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Hearst Newspapers · 23 hours ago

WISN Spring Intern

759 North 19th Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, US

Internship

Onsite

Intern

Hearst Newspapers is a premier multimedia company that offers paid internships for students in various departments. Interns will rotate through areas such as the newsroom, creative services, sports, and technical roles, gaining hands-on experience in news production and broadcasting.

AdvertisingJournalismMarketingNewsSocial Media

Responsibilities

Newsroom interns will spend time rotating through each of the following areas:

Assignment desk, where they will assist in gathering news and information. This includes taking and placing telephone calls from reporters, sources and the general public. It may also include research, scheduling and organizational tasks

TV News production, where they will practice writing and formatting scripts for broadcast as well as spending time in a news satellite or microwave van on the scene at a live news report

Digital news production, where they will research and write content for WISN digital platforms including the WISN app, WISN.com and various social media platforms

Attend news meetings and department meetings to go over daily news topics and performance goals

Write copy for voice-overs and promotional identifications

Perform production assistant duties such as locating props and photographs, researching music and video copies for the Creative Services Department

Shadow promotion producers to gain a strong overview of editing and shooting responsibilities of the Creative Services/producer function

Maintain anchors/reporters bios, photos and files

Write press releases, advisories, articles, etc

Assist in promoting WISN programming by drafting Tweets and Facebook posts

Observe unlimited newscasts and editing sessions

Participate in promo shoots in the station and on location

Checks sports and news wires for any breaking sports news

Compiles and submits complete list of chyron material to be used in the show

Gathers all professional and collegiate scores

Logs all sports events recorded by the Sports staff

Answering phone calls, taking messages and making calls for the producers and talent

May accompany reporters on location shoots

News Edit

ENG Receive

Microwave News Gathering

Satellite News Gathering

News Photography

Studio Operations (Floor Direct)

Control Room Operations (Robos/Audio/TD)

Air Operations (Master Control/Air Assist)

Maintenance

Analyze weather charts and models

Contribute to daily forecast preparation

Assist with weather graphics production

Assist meteorologists in gathering critical & breaking weather information and data

Relay important information to/from News, Assignment Desk, and Web staff

Attend editorial and news meetings

Research statistical data

Practice forecast delivery in-studio

Assist with social media efforts and email communication

Qualification

BroadcastJournalismDigital productionPublic RelationsMeteorologyCommunicationsMarketingCreative ServicesTechnicalSportsProduction

Required

Candidate must be a Junior or Senior with a declared major in a related field (for example): Broadcast, Communications, Journalism, Digital, Marketing, Public Relations, Meteorology, Sports, Technical, Creative Services, Production

Intern must receive credit from an accredited college, university or trade school

Written verification is required from the institution