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

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.