WLS-TV (ABC7) I-Team & Consumer Intern, Summer/Fall 2025

Job Summary :

About the Role & Program

ABC7 (WLS-TV) Chicago is the Midwest flagship of the ABC television network. ABC7 leads the market in local news coverage with daily newscasts and has been in a number one position in local news since March 1986! The station’s offices and studios are in The Loop in downtown Chicago!

What You Will Do

Our Consumer Investigative Unit of the I-Team responds to viewers who need help or feel as though they have been ripped off or wronged. The I-Team looks for patterns of complaints attached to certain companies to warn other viewers. We also alert viewers to data and privacy concerns and find stories that have broad warnings, which can help improve people’s everyday lives.

The Consumer division of the I-Team also proactively digs for other stories through research and the use of the Freedom of Information Act to uncover wrongdoing and problems which affect consumer’s pocketbooks.

The role of an intern in the Consumer division of the I-Team department will include :

• Assist investigative reporter and producer with stories by researching and following up on hotline calls and emails
• Attend field shoots and interviews with reporter and or producer
• Sit in on editing of segments
• Log interviews with use of Dalet
• Set up interviews
• Submit Freedom of Information Act requests for data
• Help find digital original stories

Required Qualifications & Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Education

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information :

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements :

Additional Information :

Requested Documents

The pay rate for this role in Illinois is $22.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and / or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit : https : / / / benefits.

Salary : $22