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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Posted 6 days ago

Internship

Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Assist the sports department with daily news gathering operations and practice sports journalism skills. Responsibilities include pitching story ideas, writing for newscasts and the website, and conducting interviews.

Qualifications

You are a college student seeking to gain practical experience in sports journalism. You will pitch and write sports stories for newscasts and the station's website, conduct interviews, and assist with daily news gathering operations.

Must Have Skills for ATS

sports journalism

Job Description

WFRV-TV Local 5, has a unique opportunity for students to intern in our Sports department.  Internships are for college credit and must be coordinated with your faculty advisor or professor.  Hours at the station will be coordinated with the intern, but generally are in the evening and weekends.  Interns will have the opportunity to practice sports journalism skills while helping WFRV staff with the daily sports news gathering operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Pitch sports news story ideas

  • Write stories for newscasts and website

  • Answer phones

  • Conduct interviews with (and without) photographers

  • Shadow reporters/photographers

  • Set up interviews

  • Log recorded interviews for reporters & anchors

  • Work on photography and editing skills

  • Work on producing skills

Requirements

  • Able to work 18 to 20 hours a week

  • Must be able to receive college credit

  • This is an unpaid internship

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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