WCCO TV recognizes the need of the student for exposure to a real-life environment supplement to his/her formal education. This program is intended to help meet contribute to broadcast education and to be a service to the community.
To find out more about what internships are offered and to download an application, click here.
Ongoing Internship Opportunities at WCCO TV
Communications interns will help prepare for and work at station-sponsored events, distribute daily new clips reports, respond to viewer requests and comments, fulfill donation requests, actively search for opportunities for station involvement, assist in
writing press releases and provide station tours.
News interns will gain experience in both the process of general news and our long format journalism. Interns will assist in answering the assignment desk phone, take viewer comments and story ideas, maintain our tip line, set up interviews, transcribe videotape, research stories, log tapes, assist reporters and producers. Also as part of the internship experience interns may have the chance to go out on news stories to observe news crews in the field. In addition you’ll get the chance to do an anchor read, write and edit your own news story and get to know a team of fine journalists.
Creative Services Promotion interns will edit custom tags onto syndicated program promotion, log tapes and suggest footage, assist in the production of various on-air promotion and occasionally write and produce promotional content. Individuals should have an eye for good television. Basic production skills necessary and creativity and resourcefulness a plus. Non-linear editing experience desired.
Sports interns will be responsible for monitoring sports feeds, logging tapes, searching for file tape, and assisting with administrative duties. (Interns need to be available to work on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday in their work schedule).
Weather interns will work in the weather center to help meteorologists prepare for weathercasts. Weather interns need to have an understanding of meteorology and experience with graphics.
The New Media department is looking for interns who want to learn all about news across multiple platforms. Interns will spend time writing for WCCO.COM and learning all the different ways to disseminate varied types of information. Candidates should be journalism or communications majors with some HTML knowledge. Interest in video, photography or social media also a plus.
The New Media department is also looking for a Web design and development intern to help with interactive design and development for a variety of projects, including online advertising, landing pages and editorial images for our Web site.
Successful candidates should have a strong desire to learn about design and development for the Web and have a basic understanding of Web technologies including basic HTML and CSS. Desire to learn flash is a plus.
Accounting interns will launch Share point project that will include working on setting the standards for scanning contracts, establishing the protocol for the security tree and user-training guides. Other duties include creating A/P form for invoices; fixed asset tagging requiring setting-up a new scanner and software plus testing data input and establishing the database. Serve as back-up for credit and collections and A/P. (Summer internship only)
Graphic Design intern will assist in all areas of design within the WCCO creative department. This will entail print, web, broadcast and possible animation production. A graphic design intern needs to be skilled in Adobe Creative suite, specifically Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign… After Effects a plus! A strong sense of layout design is also recommended as most projects get translated across all platform mediums. Students majoring in Graphic Design and/or multi-media design are best qualified.
