Newscast Intern

KQED Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

KQED Inc. is offering a paid Newscast internship in San Francisco, 16 hours per week, from Jan 19, 2027 to Jun 25, 2027. Interns cover local Bay Area news, interview community members and officials, and learn to write concise stories for a large audience while meeting daily deadlines. The program emphasizes diverse voices and inclusive storytelling across media.

The role blends in-person work at KQED's HQ with remote tasks, preparing interns for entry-level journalism positions.

Qualifications

• Interest in local Bay Area news and storytelling
• Willingness to learn newsroom workflows and radio production
• No professional journalism experience required to apply

Responsibilities

• Cover multiple stories daily, including short reports and on-air pieces
• Develop longer radio features and digital news stories as you gain experience
• Collaborate in a newsroom, write concisely, and pitch ideas for newscasts

Skills

News writing

Interviewing

Deadline management

Field reporting

Story pitching

Job description

This is a paid internship, working 16 hours per week from Tuesday, January 19, 2027, through Friday, June 25, 2027. The current hourly rate is $19.61 per hour.

Newscast interns learn the skills to become General Assignment (GA) reporters. They are sent into the field to cover local news stories and get to interview community members, elected officials and experts on the major Bay Area developments of the day. They learn how to write concise and important stories for a large audience, handle daily deadlines and pitch ideas that can turn into strong pieces of newscast content.

We are looking for a diverse set of candidates from around the region for this position.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

KQED Code of Ethics https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely.

Essential Functions:

• Newscast interns are assigned multiple stories a day. These include short reports that interns will eventually learn to voice and shorter stories that our hosts will read on air. As they learn more and become comfortable with our workflow and format, interns are encouraged to produce longer radio stories and features and to write digital news stories.

Other Job Functions:

• Our priority is for interns to develop active and concise news writing skills, create strong story pitches and the ability to collaborate in a newsroom setting.

Knowledge/Experience Required:

A desire to be a reporter, to tell local stories that affect the Bay Area and to learn journalism. You do not need any professional journalism experience to apply.”

Growth & Development Opportunities:

This internship aims to prepare candidates for entry level professional jobs in journalism.