Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1 | 2 | 3) computer science students or teams.

The primary focus for the students will be: creating a software application for our media database. We have a number of lists on an Excel spreadsheet containing our media contacts with their emails, position, outlet (we would also like to include their social media handles). Right now, we copy and paste the columns and send them out through Gmail. We would like to set up our own database software that houses them in a coordinated way and allows us to send out media release to specific groups in one blast.

• Application Development - Selecting the best technologies for creating the application or feature (i.e. Media Release distribution function); creating a fully-functioning application to house our media database.

Our goal at the end of this experience is:

• Application Development - For the student(s) to create a fully functioning application.

Other duties the student may complete could include:

• Software vendor research and evaluation - this would be for comparison so that we can determine the best one to duplicate for our purposes
• Unit and integration testing

We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: Google Docs, texting (for urgent situations)

Student's primary contact: Fennella Bruce, Media Consultant

Secondary contact: Adanna Taylor, Media Relations Assistant

I am available to meet weekly with the team and available daily through email. This is a critical part of my business, so there will be a lot of interfacing to ensure that database is set up correctly and functional. I am readily available to mentor the team through this process.