Summer Intern - News
Hearst Television, Fort Myers, FL, United States
The story is yours!
Duration: Freelance
Gulf Coast News NBC/ABC in Fort Myers, Florida has an opening for a Summer Intern in our News Department.
Interns will spend 10-12 weeks shadowing various positions in the Newsroom. An example of various tasks that you may perform and gain experience in include:
Assignment Desk - Assist team members in gathering news and information. This includes taking and placing telephone calls from reporters, sources, government agencies and general public; may also assist in research and other tasks.
News Producing - Practice writing and formatting scripts for broadcast.
Digital News Production - Help research and write content for digital platforms.
Photographers - Assist team members with field work and news gathering.
Please provide a cover letter with your resume. The cover letter should include your available start and end dates and days and hours you are available. All interested applicants must apply online. Potential hires will be subject to a background check.
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's 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.
About Hearst Television
Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.
Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.
Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.