WGAL News Intern 2026 Summer
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Job Location:
Lancaster, NE - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
27 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the News order to apply for an internship at WGAL please provide a cover letter with your application; along with any applicable attachments including writing samples reels etc. of your work.
The cover letter should include:
Department preference (for example News Producing Reporting Photography Sports or Meteorology)
Available start and end dates
Days and hours available to intern
Briefly state your main objectives for participating in WGAL-TV internship (please be specific)
What are your strongest areas of interest
Application Deadlines
Summer: February 16 2026
NEWSROOM:
Newsroom interns will spend 10-12 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 is possible but not guaranteed.
Digital News Production:
- Help research and write content for WGALdigital platforms including the various social media platforms.
- When appropriate the opportunity to help with photo and video production for digital platforms may be available
Photographers and Logistics:
- Assist team members with field work and news gathering
Internships are scheduled based on mutual availability and academic schedule and requirements but mayconsist of 16-hoursper week
SPORTS:
Interns should be well versed in both the localand national sports scenes (college and professional). The ability to converse about the hot sports topics of the day is a MUST. Interns should have working knowledge of the local sports scene (i.e. aware of managers head coaches and star players of the local professional teams) and be conversational on major national sports stories and events.
Interns will learn to:
- Write scripts for daily sportscast.
- Research team and player statistics.
- Pitch story ideas to sports department
- May accompany reporters on location shoots but not guaranteed
Internships are scheduled based on mutual availability and academic schedule and requirements but mayconsist of 16-hoursper week
WEATHER:
***Please note: All candidates for internships with WGALs Weather departmentMUST be enrolled in a meteorology curriculum or closely related program of study.
In an internship at WGALwe stress analyzing and forecasting first followed by storytelling and graphics production.
Interns will learn to:
- 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 in-studio
- Assist with social media efforts and email communication
Internships are scheduled based on mutual availability and academic schedule and requirements but mayconsist of 16-hoursper week
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
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Google Docs
- Data Collection
- MailChimp
- Microsoft Word
- Dermal Fillers
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Photoshop
- Writing Skills
About Company
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous ... View more
