WGAL-TV offers paid internships in the Technical/Engineering order to apply for an internship at WGAL please provide a cover letter with your application.
The cover letter should include:
Department preference (Technical Engineering)
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
BROADCAST TECHNICAL OPERATIONS:
The Technical Operations internship resides within WGALs Engineering department. This internship includes actual hands on operation of equipment under the observation of permanent tech op staff members. The goal of this internship is to expose the student to real world daily technical operations in a television station. The training of the interns would be similar to what would be taught in a vocational/technical school.
Each intern will gain a general understanding of the following technical areas:
After completing time in each of the above areas the remainder of the program will be designated for students to return to their area(s) of choice to gain additional training. The interns scheduled days will remain the same from week to week however hours will vary.
Equipment Use: As the purpose of the internship is to gain training in the technical areas students will be allowed to touch and train on the technical equipment. Use of the equipment will be limited and closely supervised and monitored.
Internships are scheduled based on mutual availability and academic schedule and requirements but mayconsist of up to 24-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
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