SARGASSUM PODCAST INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The Sargassum podcast is offering 3 remote internships this summer and one spot is still free! Please share the attached opportunity widely and inform any community college students from the US you know.
These internships are 8-10 weeks long, come with a stipend ($2400 to be shared between the interns based on the hours they contribute) and are open to currently enrolled community college students from the US. Anyone graduating in May is unfortunately not eligible. Interns learn how to produce a podcast and manage science communication social media accounts.
Application deadline is the 23st of April.
Pax Sargassum
- 90’ documentary | Available soon
PAX SARGASSUM™ (an expedition and documentary film to be released in 2021) covers several Pax Arctica sailing expeditions and research trips in the Caribbean and Western Africa.
Produced by : Sagax Entertainment and Paprika
Directed by : Bertrand Delapierre
Authors: Luc Hardy and François-Marie Le Lay
This film covers most aspects of the new sargassum phenomenon (which started in 2011) from the Gulf of Mexico to West African shores. Issues covered:
public health and social
environment
impact on tourism
economical issues (fishing…)
tracking / forecasting
collection
storage
transformation
valorization
The project is comprised of a transatlantic ocean science expedition, several local science research cruises (various science protocols, collecting fauna/flora from sargassum mats, etc.)
