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    • Welcome to the
    VSFS DME Internship

    Welcome to the official home of the VSFS Digital Media Engagement Team! Here you can explore all the content created by our talented interns. There are also resources to help interns navigate the internship and learn more about their roles.

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    Featured Projects

    America 250

    America 250 is a website that celebrates 250 years of American history by honoring our past and inpsiring our future. DME interns helps make content and develop the main A250 site.


    Tags
    • Blog
    • Content Creation
    • WebDev

    DME Interns Podcast

    The talented interns in the podcast department produce, host, and publish a syndicated podcast. Guests include interns from other departments and internship leadership.


    Tags
    • Podcast
    • Interviews
    • Journalism

    DME Interns Blog

    Interns across many departments contribute to writing, editing, and creating graphics for our own in-house DME Interns blog.


    Tags
    • Blog
    • Writing
    • Editing

    Veteran of the Day

    Here we celebrate our veterans and honor their service by shining a light on their accomplishments and stories.


    Tags
    • Blog
    • Writing
    • Journalism

    Core Focus

    The Digital Media Engagement Internship Program is focused on creating content for the VA's social media channels and pages. Interns also work in departments that support content creation such as HR, Accessibility, Analytics, Web Development, and Web Security.

    • Content Creation

      Blogs, podcasts,
      and much more

    • Human Resources

      Helping over 250
      navigate the internship

    • Web Development

      WordPress, React.js
      AWS, Vercel and more

    A Brief History

    This internship was created by Dominique Ramirez in 2017 to give students a place to get some hands-on experience with content creation, social media management, and all the supporting roles that goes along with managing a large internship.

      2017

      Internship officially created

      2018

      Planning and initial development

      2019

      Website deployed on WordPress

      2020

      Continued WordPress development

      2021

      Matured into full-stack React.js webapp

    Accomplishments

    5+

    Projects in support of the VA

    250+

    Blogs and podcasts

    750+

    Student interns

    2000+

    Social media followers