News Intern (Fall)

Hearst Magazines; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Hearst Television's KCRA/KQCA in Sacramento is offering a Newsroom Intern position for a 10–12 week program. You will shadow teams across Assignment Desk, TV News Production, Digital News Production, and more to understand how a station serves the community.

Interns will gain hands-on exposure to writing scripts, researching stories, and supporting social media, while learning how reporters and editors collaborate on daily broadcasts.

Responsibilities

• Shadow across departments to learn how a newsroom operates.
• Assist with gathering news and information for assignments.
• Help write and format broadcast scripts.
• Support digital content for KCRA.com and the app.
• Assist with social media and email communications.
• Monitor sports feeds and log events.
• Analyze weather data and help produce forecasts.

Skills

Newsroom research

Script writing

Social media

Field shadowing

Job description

Come join KCRA/KQCA TV, the Hearst Television station in Sacramento, 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, you’ll learn what it’s 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, KCRA.com 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 in-studio
• Assist with social media efforts and email communication

Salary

Interns will get paid $20.00 per hour.

Values in Action

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.