🌍 About Interval

Interval is reinventing how we experience the news.

We’re building a platform that surfaces suppressed, underreported, and misrepresented headlines and backs them with receipts. In a world where even “neutral” outlets like NPR or AP are filtering what gets seen, Interval cuts through the noise to bring readers the headlines they deserve.

We’re not a traditional newsroom. We’re a small, scrappy, mission-driven team aggregating sources large and small, harnessing AI, human judgment, and investigative journalism to uncover the full picture.

🚀 The Role: News Curator / Journalism Intern

We’re looking for a hungry, high-agency news junkie to join as one of our earliest news curators.

You’ll live at the intersection of news, truth, and technology, tracking breaking stories, surfacing less-covered perspectives, and helping decide what makes it into the Interval feed each day.

You don’t need to be an accredited journalist. But you must be deeply in tune with the news cycle, follow independent journalists and rising newsrooms, and have a sharp sense for what’s missing from mainstream coverage.

🧩 What You’ll Do

• Track the news in real time

  Keep tabs on major outlets (AP, Reuters, NYT, BBC, Al Jazeera, etc.) and independent journalists on Substack, X, TikTok, Telegram, YouTube, and small outlets that punch above their weight.

• Spot high-signal, underreported stories

  Identify headlines that feel suppressed, skewed, or incomplete. Flag stories where the framing is off, and dig for better primary sources or investigative work.

• Collaborate with the team in real time

  When a headline stands out, share it in Slack/Signal, get quick feedback or approval, and gradually move toward making independent calls - looping the team back in when something is especially controversial or sensitive.

• Use AI as your co-pilot

  Lean on tools like ChatGPT and internal prompts to:

  • Summarize articles into 3–5 punchy lines for the app
  • Pull key receipts, quotes, and links to supporting evidence
  • Identify alternative or controversial outlets covering the same story

• Package each story for Interval

  For each approved headline:

  • Write a clear, neutral yet gripping headline + summary
  • Attach relevant links, evidence, and alternate coverage
  • Source a relevant visual/graphic (we’ll provide templates & sources)
  • Input everything into the Interval CMS/app backend (we’ll train you)

• Help push major stories to socials

  For the biggest headlines, help turn the app content into Instagram/TikTok posts using our templates and style guide.

• Maintain rigor + accuracy

  Each story should feel verifiable and grounded: no lazy hot takes, no unsubstantiated claims.

As a rule of thumb,

each headline will take ~30–60 minutes

5–8 high-quality headlines per day