What are the responsibilities and job description for the NBC Bay Area - News Internship Academic Year 24-25 position at NBCUniversal?
NBC Bay Areas News Internship provides students with real world experience and exposure to working in a top ten television market and in a highenergy newsroom. Interns may gain experience on the Assignment Desk writing / producing and / or with working on our digital platforms.
Successful interns will demonstrate a passion for learning and the ability to step out of their comfort zone. We are looking for students who are highly motivated and who can function as a team member or independently in a fastpaced news environment.
Interns are introduced to every aspect of our news operation within a structured and supervised environment. Local news interns spend time in each unit observing learning and participating.
This internship runs on an Academic Year through April 2025.
During their rotation interns will :
Participate in daily editorial process : planning researching newsgathering logging writing and editing
Learn editorial and technical aspects of news gathering
Shadow producers and assignment editors
Produce individual news stories for demo reels and online
Handle daily office administration functions and assist on the assignment desk
Create individual special project opportunities
Interns should have some experience in journalism at least in the classroom but preferably in a television newsroom setting.
Schedule requirements : Interns should be willing to work a variety of shifts in order to get the best experience.
Internships at NBCUniversal are paid and do not require course credit.
Qualifications :
NBCUniversal interns must meet the following criteria :
In pursuit of an Associate Bachelor or Graduate degree at an Accredited Institution and be able to provide documentation to confirm your degree progress. We will consider recent graduates one semester beyond degree.
Current class standing of Junior or above
Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
Must be 18 years of age or older
Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. without a Visa or sponsorship
The ability to work at the station located at 2450 N. First Street San Jose CA
Desired :
Desired Backgrounds Include : Journalism or Broadcast Journalism Digital / New Media Studies Communications Marketing Public Relations Production English Social Media Research.
Base Salary is $17.60 per hour
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and / or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
Remote Work : Employment Type :
Intern
Salary : $18
