Sports Intern

AAJA26; Needham, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

WCVB is offering an internship in the sports department in the Boston area. You will gain hands-on experience inside a fast-paced newsroom, learning how stories are developed, produced, and delivered across multiple platforms.

As an intern, you will actively contribute to daily operations and build a solid foundation in broadcast journalism, editing, producing and storytelling skills, with collaboration from experienced sports journalists.

Qualifications

• Hands-on internship experience in sports broadcasting.
• Opportunities to develop editing, producing and storytelling skills.
• Collaborate with sports journalists and anchors in a fast-paced newsroom.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with local schools, coaches, and athletic departments.
• Help gather game information, scores, and story ideas.
• Identify highlights for sports anchors, reporters, and photographers/editors.
• Create and publish content for digital and television platforms.
• Work alongside experienced sports journalists in a fast-paced newsroom.

Skills

Sports broadcasting

Editing

Producing

Storytelling

Job description

WCVB delivers breaking news to Boston-area audiences 24 hours a day across our television newscasts and digital platforms. As an intern, you will gain firsthand experience inside a fast-paced newsroom, learning how stories are developed, produced, and delivered across multiple platforms. You will be expected to actively contribute to daily operations while building a strong foundation in broadcast journalism. In this role, you will gain experience in the following parts of the sports department:

• Coordinate with local schools, coaches, and athletic departments
• Help gather game information, scores, and story ideas
• Identify/recommend highlights for sports anchors, reporters, and photographers/editors
• Create and publish content for digital and television platforms
• Work alongside experienced sports journalists in a fast-paced newsroom

This is a hands-on opportunity to gain real-world experience in sports broadcasting while building your editing, producing, and storytelling skills.

Salary: $20/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.