High School Sports Web Intern, KSTP-TV, News Weather, Sports KSTP-TV, LLC – Minnesota

High School Sports Web Intern, KSTP-TV, News Weather, Sports
KSTP-TV, LLC – Minnesota
Part-time, Temporary, Internship

Must be a student enrolled in a degree program at a trade school, college or university which will recognize the internship for class credit

  • Ability to understand, interpret and communicate information about news events to staff
  • Good interpersonal skills a must; excellent command of the English language
  • Judge appropriateness of on-air material according to FCC, community and station standards
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as wire copy, articles and professional journals
  • Working knowledge of the Internet is essential
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, high stress, loud, busy and high performance environment
  • Must have excellent communications skills, oral and written
  • Must have experience or knowledge of writing, editing and publishing to the web

DUTIES:

  • Learn the daily operation of the News Department
  • Develop and initiate search for stories on a daily basis, emphasizing high school sports
  • Contact and gather information on various events for assigned department
  • Maintain a friendly attitude; work closely with assigned news staff
  • Oversee hand-off of information to other staff daily; establish and maintain positive lines of communication with all KSTP team members
  • Perform other tasks as assigned

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. The Company will make reasonable
physical accommodations to facilitate the ability to perform essential job functions.