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Job Description
Come join KCRA/KQCA TV the Hearst Television station in Sacramento as aNewsroom Intern!As a Newsroom intern you will come to understand how a television station functions the many jobs available and the roles the TV station plays in the community. As an intern youll learn what its like to work with a collaborative team across multiple departments how we get news on the air and on our digital platforms and the vital role other departments play at the television station.
Newsroom interns will spend 10 to 12 weeks shadowing and gaining experience in the following departments:
Assignment Desk
- Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and placing telephone calls from reporters sources governments agencies and general public
- May also assist in research and other tasks
TV News Production
- Practice writing and formatting scripts for broadcast
- Time in the field shadowing reporters or anchors at a live report
Digital News Production
- Help research and write content for KCRA digital platforms including the KCRA app and various social media platforms
- When appropriate the opportunity to help with photo and video production for digital platforms may be available
- Assist with social media efforts and email communication
Photographers and Logistics
- Assist team members with field work and news gathering
Sports
- Monitor national sports feeds/accounts for any breaking sports news
- Log all sports events recorded by the Sports staff
- Write scripts for daily sportscast
- Research team and player statistics
- Pitch story ideas to sports department
- May accompany reporters on location shoots
Weather
- Analyze weather charts and models
- Prepare daily forecasts
- Produce weather graphics
- Assist meteorologists in gathering critical & breaking weather information and data
- Relay important information to/from News Assignment Desk and Web
- Research statistical data
- Practice forecast delivery instudio
- Assist with social media efforts and email communication
Salary
Interns will get paid $20.00 per hour.
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures backgrounds perspectives and identities. Thats why behind the scenes we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate and more representative of the communities we serve.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Part-Time
