Unpaid Weather Intern

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Posted 3 months ago

Internship

Rockford, Illinois

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Responsibilities

Interns will collaborate with the meteorologist on duty to create on-air and online weather forecasts. Responsibilities include building weather graphics, writing daily articles, and participating in newsroom meetings.

Qualifications

You have a strong desire to pursue broadcast meteorology and possess excellent communication skills. You are dependable, willing to learn, and able to work flexible hours, including mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays. This internship requires you to receive college course credit.

Must Have Skills for ATS

weather graphics

writing weather articles

meteorology

Job Description

WTVO 17 and WQRF FOX 39 in Rockford, IL, are now accepting applications for internships within their weather/news department.  The ideal candidate must have a desire to go into broadcast meteorology, be dependable, able to communicate well with others and be able to work flexible hours and varying schedules including mornings, nights, weekends and holidays. 

Interns will work alongside the meteorologist on duty to put together forecasts for both on-air and online.  They will gain hands-on experience with building weather graphics, writing up daily weather articles, participating in newsroom meetings, and assisting with other duties as necessary within the newsroom.

Requirements and skills:

  • Interns must receive college course credit.
  • Possess strong communication skills.
  • Willingness to learn.

THIS IS AN UNPAID, SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP.

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 316,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with more than 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All Americans,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property.
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