ABC News Podcast Production Intern, Summer/Fall 2026
About The Position
Join the podcast team at ABC News as a Podcast Production Intern! This role is an exciting opportunity to work with a small but dynamic team that produces and publishes podcasts in the genres of news and true crime. You will gain hands-on experience with popular shows like "Start Here," "The View: Behind the Table," and true crime programming under the 20/20 brand. This internship offers a comprehensive understanding of podcast production, from story selection to seeing the finished product rise in the charts. This internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in the New York, New York area from June 2026-January 2027.
Requirements
- A demonstrated interest in news
- Familiarity with and interest in the true crime genre
- Experience using audio editing software such as Adobe Audition, ProTools, or Audacity
- Keen interest in a career in podcasts, either in production or business
- Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
- Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Possess unrestricted work authorization
- Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
- Fully available from June 2026 through January 2027
- Fully available from Monday through Friday for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week
- Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the New York area
- Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work
- A portfolio review is required for this position. For full consideration, please include a link to your portfolio on your résumé. Applications without a portfolio link on the résumé will not be considered a completed application packet and may not be fully considered for the position.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience in journalism, television, news media production, or script writing
- Avid consumer/creator of podcasts
Responsibilities
- Assist producers with recording studio sessions
- Research competitor programming for marketing purposes
- Aggregate analytics data on podcast performance
- Sit in on a studio recording, assisting with setup and breakdown
- Join a collaborative brainstorm for an upcoming launch’s title and artwork design, sharing your ideas, based on competitive research, on how best to make the story pop
- Identify exciting clips from new releases to make our content stand out on social media
- Research a prospective podcast sponsor, preview a script for a podcast ad, or quality-check an ad recording before it goes live
- Participate in an editorial meeting for our daily news podcast, a true crime narrative, or chat show
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
