About the role#
WHYY is seeking a Newsroom Intern to join our team in Philadelphia. This internship provides hands-on experience in broadcast media production and distribution. You will work directly with our professional staff to support our journalism and storytelling efforts.
What you'll do#
- Learn to assign, produce, write, and edit multimedia news stories.
- Create original content for our platforms.
- Pitch story ideas and explain their value to the newsroom.
- Refine your news judgment.
- Work in a deadline-driven environment and learn to operate under pressure.
- Develop interpersonal skills, quick writing, and copy editing techniques.
- Report and produce stories for radio and digital audiences.
- Acquire audio editing skills, with potential opportunities for voicing experience.
- Collaborate with and shadow our reporters and editors.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment or recent graduate in Journalism or Communications.
Location & details#
- This is a paid, full-time, on-site internship based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- The internship term is rolling.
About WHYY
WHYY is a nonprofit broadcast media organization based in Philadelphia. It operates as the local PBS and NPR member station for the region. The company produces local programming and news content through radio, television, and digital platforms. It employs 460 people and reaches over one million people weekly.
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