From June to December of 2023, I served as the Digital Video Intern at the Council on Foreign Relations, one of the world’s foremost think tanks. In this role, I pitched, researched, edited, and uploaded videos on foreign affairs to CFR’s Youtube and website for an audience of over 250K subscribers. In addition to honing my video and audio editing skills in Adobe Premiere Pro, I wrote graphics, titles, and descriptions for copy and implemented SEO strategies to drive engagement.
Explainer Shorts
For these shorts, I interviewed CFR’s experts on their research and critical international topics, and sourced b-roll footage to supplement their discussions.
Event Shorts
I watched hour-long livestream recordings of CFR events featuring discussions with world leaders and international experts and exercised editorial judgement in selecting 1-3 short, topical, attention-grabbing moments on topics ranging from climate change to the India-China border dispute to the escalation of violence in Gaza following October 7, 2024. I edited these videos down to 1-minute clips, generating and adding CFR-branded subtitles, headings, and thumbnails. The event shorts I created garnered over 50K views.
Presenter-Led Videos
During the Summer of 2024, I worked as the editorial intern at Cardinal & Pine, COURIER’s North Carolina digital newsroom. In this role, I created a few presenter-led video stories for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and X, writing my own scripts, recording on iPhone, and editing using Capcut and Canva.
Elena Egge 
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