CENTER FOR MEDIA & DIGITAL GOVERNANCE | OPEN MARKETS INSTITUTE

Tech, Media & AI Policy Fellow

The Center for Media & Digital Governance (CMDG) at the Open Markets Institute is seeking a fellow to join our small, fast-moving team working on some of the most consequential policy questions of our time: how AI is reshaping the information ecosystem, how platform and media consolidation affect press freedom and democratic accountability, and what regulatory and legal tools can address concentrated power over the news.

This fellowship is designed to provide early-career professionals with meaningful exposure to the policy, research, and communications work shaping debates on AI and platform markets in the U.S. and abroad. Fellows will engage with issues at the intersection of AI governance, competition and antitrust, and free expression, while contributing to ongoing research and public-facing work. Through this experience, fellows will build practical skills in policy analysis, writing, and strategic communications, and gain insight into how a Washington-based think tank operates.

This is a substantive research and policy role with a communications and administrative component. The fellow will contribute to CJL’s research, publications, and outreach; support convenings and policy forums; and share responsibility for the administrative work that sustains a lean, high-impact team.

About Open Markets Institute

The Open Markets Institute (OMI) is a non-profit think tank that uses research and journalism to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world. By combining policy, legal, and market structure expertise with sophisticated journalism, communications and advocacy, Open Markets seeks to rebuild an economic system where progress is easier to achieve, because power is far more widely and equitably distributed.

About Center for Media & Digital Governance

The core mission of the Center for Media & Digital Governance is to ensure that the news media of the United States and our democratic allies is fully independent and robustly funded in the 21st century’s digital economy. The Center’s work is guided by the belief that government plays a fundamental role in structuring news media markets and business models to ensure that neither the state nor any one or few private actors control the words or actions of reporters, editors and publishers. The center focuses on policy solutions with regard to privacy, platforms, business models, and content integrity.

Job Description

Research and writing

• Track regulatory proceedings and legislative developments across CJL's issue areas (AI governance, media consolidation, digital advertising, platform power, free expression)

• Contribute to reports, policy memos, regulatory comments, op-eds, and testimony.

• Co-author and publish and play a fundamental role in supporting the research and analysis of the director and program manager.

Communications

• Help draft and disseminate content for CJL's Substack, social media, and partner

outreach

• Research, produce, and amplify content

• Help prepare materials for events, convenings, and outreach

• Track engagement and impact.

Administrative support

• Scheduling, coordinating with partners and coalitions, supporting event and convening

logistics,

• Maintaining organizational systems.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Strong research and writing skills and genuine interest in media, tech, and AI policy

• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams

• Experience with social media and comfort using AI tools for research and

communications

• A bachelor's degree or higher in journalism, law, policy, communications, or a related

field

• Law, policy, or graduate background; prior publication or journalism experience

• Experience with data analysis, regulatory agencies, and/or policy tracking

• International or non-U.S. regulatory exposure

How to Apply

Send a resume, one-page cover letter, and one writing sample to jobs@openmarketsinstitute.org with the subject line "CMDG Fellowship Application." Links to relevant social media or published work are welcome. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. No phone calls, please. The salary range for this position is $20-25/hour. Candidates who bring external funding or support that offsets or supplements compensation are encouraged to indicate this as part of their application, and total compensation may be structured accordingly.

The Open Markets Institute is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We strongly encourage people from communities disproportionately harmed by concentrated corporate power to apply