FOX 5 WTTG
Internship: WTTG FOX 5
Department: Newsroom
Days: Thursday 9-5, Friday 3-11, Saturday 9-5
Internship Duties: " Under the supervision of the Assignment Editors, all News student interns will gain hands-on experience in the day-to-day operations of a fast-paced news environment. Overall, an internship with the News Department will involve assisting the news staff with compiling packets of information, answering phones and other duties that will be useful in the news gathering process. This internship may include some field experience with News Reporters to cover developing stories. Student interns are expected to assist producer with researching, and preparing news packets for News Anchors and scanning wires. Also, student interns will assist Assignment Desk Editors and News Producers with phone calls to assist in the development of stories, as well as filing press releases, sorting scripts and writing practice scripts as needed. Base knowledge of broadcast journalism, including terms, structure, various duties/positions required. This internship requires learning the news computer system. "
Week One: The Assignment Desk -- Assignment Editor
Job Duties: Develop and plan reporting assignments to be covered by reporters/photogs, listen to police wires, news tips, upcoming events and locations, and decide what is news and what's not.
Behind the Scenes: they MUST be organized, in the know, communicate with the entire newsroom team, and successfully multi-task
Check out the video pictures I created on my second day from viewer uploads:
Unlike many may assume, my internship consists of so much more than making coffee. In fact, I've never even been asked to make coffee. I am able to get hands on experience from true professionals. My second day interning I was already producing online content after the big snow storm. On my third day, there was a bank robbery! There is never a dull moment. I even get to sit in on live studio newscasts. It is really exciting to see the behind the scenes productions and what all goes into the news cast.
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