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WTAE-TV, the Hearst-owned ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA is recruiting college students for our 12-week paid internship program, which provides a hands-on professional learning experience, with an emphasis on TV News Producing. The WTAE Internship Program is administered through in-person training and shadowing of news producers, group meetings, and video conference calls.

WTAE-TV is Pittsburgh's Action News 4. The Pittsburgh's Action News team brings live updates from all of Pittsburgh's communities, in-depth coverage of issues that matter most to viewers, and works to take action for viewers and hold public officials accountable.

Interns are introduced to every aspect of news operation, including but not limited to; news producing, digital content creation, assignment desk operations, news photography, news editing, and broadcast production. Interns work closely with assignment desk editors and producers with the goal of newsgathering, producing, writing, and presenting news content.

Qualifications

Ambitious, reliable, and enthusiastic college students should have some classroom experience in broadcast journalism, and preferably some knowledge of a television newsroom.

Excellent communication, organizational, and writing skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Desire to learn new skills and how a newscast comes together from the ground up
Strong critical thinking and troubleshooting skills
Ability to demonstrate good judgment, resourcefulness, confidence
Possess a positive, professional attitude
Possess the ability to pay close attention to detail
Willingness to work different times of day

Students must have junior, senior or graduate studies level status to apply.

Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

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