• Internship

    Nexstar Media Group (Green Bay, WI)


    WFRV-TV Local 5, is currently seeking applicants interested in an internship with our Local 5 News department. Internships are for college credit and must be coordinated with your faculty advisor or professor. Hours at the station can be coordinated with the intern. Interns will have the opportunity to practice journalistic skills while helping WFRV staff with the daily news gathering operations.

    Responsibilities:

    + Pitch news stories

    + Write stories for newscast and website

    + Pitch story ideas

    + Answer phones

    + Make beat calls

    + Conduct interviews with photographers

    + Shadow reporters/photographers

    + Set up interviews

    + Log recorded interviews for reporters

    + Work on photography and editing skills

    + Work on producing skills

    Requirements:

    + Able to work 18 to 20 hours a week

    + Must be able to receive college credit

    + This is an unpaid internship

     

    Those interested should send a resume and cover letter.

     

    Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

     

    EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.