WVTM News Internship - Military Veterans
at Hearst
Come join WVTM-TV, the Hearst Television station in the Birmingham market as an intern this spring! WVTM-TV is a key community partner in Birmingham, providing breaking news, weather, and other information vital to local audiences through our newscasts. An NBC affiliate, WVTM-TV also provides entertainment programming and partners with the community on important local initiatives.
As an HTV intern, you will come to understand how a television station operates and be expected to contribute to the operation. You will be engaged in the newsroom, assisting producers, editors, assignment editors, reporters, photographers, and anchors. The intern will also have the opportunity to accompany crews in the field.
What you'll do and learn:
- Editorial process (broadcast and/or digital)
- Writing / storytelling
- Newscast producing / story selection
- Explore broadcast and digital marketing and learn the responsibilities of the Creative Services Department
- Gain an overview of the technical areas of the station (News Edit, ENG Receive, Microwave News Gathering, Satellite News Gathering, News Photography, Studio Operations, Control Room Operations, Air Operations, Maintenance, IT, etc.)
- Help report news stories, select, research, and write content for live newscasts and digital platforms
- Communicate, coordinate, and execute creative vision with the team of anchors, reporters, meteorologists, photographers, editors, and production staff
- Help producers and reporters with interviews, including establishing contacts
- Conduct news interviews in-person or through remote technology like Zoom
- Work with and guiding reporters and photographers in story production
- Other duties as assigned
- An interest in journalism
- The ability to be versatile, as Fellows handle a wide range of topics and subjects
- Excellent writing, spelling, grammar, and copy-editing skills
- The ability to remain calm under pressure and deal with the stresses and pressures of time-sensitive newscast production
- Must be well-versed in local and national news stories
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.
Birmingham, AL
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