Sports Intern

AAJA25; Needham, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

WCVB in Needham, MA offers a hands-on sports newsroom internship. You will gain experience in how stories are developed, produced, and delivered across TV and digital platforms while contributing to daily operations.

You will coordinate with schools, gather game information, help identify highlights, and publish content for broadcast and online audiences. This role provides real-world skills in editing, producing, and storytelling under veteran journalists.

Qualifications

• Hands-on internship in sports broadcasting.
• Willingness to learn newsroom operations.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Content creation

Story development

Team collaboration

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.