the
masses.
The 8 week program creates a rigorous module for development
of an intern, running on a week-by-week progression basis, also
empowers the interns with skills of research, helping them better
their communication skills, developing them as a better
professional. The program has trained over 1500 young people
till date. The internship program also runs a module in
collaboration with CNN IBN Citizen Journalist to train the interns
on video blogging skills to empower them to make strong videos
on pertinent topics, news and issues.


The Detailed Module
Week 1 to Week 2:
The internship program begins by focusing on your writing skills
and video blogging skills. The interns are introduced to their
mentors who guide them through the process of issue-based
writing and impact and help them develop a view for news. Week
1 is also the time when all of you will be joining the CNN IBN
Citizen Journalist team over a Google Hangout call and discuss
with them what a video blog means, what it means to make one,
how you make one and so on. You will also be making one video
blog over the course of these 2 weeks.
Week 3 to Week 4:
In this phase, your issue-specific coverage broadens to a range of
subjects and you get more detailed feedback on writing on
specific issues, under specific thematic areas and beats. You get a
taste of what it is like to write on something like politics, as well
as something like music. With the detailed feedback on your
writing, you will also get detailed feedback on the video blog you
make, by the CNN IBN Citizen Journalist team. 10 of you will be
joining the CNN IBN Citizen Journalist team for the training on
video blogging.
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After the program
At the completion of the internship
every participant gets a letter of work
experience and also the opportunity to
continue work with Youth Ki Awaaz as a
contributor. The broad range of topics
goes from politics and social issues to
travel and art.

Throughout the internship, you will get
opportunities to suggest your own topics
and issues to be covered, while our
editors will assist you in completion of
the same.

Week 5 to Week 6:
In this phase, your focus on research intensive articles grows, and
so does your coverage of issues that find very little or no space in
the traditional media. You get first hand research experience with
our editors, whose effective and detailed feedback mechanism
helps you get perspective about yourself, the work you have done
and identify and build upon your own skills. This is also the week
when 10 more of you will be joining the CNN IBN Citizen
Journalist team for the training on video blogging.
Week 7 to Week 8:
This is the final lap of your training program and by this time, you
know your strengths and your weaknesses. This is also the phase
where you get to work on many stories of your own, and pitch
ideas of stories that should be covered on Youth Ki Awaaz. By this
time, you have built your own audience that is looking forward to
your next piece and is eagerly awaiting to engage with you. While
all of you will also engage with the CNN IBN Citizen Journalist
team to work on your video blogs, the 8
th
week will successfully
complete your internship program at Youth Ki Awaaz.



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Getting Started
Requirements?
There are no set requirements for being selected as an intern at
Youth Ki Awaaz. You can be from any course, college, school or
stream. You can also be a drop-out.

However, we expect you to be punctual and dedicated as it helps
you develop yourself fully. You will be required to spend a few
hours every week and work on the allotted assignments.
How to apply
Please send the completely filled internship form before the
deadline at internship@youthkiawaaz.com to apply for the
program.
The editors will go through the application over a week and call
you for an informal chat to know more about you and do the final
selection.
Give it your best shot. More than your language skills and writing
skills, we look for your skills to express yourself and your ability
to articulate your thoughts. Keep your sample pointed and driven
by reasoning and facts.

What our former interns have to say
Opinions, ideologies and beliefs are expressions,
but in order to effectively create an impact, it does
needs propagation; and YKA to me, has been a
supportive podium to propagate my thoughts and
my opinions as a writer.
There is a need to consider the voice of the Youth, since we remain
the architects of world tomorrow! We youth, are surely the bearers
for change, but we do need platforms, where I, along with the one's
who think alike me, could collectively make an ambitious fruitful
impact on everyone. Together, our collective thoughts with
platforms such as YKA acting as one catalyst, will surely direct our
society towards one beautiful destination. Achilles Rasquinha,
former Intern

I discovered YKA in June 2012. The purpose
for which this platform was setup is
something I could relate to myself. I found a
place where you could tell stories, expose the
truth, break myths and swim against social
conditioning. I have done everything on YKA, vocalized the issues
of the voiceless, expressed objection to injustice, disagreed on
majority opinions, and also shared my personal encounters. I
have benefited from this source where I could expel my
reservations regarding many things when I read other's stories. I
have evolved as a person through this interaction each time I
write and read at YKA. This association shall take me far.
Mahitha Kassireddy
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