Local News Internship, WTVD/ABC 11 (Raleigh/Durham, NC) - Spring 2020

Job Description

ABC11 (WTVD-TV) serves Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville and beyond. The station has newsrooms and studios in each city.
The I-Team unit 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.

Responsibilities :

As an intern, you will have a unique, hands-on, opportunity to experience what it takes to work at a local television station. You will learn about the news-gathering process, on-air execution, and behind-the-scenes technology.
A day in the life...

• Work closely with reporters, producers and the digital team
• Attend shoots and interviews with reporter and/or photographer
• Log interviews with use of Dalet
• Set up interviews
• Submit FOIAs
• Help find digital original stories
• Write to television and digital

Basic Qualifications :

What you bring to the role...

• Highly motivated college junior/senior majoring in Journalism or Communications
• Knowledge of how to log interviews, screen calls, and emails
• Some editorial experience on rooting out a story
• Strong communication skills to talk to callers
• Previous experience with an internship at a TV station important

Preferred Qualifications:
Judgment of what may or may not be an investigation
Studying journalism or broadcast television in college
Additional Information :
Internship Eligibility:

• Must possess unrestricted work authorization
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Must currently be enrolled in an accredited college or university and taking at least one class – OR – be a recent graduate of an accredited college or university within the last six (6) months - OR - be currently participating in the Disney College Program, Disney Culinary Program or Disney Professional Internship Program
• Must be willing to provide your own housing and transportation for the duration of the internship
• Must be able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the session
• Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program

Program Dates:

• Must be available from February 2020 through April 2020
• Must be willing to work 2 to 3 days per week for a total of 10 hours each week- a total of 120 hours over the course of a semester