Sunny day… Sweepin’ the clouds away… On my way to where the air is sweet… Can you tell me how to get… How to get an internship at Sesame Street? Sesame Workshop is “a nonprofit educational organization making a meaningful difference in the lives of children worldwide by addressing their critical developmental needs.” How do they do that? By producing Sesame Street, of course. You may not realize how much work and research has gone into making Sesame Street the educational powerhouse that it is. They have a well defined process that is the key to consistently addressing educational needs.
Although you probably know all about Sesame Street (don’t act like you don’t), you may have never know that Sesame Workshop existed. It all started in 1968 with an experiment in using television as an educational tool, and look where it’s landed 40 years later. To get a full sense of where Sesame Workshop stands now, you should read their most recent letter from the President. It’s amazing how far reaching Sesame Street has become and how many topics they are able to address through the same medium that they started with. If you’re fascinated by education, childhood development, and television production, there’s no better place for you to intern than Sesame Workshop.
They are currently offering an Editorial Internship (possibly outdated), a General Production Internship, and a Sesame Street – Joan Ganz Cooney Center Internship. All are located in New York City and require a part-time commitment. Sesame Workshop typically pays a $30 stipend, so the internships aren’t completely unpaid. If you’re wondering what it’s like to intern for Sesame Workshop, you can check out this recount of a Barnard student’s experiences with the internship program. Sesame Workshop accepts applications via e-mail, but the address varies by position, so check out each internship description for all of the details on how to apply.
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