Federal Reserve Summer 2025 Economics Writing Intern

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Grow Your Career at the Richmond Fed!

At the Richmond Fed, we’re driven by our mission to strengthen the economy and our communities.

We take great pride in what we do and it impacts everyday people every day. 

When you join our team, you’ll become part of a culture that welcomes differences, cares about our communities, and empowers each other to lead from where we are to make things better.

Bring your passion and we’ll provide challenging and purposeful careers in a variety of fields, opportunities to grow and a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth.

It’s all part of what makes #MyRichmondFed a great place to work!

About the Opportunity

Do you like writing and researching about economics issues? The Richmond Fed’s Research Department is looking for an intern to support both its Publications team and its Regional and Community Analysis team.

You’ll have the opportunity to write for various Research Department publications, including our economics magazine Econ Focus and our blog Regional Matters.

You will also work with regional research analysts on various data and analysis tasks. 

The Richmond Fed’s summer internship program provides outstanding students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at a unique institution.

Through advanced project work assignments and professional development activities, interns are provided with an extensive understanding of the work of the Federal Reserve.

The Writing and Research intern will have the opportunity to enhance business, economics and communication skills through research and writing and will receive targeted leadership training, mentorship and exclusive networking opportunities. 

What You Will Do:



* Research and write articles on economics-related subjects for Research Department publications. 


* Assist with the update of economic reports, which may include organizing and analyzing data and creating data visualizations.


* Perform other miscellaneous research duties, such as literature reviews and writing research summaries. 

Qualifications:


* Competitive applicants for the Economics Writing Internship normally have at least a 3.5 GPA in their economics coursework and overall.


* Some writing/editing experience (for example, in an extracurricular activity such as a student newspaper or journal) is preferred.


* Basic knowledge of and experience in use of research techniques. 


* Passionate about data exploration and the ability to communicate findings. 


* Team-player willing to work and learn in a small, high performing, and collaborative environment, often at a fast pace and under time constraints. 


* Familiarity with a statistical program such as Stata, SAS, or R is a plus. 


* For this internship, please submit 2 - 3 writing samples—ideally on economics, but samples can be on other topics if they show your ability to write i...