Interning for The Geena Davis Institute On Gender in Media

Jackie Weisser Journalism & Media Studies Major

Women and Gender’s Studies MinorClass of 2016

My first internship

• This was my first internship• Completely remote • Different experience than if it were in person• Time management

Responsibilities

• Social media (Facebook, Twitter) • Became “Geena Davis” • Perhaps got too invested in being Geena

Personal Accomplishments

• #WomanDirectorWednesday + #FridayFacts

• Do your research!!!• I wanted to post about the BET show “Being Mary Jane” so I looked into and

found the show encourages viewers to use the hashtag “#IAmMaryJane” but all of the people using that hashtag who watch the show seemed to have negative things to say about the lead character not being a strong example of a female lead, especially a black female lead.

• After some discussion with Sara and Rachel, we decided to post the article with a discussion question to get our followers opinions and engagement.

Increasing Engagement with Our Followers

• Asking questions i.e. for #WomanDirectorWednesday “Who is your favorite female filmmaker?”

50,000 followers!

• “Research scavenger hunt” • Worked with my team to think of questions• Got followers to look at the research on

seejane.org• Winner won a prize!

Outreach + Networking

Teamwork + Communication!

• Communicating with Rachel, Sara, and Sri• Teamwork is important whether in an office or

working online from home/work/beach

Closing Remarks

• Huge fan of social media• Experienced first-hand the impact it can have

for organizations like GDIGM• Networking, supporting organizations with

similar missions• Not everyone is going to agree with

everything posted